Sponsors:	Northwestern Bluhm Legal Clinic Illinois Legal Aid Online
Date:	Friday, November 4, 2005
Time:	12:15 PM - 02:00 PM
Location:	Winston & Strawn 35 W. Wacker Drive Chicago, IL
Speakers:	Monica Llorente, Bluhm Legal Clinic Monica Mahan, Bluhm Legal Clinic

Children & Family Justice Center - Northwestern Bluhm Legal Clinic

This training is to prepare volunteer attorneys to represent children in school expulsion cases. These matters are informal administrative hearings that are very similar to trials. 

These cases typically involve:

• Meeting and interviewing your client,
• Investigating the case,
• Talking to witnesses,
• Handling an expulsion hearing at the Chicago Public Schools' Law Department (opening, direct and cross-examinations, closing) and
• Negotiating with the Chicago Public Schools' Law Department. 

There is minimal documentation and almost no discovery, other than witness interviews. These cases typically do not take more than 40 hours to complete and are usually completed within 45 days from accepting a matter.

If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Monica Llorente at m-llorente@law.northwestern.edu or (312) 503-6606.

Attachments

Click on the link(s) below to open the attached files.
File Name	Type	Size
An Introduction to Chicago School Expulsion Hearings Presentation	PPT	161.3KB
A Guide to Improving Educational Opportunities for Court-Involved Youth	PDF	633.7KB
Bluhm Legal Clinic Brochure	PDF	377.3KB
Bluhm Legal Clinic Newsletter - Spring 2005	PDF	1.3MB
Bluhm Legal Clinic Newsletter - Fall 2005	PDF	385.0KB
Children and Family Justice Center Information	PDF	22.1MB
Interest Form - Children's Law Pro Bono Project	RTF	13.7KB

Last Updated: 11/21/2005