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Professionalism and Ethics: Closing the Year with Integrity
Pelican Center for Children and Families In law school, you learned the principle of talem qualem —“take your victim as you find them.” Known as the “eggshell skull” rule, this doctrine holds defendants fully accountable for harm, even when the plaintiff has pre-existing vulnerabilities. But have you ever considered that, as an attorney, you also […]
Special Immigration Juvenile Status
Hosted by the Court Improvement Program of the Louisiana Supreme Court Undocumented children in Child in Need of Care (CINC) proceedings are often eligible for some kind of immigration status. Although there are different types of immigration status that may be available, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status(SIJS) is by far the most common. SIJS is also […]
You are a Superhero AND Human: Strategies to Prevent and Reduce Secondary Traumatic Stress
Speaker: Stephen Phillippi, Jr., Ph.D., LCSW, CCFC - Center for Evidence to Practice, LSU School of Public Health