Human trafficking of children
By Dixie Lee Peterson
Diversity Leadership Council,
June 2014
Recognizing the serious problem caused by the human trafficking of children, the Illinois General Assembly amended the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act to include human trafficking as abuse.
The Chair’s page: The Great Depression
By Dixie Lee Peterson
Child Law,
November 2005
No, I am not referring to 1929. I am referring to what currently is occurring in the legal profession. While most attorneys feel good about being a lawyer, all recognize increasing pressures in recent years, which pressures they expect to continue into the future.
The Importance of Mentoring
By Dixie Lee Peterson
Child Law,
July 2005
As incoming Chair of the Section Council I would like to share with you one of our goals for this year. I am looking forward to working with all of you over the coming months.
New direction for DCFS
By Dixie Lee Peterson
Child Law,
September 2003
Armed with a background forged from his leadership of the Task Force of the Governor studying DCFS, Director Bryan Samuels began his tenure by focusing on children listed as missing or runaways, dealing with the population of older youth, and addressing the over-representation of African American children in the system.
DCFS responds to allegations of prejudice against non-custodial fathers
By Dixie Lee Peterson
Child Law,
February 2003
Although Linda Perez's recent article "The varying degrees of diligence used in locating and notifying non-custodial father," Juvenile Justice, February 2002, exhibits intellectual dexterity, her analysis has overall an unjustifiably gloomy tenor concerning the prospects of locating and notifying non-custodial fathers.
Illinois expands admissibility for expert testimony on causation
By Dixie Lee Peterson
Corporate Law Departments,
October 2000
Four families sued Central Illinois Public Service Corporation in Illinois state court for nuisance and negligence. After an extended trial, the jury awarded the families a total of $3.2 million to compensate them for their small children developing a cancerous condition known as neuroblastoma.
Citizens’ suits are alive and well
By Dixie Lee Peterson & Thomas D. Dupo
Corporate Law Departments,
September 2000
Until 1972, water pollution was regulated by looking at the quality of the receiving stream, not the source of the discharges. In enacting the Clean Water Act ("CWA"), Congress shifted the focus from water quality standards to direct limitations on the discharge of pollutants into the receiving waters.
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