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February 06, 2002
Board of Education v. Earls

Briefed the constitutionality of random urinalysis testing of student-athletes.

Juvenile and Criminal Justice, Education
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September 28, 2001
State ex rel. D.J.

Argued that juveniles should be afforded the right to a jury trial in delinquency proceedings.

Juvenile and Criminal Justice
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August 31, 2001
Manduley v. Superior Court of California

Briefed the issues of constitutionality and racial disparity in the application of a statute allowing prosecutors discretion to file charges against minors directly in criminal court without a prior adjudication of a minor’s lack of fitness for juvenile disposition.

Juvenile and Criminal Justice
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July 01, 2001
A.M. v. Luzerne County Juvenile Detention Center

Filed a civil rights suit against the detention center for violating the substantive due process rights of a 13-year-old boy with serious mental health problems by failing to protect him from harm while being detained at the center.

Juvenile and Criminal Justice
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August 16, 2000
Anderson v. Houstoun

Class action lawsuit challenging state and county officials’ failure to pay kinship caregivers for their care of dependent children.

Child Welfare
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June 06, 2000
In the Interest of Douglas D.

Challenged the zero-tolerance approach in the delinquency adjudication of an eighth-grade student whose creative writing assignment invoked an unhappy student who cut off his teacher’s head when she told him to shut up.

Juvenile and Criminal Justice, Education
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January 20, 2000
Appeal from the Administrative Order of the Dauphin County Juvenile Court

Challenged the presence of armed juvenile probation officers in school buildings.

Juvenile and Criminal Justice, Education
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September 07, 1999
In re D.R. and A.R.

Argued against a per se rule removing a well-cared-for and loved child from a home because of a parent’s drug use.

Child Welfare
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October 05, 1998
Commonwealth v. Hartford

Argued an appeal in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to reverse the criminal conviction of an adult (Hartford) under Pennsylvania’s Interference with Custody of Children Statute. Argued that a parent has no right of "custody" to control abortion decisions and that the prosecution violated the right to choose an abortion, as well as the right to travel to a state allowing abortion without parental consent.

Juvenile and Criminal Justice
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August 12, 1998
Brandon E. v. The Honorable Abram F. Reynolds

Challenged the constitutionality of Pennsylvania’s Act 53, which assists parents in obtaining treatment for minors afflicted with a drug or alcohol dependency by allowing for involuntary commitment.

Juvenile and Criminal Justice
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