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25 St. & Loc. L. News 1 (2001-2002)

handle is hein.journals/stlolane9 and id is 1 raw text is: /M Section of State and Local Government Law LOCAL LAW IUE IVWi The Section serves as a collegialforum for its members, the profession and the public to provide leadership and educational resources in urban, state and local government law and policy. ABA SOC Meritorious Service Award Recognizes Section's Juvenile Detention Center Orientation Video Project At the August 3 Business Meeting of the ABA Section Officers Conference, ABA Pres- ident Martha Barnett presented the Section of State and Local Government Law the SOC Meritorious Service Award for the Section's Ju- venile Detention Center Orientation Video Project. The Meritorious Service Award was estab- lished in 1995 to recognize the important con- tributions that ABA sections, divisions, and forum committees make to the life and work of the Association. The Award is given to the ABA entity that has sponsored a program, project, or other initiative during the year that is of extra- ordinary benefit to the profession, the public, From left to right:ABA Section Officers Conference Chair Dianne Dailey, and/or the Association. 2000-01 Section Chair PatArey, andABA President Martha Barnett at t, Spearheaded by James Baird, a partner with awardpresentation in Chicago, August3. the Chicago Law firm of Seyfarth Shaw and a past Chair of the Section, and coordinated by I _ Issue Dr. Diane Stone of the Nancy B.Jefferson School, the project targets the approximately 1 million youths in the United * Chair's Message, page 2 States who must face the traumatic experience of first time Section News, page 3 incarceration. Many of these youths have committed no -Rule 1.11 Debated in ABA House of Delegate crime.They are placed in detention facilities while their cases -Jefferson Fordham Awards are processed, or because they have nowhere to live. -World Jurist Conference, Legal Problems To address this problem, the Section created an orientation of Environmental Protection video to help youths new to the Cook County, Illinois, tem- Smart Growth and the Environment, Santa Fe, porary detention center. The video, a joint project with the Cook County Temporary Juvenile Detention Center, the New Mexico, page 5 Nancy B. Jefferson School-the center's onsite school-and Fall Council Meeting, Savannah, Georgia, page Seyfarth Shaw, explains the procedures, surroundings, and ex- Supreme Court Watch, page 10 pectations youths will encounter at the Cook County center. Environmental Update. Possible Escape from CERCI There is a real need for this type of orientation tool in fa- Liability May Impact Redevelopment, page 12 cilities across the country, Baird said. Many of the children Recent Developments, page 14 who come to detention centers are confused and afraid, and • Washinvtnn Lahvrinthine Wg nage 16 continued on page 13 1e sI .8 A Vol. 25, No. 1, Fall 2001

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