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Tulsa Lawyers for Children, Inc. - "TLC" - Recruits, trains and provides ongoing assistance to volunteer attorneys representing children in abuse and neglect cases.

TLC's core program has two goals:

• Accept court appointments to represent children in conflict of interest cases, e.g. where children in a family want different outcomes and then cannot all be represented by the same attorney or where the parents are represented by the Public Defender's Office in another action.
• Assure that volunteer attorneys representing children have the professional skill and competence required to practice in this specialized area of the law.

Supporting projects:

T.U. Law Student Pro Bono Project

• Supports the work of the TLC volunteer attorneys.
• Provides a pro bono experience for law students.
• Students attend the TLC training with the volunteer attorneys.
• Students are assigned to assist TLC volunteer attorneys on specific cases by interviewing clients and, in some cases, researching legal issues.

Shelter Visitation Project

• Trained attorney and non-attorney volunteers interview children within 48 hours of their being placed in the DHS children's shelter.
• TLC volunteer attorneys or law students represent children as guardians ad litem at "show cause" hearings held before petitions are filed in deprived cases.

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