Kara R. Finck, JD, is a Practice Professor of Law and Director of the Interdisciplinary Child Advocacy Clinic at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. Previously, she was the Managing Attorney of the Family Defense Practice at The Bronx Defenders, where she created a groundbreaking interdisciplinary legal practice for parents involved in the child welfare system. Her areas of specialty include child welfare, parents' rights and interdisciplinary practice focusing on law and social work collaboration. Marcia Hopkins, MSW, has devoted her career as a social worker to supporting child and youth clients. In her over her 13 years of experience, she has worked in gun violence prevention, grief counseling, with seniors, and children and youth clients impacted by community violence and in the foster care, and juvenile justice systems and those who are victims of labor and commercial sex trafficking.?Throughout her career, Marcia has worked alongside stakeholders and youth leaders to engage in national efforts around youth justice and child welfare reform. Lyn K. Slater, MSW, PhD, is a Clinical Associate Professor at the Fordham University Graduate School of Social Services and Adjunct Professor of Law at the Fordham University School of Law.
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Preface Acknowledgments Resources Chapter 1. Identifying the Legal Needs and Realizing the Rights of Social Work Clients Chapter 2. A Conceptual and Historical Framework for Using the Law in Social Work Practice? Chapter 3. Roles and Ethics Chapter 4. The Implicit and Explicit Context of Social Work Practice Chapter 5. Social Work Functions, Knowledge, and Skills in the Legal Context Chapter 6. Civil Proceedings, Players, and the Client Chapter 7. Criminal Proceedings, Stakeholders, and the Client Chapter 8. Trial and Hearings: General Knowledge and Skills for Civil and Criminal Proceedings Chapter 9. The Intersection of Law and Social Work in Civil Proceedings Chapter 10. The Intersection of Social Work and the Law in Criminal Proceedings Chapter 11. Alternatives to Traditional Methods of Addressing Legal and Social Problems Chapter 12. Administrative Proceedings, Players, and Advocacy Roles Chapter 13. Macro-Level Social Work Practice and Systemic Reform Index