Angie Junck et. al., Special Immigrant Juvenile Status and Other Immigration Options for Children and Youth (5th ed., 2018) 

Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc., PRACTICE ALERT: SIJS Policy Updates and Proposed Regulations, Immigrant Legal Resource Center (Nov. 2019) 

Chapter 4: Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SJS), Kids in Need of Defense (2015)

Children’s Immigration Law Academy (CILA), Pro Bono Guide: Working with Children and Youth in Immigration Cases, Vera Institute of Justice (Aug. 2020) 

Christina R. Cooper, A Guide for State Court Judges and Lawyers on Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, American Bar Association (Mar. 1, 2017) 

Hayley Upshaw, Legal Services for Children, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status: Training for Pro Bono Attorneys, Vimeo (2012) 

Immigrant Legal Resource Center, Part II: Special Immigrant Juvenile Status for Children and Youth Under Juvenile Court Jurisdiction, Chapter 3 (Jun. 2018) 

Kathy Brady & Rachel Prandini, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) & the Grounds of Inadmissibility, Immigrant Legal Resource Center (Aug. 2020) 

Loretta Young & David B. Thronson, State Court Judicial Role in Issuing Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Findings, Presentation at the Michigan Judicial Institute Family Division Summit, Plymouth (Oct. 14, 2018) 

National Immigrant Justice Center, Justice for Unaccompanied Immigrant Children: An Advocacy Best Practices Manual for Legal Service Providers (Apr. 2016) 

National Immigrant Women’s Advocacy Project, American University, Washington College of Law, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Bench Book: A National Guide to Best Practices for Judges and Courts (Leslye E. Orloff & Rafaela Rodrigues, eds., 2018) 

National Immigrant Women’s Advocacy Project, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status – Best Practices for Drafting State Orders, YouTube (May 14, 2019) 

Rachel Prandini & Alison Kamhi, Risks of Applying for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) in Affirmative Cases: Evolving USCIS Policies Increase the Risk of Placement in Removal Proceedings, Immigrant Legal Resource Center (Sept. 2018) 

Sarah Bronstein & Michelle Melendez, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc., Strategies for SIJS Cases in Light of Adjustment Backlog, Unaccompanied Children Resource Center (Apr. 27, 2016) 

SL6 Special Immigrant Juvenile I-360, I-485 & I-765 (Public Counsel, 2014) (this is a sample packet with a cover letter, index to documents, filled-in forms, and additional instructions on how to submit the application) 

Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Role-Play: Responding to Common Questions in State Court Proceedings, Immigrant Legal Resource Center (Mar. 12, 2015) 

Vera Institute of Justice, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status: Frequently Asked Questions for State Court Judges, Unaccompanied Children Resource Center (Nov. 20, 2014) 

Veronica Garcia, Humanitarian Forms of Relief Part II: Asylum & SIJS, Immigrant Legal Resource Center (Aug. 2019) 

California 

Katie Annand et. al., Guidance for SIJS State Court Predicate Orders in California: What You Need to Know Now, Immigrant Legal Resource Center, Kids in Need of Defense, Legal Services for Children (Nov. 29, 2017) 

Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) Primer: How to Seek SIJS Findings in California Superior Courts, Immigrant Legal Resource Center (Mar. 12, 2015) 

Strengthening Child Welfare Practice for Immigrant Children & Families: A Toolkit for Child Welfare Professionals in California, Immigrant Legal Resource Center, National Youth Law Center (Aug. 2019) 

Martin Gauto, California Law Expands Eligibility for SIJS, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (Oct. 27, 2015) 

Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, California Courts (Oct. 20, 2020)

Colorado

Ashley Harrington, Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network Children’s Program, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, Presentation (Sept. 21, 2018) 

Florida

Bernard P. Perlmutter, Judges Behaving Badly… Clinics Fighting Back: The Struggle for Special Immigrant Juveniles in State Dependency Courts in the Age of Trump, 82.4 Albany L. Rev. 1555 (2019)

Illinois 

Hillary Richardson, Rebekah Rashidfaroki, & Rob Zielinski, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status: Virtual Pro Bono Clinic, Virtual Presentation (Apr. 2, 2020)

Maryland

Video Presentation: Custody, Guardianship, and Obtaining Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, Maryland Pro Bono Resource Center (Apr. & May 2020)

Maryland Law Expands Eligibility for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (Jul. 1, 2014)

Nebraska

The Nebraska Court Improvement Project, CIP Webinar – 2018 Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, YouTube (Jan. 23, 2018) 

Shane Ellison & Kevin Ruser, Practice Advisory: Seeking Predicate Findings in Nebraska for Special Immigration Juveniles, Immigrant Legal Center (May 28, 2018)

New York 

Representing Noncitizen Youth in Removal Proceedings: A Step-by-Step Guide to Representing Immigrant Youth in 2018-2019, Safe Passage Project 

Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Manual: A Step-by-Step Guide for Safe Passage Project Pro Bono Attorneys, Safe Passage Project

North Dakota

Establishing Guardianship of a Minor Child: A Research Guide for Two North Dakota Court Processes, North Dakota Legal Self Help Center (Mar. 2019) 

Pennsylvania 

Protocol for Filing for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) in Montgomery County, Montgomery County, PA

Texas

Desiree Salinas & Salma Hasan, Kids in Need of Defense, Nuts and Bolts of Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, Presentation Children’s Immigration Law Academy

Dalia Castillo-Granados & Alex Hunt, Paternity Issues in Texas for SIJS Cases, Webinar, American Bar Association’s Children’s Immigration Law Academy

Dalia Castillo-Granados, David Walding & Yasmin Yavar, Post-18 Issues in Texas State Court and Before USCIS, Webinar, American Bar Association’s Children’s Immigration Law Academy

