REPRESENTING CHILDREN: ETHICAL AND PRACTICAL PROBLEMS Oregon Child Advocacy Project University of Oregon School of Law Eugene, OR April 2-3, 2010 Representing children charged with delinquent acts or who are the subjects of chid custody disputes or juvenile court dependency proceedings presents a host of issues in addition to the perennial favorite, whether to advocate for a child's expressed wishes or best interests. This conference seeks papers that explore these issues. Papers already have been published or may be works in progress. Possible topics might include: --Client counseling and the best interests/expressed wishes dilemma --Competence to stand trial as an alternate approach to the best interests/expressed wishes issue --Scope of representation of a child's court-appointed lawyer -- Of a child in state custody may have a tort claim against the state, what can the lawyer do? what must the lawyer do? --Representing siblings -- current and former client conflicts of interest --Confidentiality and the child client -- who can you talk to and what can you tell them? --Impaired adult clients -- who can ask for a guardian ad litem and what happens if you don't? Please submit your proposal to [log in to unmask] by Jan. 25, 2010. For more information, please contact Prof. Leslie Harris, whose contact info is below: Leslie Harris Dorothy Kliks Fones Professor School of Law 1221 University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403-1221 [log in to unmask]