Research Memos
We have hundreds of research memos from lawyers, law students, and college students on all aspects of trial practice, appellate practice, and child welfare clinical issues. We also have hundreds of clinical and law review articles on kinship placement and adoption, sibling visitation and placement, parent-child visitation, and many other topics. Email or call us and ask what we have. We’re happy to send it to you!
[Please note that these are research memoranda produced by law student interns. CAFL cannot confirm that the research or analyses are correct or current. Counsel should not rely on this research; rather, it is intended to provide a jump-start for counsel’s own research. We are actively updating this page to reflect the hundreds of research memos available. Please come back soon to see what we have.]
- Child Competency Issues
- Client Access to DCF File
- Concession of Unfitness as IAC or Constructive Denial of Counsel
- Constructive Denial of Counsel
- Continuance Request
- De Facto Parents – Relevance to CAFL Cases
- Delay of Trial
- Due process – Discovery Issues
- Ex Parte Communications with Judges
- Fifth Amendment Rules in CAFL Cases
- IAC for Lack of Licensure – Intern Memo
- Judicial Questioning and Bias
- Multi-Party Issue Preservation
- Objections – Failure to Renew at Trial
- Parents Sitting at Counsel Table
- Reasonable Efforts – Amicus brief in Ilona
- Reasonable Efforts – Maryland Case
- Removal of Child from Level 3 Sex Offender
- Substance of Pleading is More Important than Title
- Survey of Judicial Bias and Ethics Opinions
- Unavailable Witness Cited in Court Investigators Report
- Unpreserved Error – Substantial Risk of Miscarriage of Justice
- Vicarious Admissions by DCF Specialists and Foster Parents