By Guest Author Ramona A. Gonzalez Unified Family Court Connection | Fall 2020 The courts in the United States were forced to close their doors this year for all but emergency cases as the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) spread across the nation with more than six million confirmed cases and over 184,000 deaths by September 1, 2020.¹…
By Guest Author Annette Burns Unified Family Court Connection | Fall 2020 Little did family law attorneys know earlier this year that their counsel tables would be reduced to a 14-inch screen on a dining room table and everything about the practice of law would be reexamined, and altered to keep everyone healthy in the…
COVID-19 and the subsequent transition to distance learning across Baltimore City has created one of the most extreme and pervasive barriers to school attendance ever confronted by CFCC’s Truancy Court Program (TCP) Team. Without the ability to meet in person with students and families, the team has pivoted to virtual assistance and support. In recognition of the…
By Katherine S. Davis As I spread out the books on the desks for the 5th graders to look over during CFCC’s Truancy Court Program (TCP) session, I was sure of one thing – before I got very far, Malik* would be by my side eagerly looking for a new book to take home. This slight-framed,…
In 2020, the Sayra and Neil Meyerhoff Center for Families, Children and the Courts (CFCC) celebrates two important milestones: the 20th anniversary of the founding of CFCC and the 15th anniversary of the Center’s largest community-based program, the Truancy Court Program. If you would like to follow this year-long celebration of CFCC’s impact and receive updates on…
By: Hadassah Bauerle, CFCC Student Fellow (2019-2020) COVID-19 is a virus that has impacted everyone regardless of age, gender, or race. In the United States, however, the coronavirus has different effects on people depending upon the resources they have.[1] Helene Gayle, who manages a coronavirus relief fund in Chicago, says that it is impossible to…
By: Erin Kay, CFCC Student Fellow (2019-2020) During the Fall semester of the Center for Families, Children, and the Courts (CFCC) Student Fellows Program I seminar at the University of Baltimore School of Law, we learned about the importance of concepts that apply to family law and that also are relevant to other areas of…
By Carlisa Bydume, CFCC Student Fellow (2019-2020) There are a plethora of reasons why schools may close for extended periods of time, such as teacher strikes, natural disasters, or what the world is experiencing currently with a national pandemic. This blog seeks to raise awareness about the fact that many school systems across the country…
By: Erin Kay, CFCC Student Fellow (2019-2020) During the Fall semester of the Center for Families, Children and the Courts (CFCC) Student Fellows Program I, an experiential course at the University of Baltimore School of Law, we were introduced to Dr. Urie Bronfenbrenner’s ecology of human development paradigm. This theoretical model gives us a framework…