Tamar R. Birckhead

Yale Law School

Martin R Flug Visiting Clinical Professor of Law

P.O. Box 208215

New Haven, CT 06520-8215

United States

http://https://www.law.yale.edu/tamar-birckhead

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law

Professor of Law

Van Hecke-Wettach Hall, 160 Ridge Road

CB #3380

Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3380

United States

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1.

Children in Isolation: The Solitary Confinement of Youth

Wake Forest Law Review, Vol. 50, No. 1, 2015, Forthcoming, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2512867
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 22 Oct 2014
Tamar R. Birckhead
Yale Law School
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solitary confinement, juveniles, conditions of confinement, comparative law, international law, Eighth Amendment, prisoners' rights, sentencing, juvenile detention

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Delinquent by Reason of Poverty

Washington University Journal of Law and Policy, Vol. 38, 2012, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1918331
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 28 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 04 Oct 2011
Tamar R. Birckhead
Yale Law School
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juvenile, delinquency, socioeconomic status, sentencing, recidivism, data collection

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The 'Youngest Profession': Consent, Autonomy, and Prostituted Children

Washington University Law Review, Vol. 88, No. 5, 2011, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1739861
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 14 Jan 2011 Last Revised: 09 Jun 2011
Tamar R. Birckhead
Yale Law School
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prostitution, criminal law, criminal procedure, juveniles, consent, autonomy, gender, sexual orientation, international law, prevention, decriminalization, diversion

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Closing the Widening Net: The Rights of Juveniles at Intake

46 Texas Tech Law Review (2013), UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2279051
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 14 Jun 2013
Tamar R. Birckhead
Yale Law School
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juveniles, criminal law, intake, delinquency, poverty

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The Age of the Child: Interrogating Juveniles After Roper v. Simmons

Washington and Lee Law Review, Vol. 65, 2008, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1013162
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 09 Sep 2007 Last Revised: 07 Aug 2008
Tamar R. Birckhead
Yale Law School
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The New Peonage

Washington and Lee Law Review, Vol. 72, 2015, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2652557
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 29 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 22 Oct 2015
Tamar R. Birckhead
Yale Law School
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peonage, debtors' prison, juveniles, collateral consequences, constitutional law, criminal procedure, Thirteenth Amendment, legal history, right to counsel

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North Carolina, Juvenile Court Jurisdiction, and the Resistance to Reform

North Carolina Law Review, Vol. 86, No. 6, 2008, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1183022
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 31 Jul 2008
Tamar R. Birckhead
Yale Law School
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North Carolina, juvenile court, jurisdiction, age, legal history, recidivism, reentry, adolescent psychology, brain development, empirical research, public safety, probation, rehabilitation, legislation, court funding, youthful offender

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Toward a Theory of Procedural Justice for Juveniles

Buffalo Law Review, Vol. 57, No. 5, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1463034
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 31 Aug 2009
Tamar R. Birckhead
Yale Law School
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criminal law and procedure, juveniles, procedural justice, social science research, jury trial, recidivism, law and society

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Juvenile Justice Reform 2.0

Brooklyn Journal of Law and Policy, Vol. 19, 2012, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1856257
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 01 Jun 2011 Last Revised: 07 Aug 2011
Tamar R. Birckhead
Yale Law School
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juvenile justice, policy reform, litigation, juvenile court, delinquency, death penalty, sentencing, transfer

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Graham v. Florida: Justice Kennedy’s Vision of Childhood and the Role of Judges

Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy, Vol. 6, 2010, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1694788
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 21 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 13 Jun 2011
Tamar R. Birckhead
Yale Law School
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Eighth Amendment, United States Supreme Court, criminal law, criminal procedure, juvenile life without parole, judges, children’s rights

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Culture Clash: The Challenge of Lawyering Across Difference in Juvenile Court

Rutgers Law Review, Vol. 62, No. 4, 2010, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1687424, NYLS Clinical Research Institute Paper No. 10/11 # 8
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 05 Oct 2010
Tamar R. Birckhead
Yale Law School
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juvenile law, criminal defense, wrongful convictions, cross-cultural lawyering, delinquency

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The Conviction of Lynne Stewart and the Uncertain Future of the Right to Defend

American Criminal Law Review, Vol. 43, 2006
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 03 Mar 2006 Last Revised: 08 Aug 2008
Tamar R. Birckhead
Yale Law School
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attorney-client relationship, criminal defense

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The Racialization of Juvenile Justice and the Role of the Defense Attorney

Boston College Law Review, Vol. 58, Forthcoming , UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2861257
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 31 Oct 2016 Last Revised: 02 Dec 2016
Tamar R. Birckhead
Yale Law School
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Juvenile Court, Structural Racism, Racialized Narratives, Attorney Role, Criminal Defense, Implicit Bias, Racial Diversity, Juvenile Delinquency, Juvenile Justice

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Introduction: Symposium 2014: Vulnerable Defendants and the Criminal Justice System

North Carolina Law Review, Vol. 93, No. 1211, 2015
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 07 Jul 2015
Tamar R. Birckhead and Katie Rose Guest Pryal
Yale Law School and Independent
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crime, criminal justice, incarceration, juvenile justice, mental illness, defendants, disability, solitary confinement

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To Bedlam and Part Way Back: Anne Sexton, Her Therapy Tapes, and the Meaning of Privacy

UCLA Women's Law Journal, No. 2, p. 165, 1992
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 07 Aug 2008
Tamar R. Birckhead
Yale Law School
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privacy, doctor-patient confidentiality, law and literature, women