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Randy Hertz Print E-mail

Randy Hertz is the director of New York University Law School's clinical program and has been a clinical professor at NYU since 1985. He teaches the Juvenile Defender Clinic and has worked at the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia in the juvenile, criminal, appellate, and special litigation divisions.

He writes in the areas of criminal and juvenile justice and is the co-author, with Professor James Liebman of Columbia Law School, of a two-volume treatise entitled Federal Habeas Corpus Law and Practice. He is also the co-author, with Professors Anthony G. Amsterdam and Martin Guggenheim of N.Y.U. Law School, of a two-volume manual entitled Trial Manual for Defense Attorneys in Juvenile Court. In January 2004, he received the Association of American Law Schools' William Pincus Award for Outstanding Contributions to Clinical Legal Education; in 2003, he received the NYU Award for Distinguished Teaching by a University Professor; and in 2000, he received the American Bar Association's Livingston Hall Award for advocacy in the juvenile justice field.

 

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Issue #12 of the Family Defender is here!

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This letter perfectly expresses what so many of our clients (and thousands of families across the nation) have faced due to wrongful investigations by DCFS and other child welfare agencies.  Even the best of intentions can have serious repercussions!

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In response to legislation introduced in the wake of the recent Penn State scandal, see the Family Defense Center's Analysis of S. 1877 - the "Speak Up to Protect Every Abused Kid Act" (Click Here) and a listing of Child Abuse Misreporting Cases in the Docket of the Family Defense Center (Click Here).
 

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