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"I worked in a trailer that ICE had set aside for conversations
between the women and the attorneys. While we talked, their
children, most of whom seemed to be between three and eight years
old, played with a few toys on the floor. It was hard for me to get
my head around the idea of a jail full of toddlers, but there they
were." For decades, advocates for refugee children and families
have fought to end the U.S. government's practice of jailing
children and families for months, or even years, until overburdened
immigration courts could rule on their claims for asylum. Baby
Jails is the history of that legal and political struggle. Philip
G. Schrag, the director of Georgetown University's asylum law
clinic, takes readers through thirty years of conflict over which
refugee advocates resisted the detention of migrant children. The
saga began during the Reagan administration when 15-year-old Jenny
Lisette Flores languished in a Los Angeles motel that the
government had turned into a makeshift jail by draining the
swimming pool, barring the windows, and surrounding the building
with barbed wire. What became known as the Flores Settlement
Agreement was still at issue years later, when the Trump
administration resorted to the forced separation of families after
the courts would not allow long-term jailing of the children.
Schrag provides recommendations for the reform of a system that has
brought anguish and trauma to thousands of parents and children.
Provocative and timely, Baby Jails exposes the ongoing struggle
between the U.S. government and immigrant advocates over the
duration and conditions of confinement of children who seek safety
in America.
The legal industry has long been risk averse, but when it comes to
adapting to the experience-driven world created by companies like
Netflix, Uber, and Airbnb, adherence to the old status quo could be
the death knell for today's law firms. In The Client-Centered Law
Firm, Clio cofounder Jack Newton offers a clear-eyed and timely
look at how providing a client-centered experience and running an
efficient, profitable law firm aren't opposing ideas. With this
approach, they drive each other. Covering the what, why, and how of
running a client-centered practice, with examples from law firms
leading this revolution as well as practical strategies for
implementation, The Client-Centered Law Firm is a rallying call to
unlock the enormous latent demand in the legal market by providing
client-centered experiences, improving internal processes, and
raising the bottom line.
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