Complex ethical issues arise frequently for advocates representing migrant children in state court proceedings. Common Ethical Issues Representing Immigrant Children in Juvenile Court is a handbook created for the Predicate Order Resource Center. This unique publication looks at common rules of ethics and uses illustrative hypotheticals raising key questions and analysis of the relevant rules. Authored by Theo Liebmann, Clinical Professor and Executive Director of the Freedman Institute for the Study of Legal Ethics at the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University, this is an invaluable new tool for lawyers doing SIJS predicate order work.

The goal of the Predicate Order Resource Center and this page is to provide advocates with easy access to publications and other resources to be used as a starting place for research and further investigation. It is not a substitute for independent thought, research and, if applicable, obtaining legal advice.