Susan L Pollet

July 13, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Susan L. Pollet writes: A major hurdle for children impacted by immigration proceedings is access to representation, either of their legal interests or of their best interests. Only a small portion of unaccompanied migrant children who are victims of trafficking do have legal representation through legislation. Moreover, currently, U.S. immigration law does not recognize children's interests as a valid factor in immigration decisions.

By Susan L. Pollet

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April 28, 2016 | Law.com

Susan L. Pollet writes that despite the risks, people naively believe that their loved ones will never betray them, and they continue to share explicit images—some 80 percent of revenge porn victims took the images themselves. Victims have attempted to sue under tort claims, but such claims often fail. Many scholars believe criminalizing revenge porn would be a more effective deterrent.

By Susan L. Pollet

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March 09, 2005 | New York Law Journal

Susan L. Pollet, executive director of Pace Women's Justice Center, writes that elder abuse has a "relatively low profile" compared to other issues such as child abuse and domestic violence.

By Susan L. Pollet

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May 08, 2003 | New York Law Journal

By Susan L. Pollet

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May 30, 2002 | New York Law Journal

Newspapers and magazines throughout the country were filled, recently, with discussions of the case of Andrea Yates, a mentally ill, 37 year old married woman living in Texas. She confessed to drowning her five children, one by one, in the family bathtub. Andrea Yates was schizophrenic, and had been "diagnosed with postpartum depression and psychosis in 1999, after her fourth child was born." 1 The mother asserted a plea of guilty by reason of insanity, was spared the death penalty, and was sentenced to lif

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April 22, 2009 | New York Law Journal

Susan L. Pollet, counsel and director of the New York State Parent Education and Awareness Program of the Office of Court Administration, analyzes a debate among academic and social services professionals about how best to foster involvement of non-cutodail parents in the lives of children after divroce.

By Susan L. Pollet

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July 26, 2005 | New York Law Journal

Susan L. Pollet, executive director of Pace University Law School's Women's Justice Center, writes that many advocates are greatly concerned as a result of a recent 7-2 decision of the U.S. Supreme Court which represents a significant and further loss of safety for domestic violence victims.

By Susan L. Pollet

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October 13, 2004 | New York Law Journal

Susan L. Pollet, executive director of the Pace Women's Justice Center in White Plains, writes that we've been struggling for more than a century with how to regard and treat "kids who kill."

By Susan L. Pollet

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August 14, 2009 | New York Law Journal

Susan L. Pollet, counsel and director of the New York State Parent Education and Awareness Program of the Office of Court Administration, writes: In newsrooms and law firms around the United States, reporters and lawyers are discussing 'sexting,' but that is only one of many offenses that have led to criminal prosecutions of teens as sex offenders. Such offenses, including consensual teenage sex, and sexual violence against children by children highlight the issue as to whether the same laws under which adults are prosecuted should apply to minors.

By Susan L. Pollet

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January 29, 2007 | New York Law Journal

Susan L. Pollet, an attorney with extensive background in the areas of family law and domestic violence, addresses the use, or disuse, of psychotropic medications in the treatment of mental disorders in children and adolescents. The debate on this issue, she says, has been "played out in school boards, courts, state legislatures and Congress," and the "largely negative media attention, focused on the over-prescription of such medication, has shaped much of the debate."

By Susan L. Pollet

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