Brandon Roche & Yasmin Yavar, REFS, NOIDS, and Inadmissibility Issues in Texas SIJS Cases, Webinar, American Bar Association’s Children’s Immigration Law Academy

Dalia Castillo-Granados, Texas State Court Procedural Issues in SIJS Cases, Webinar, American Bar Association’s Children’s Immigration Law Academy

John Wheat Gibson, Immigrant Juveniles in Texas Face Special Problems, State Bar of Texas (last visited Oct. 20, 2020) 

Virginia

Sophia Gregg et. al., Strategies for Obtaining SIJS Factual Findings In Virginia After July 1, 2019, Legal Aid Justice Center (Jul. 29, 2019) 

Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, Christine Poarch, Matthew Yao, Richard Balnave & Madeline Taylor, Pro Bono and Special Immigrant Juveniles: Best Practices for Family Court Practitioners, Presentation by VSB Access to Legal Services Committee, Legal Aid Justice Center, Ayuda, and Poarch Law Firm

Washington

Washington State Court Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) Bench Book and Resource Guide, University of Washington School of Law & Washington State Bar Association (Oct. 2015, rev. Oct. 2016) 

AILA National, Overcoming Secondary Trauma in Immigration Practice, YouTube (Aug. 20, 2019) 

Amanda O’Handley, Tools to Reduce Vicarious Trauma/Secondary Trauma and Compassion Fatigue, Tend (Nov. 3, 2017) 

Beth Hudnall Stamm, Promote Resiliency and Prevent Compassion Fatigue: the Helper Pocket Card, Professional Quality of Life (Mar. 2020) 

Children Exposed to Violence: Tips for Agencies Working with Immigrant Families, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention U.S. Dep’t of Justice (Jan. 2011) 

Chris Newlin et. al., Child Forensic Interviewing: Best Practices, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention U.S. Dep’t of Justice (Sept. 2015) 

Claire Chiamulera, Representing Child Abuse Victims: Forensic Interviewing Tips, American Bar Association (Nov. 16, 2017) 

Compassion Fatigue, American Bar Association 

Digital MEdIC at Stanford University, Trauma-Informed Techniques for Interviewing Immigrant Children, YouTube (Nov. 7, 2019) 

Eliza Patten & Talia Kraemer, Communicating with Youth Who Have Experienced Trauma (Part 2), American Bar Association (Nov. 1, 2014) 

Eliza Patten & Talia Kraemer, Establishing a Trauma-Informed Lawyer-Client Relationship, American Bar Association (Oct. 1, 2014) 

Eva J. Klain, Understanding Trauma and its Impact on Child Clients, American Bar Association (Sept. 1, 2014) 

Heather Forkey, Medical Effects of Trauma: A Guide for Lawyers, American Bar Association (Jul. 1, 2015) 

Helen Chen, Developing a Trauma-Informed Consciousness for Legal Practitioners, Webinar, American Bar Association’s Children’s Immigration Law Academy (Oct. 23, 2019)

Houston Immigration Legal Services Collaborative, Webinar Series – Mental Health Evaluations for Immigrant Clients: From Your First Interview to the Merits Hearing

Immigrant Justice, NIJC 2019 Summer Asylum Series: Connecting with Clients, YouTube (Nov. 11, 2019) 

Introduction: Trauma Informed Care and Secondary Traumatic Stress, National Child Traumatic Stress Network (last visited Oct. 20, 2020) 

Jodi A. Quas & Thomas D. Lyon, Questioning Unaccompanied Immigrant Children: Lessons from Developmental Science on Forensic Interviewing, Society for Research in Child Development (Oct. 25, 2019) 

Julian Ford, Maureen Allwood, Carly Boertz, Neha Desai, Emma Cardeli & Osob Issa, NYCLVideos, Webinar – A Trauma Informed Approach for Newcomer Immigrant Youth in the Juvenile System, YouTube (Feb. 28, 2020) 

Kim A. Baranowski et. al., Supporting Asylum Seekers: Clinician Experiences of Documenting Human Rights Violations Through Forensic Psychological Evaluation, 31 J. of Traumatic Stress (2018) 

Maria Keller-Hamela, The Child Interview Practice Guidelines, Nobody’s Children Foundation 

Penelope Young Andrade, Experiencing Vicarious Trauma: Ten Things to Remember, National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild (last visited Oct. 20, 2020) 

Resources Specific to Immigrant or Refugee Populations, Administration for Children and Families U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (last visited Oct. 20, 2020) 

Sarah Knuckey et. al., Trauma, Depression, and Burnout in the Human Rights Field: Identifying Barriers and Pathways to Resilient Advocacy, 49 Colum. Human Rights L. Rev. 268 (2018) 

Secondary Traumatic Stress: A Fact Sheet for Child-Serving Professionals, National Child Traumatic Stress Network (2011) 

Suman Kasturia, Trauma-Informed Techniques for Lawyers Interviewing Immigrant Children, Digital MEdIC (Nov. 15, 2019) 

Susan Timmons Marks, Linda Albert & Lin Piwowarczyk, Secondary Trauma, ALIA Agora Podcast (Oct. 14)

The Vicarious Trauma Toolkit: Blueprint for a Vicarious Trauma-Informed Organization, Office for Victims of Crime U.S. Dep’t of Justice (last visited Oct. 20, 2020) 

Unaccompanied Minor Children, National Child Traumatic Stress Network (2015) 

Victoria Mora, Damir S. Utrzan, Erica Schommer & Meghan Casey, Webinar: Identifying and Raising Capacity and Mental Competency Issues in Children’s Immigration Cases, Children’s Immigration Law Academy (Jan. 22, 2019) (a transcript or video of this Webinar is no longer available but a summary is provided)