Youth Law Center News and Events

May 10, 2024

Events, Press Releases

Youth Law Center to Mark First 45 Years of Legal Advocacy Work with Special Event Honoring Angela Vigil of Baker McKenzi...

For Release: May 10, 2024 Contact: Natalie Reynolds, nreynolds@ylc.org, (408) 504-7611 Youth Law Center to Mark First...

May 6, 2024

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Quality Parenting Initiative (QPI), Success & Impact

The Youth Law Center Brief: May is National Foster Care Month

As we observe National Foster Care Month throughout May, we will share updates on our...

April 26, 2024

Events

Announcing Youth Law Center’s 45th Anniversary Event Honoring Angela Vigil with Special Musical Guest Sheila E.!

Join Youth Law Center’s Celebration of Advocacy, Justice, and Hope in September Since 1978, the Youth...

April 18, 2024

Advocacy Reports, Juvenile Justice

Youth Law Center Brief: Ensuring Access to Voting Rights for California Youth Confined in County Juvenile Facilities

In this edition of the Youth Law Center Brief, we introduce our newly published report,...

April 17, 2024

Juvenile Justice, Press Releases

New Report Issues Call To Action to Ensure Voting Access for Youth Confined in County Juvenile Facilities

For Release: April 18, 2024 New Report Issues Call To Action to Ensure Voting Access for...

April 2, 2024

Success & Impact

Cast Your Vote Today for the Youth Law Center’s Proposal for SOCAP 2024

Vote for the Youth Law Center’s Proposal for SOCAP 2024 Our session proposal, “Advancing Climate Justice...

March 8, 2024

In the News, Quality Parenting Initiative (QPI)

Youth Law Center Brief: Pursuing Systems Transformation in Foster Care Through National Advocacy

  About Youth Law Center’s Quality Parenting Initiative (QPI) Children who enter the foster care system have...

February 23, 2024

In the News, Juvenile Justice

The Commercial Appeal 2/21/24: After reports of problems in TN juvenile justice facilities, new report outlines solution...

"The measures detailed by the report would shrink the footprint of the juvenile justice system...

February 21, 2024

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News

National Press Foundation 2/12/24: Policies Steer Foster Care Youth Toward a Traumatic Future, Youth Law Center Director...

"For too many youth in foster care, the path from foster care only leads to...

February 15, 2024

Advocacy Reports, Juvenile Justice, Press Releases

New Report is an Urgent Call to Action for Improving Tennessee’s Juvenile Justice System

For Release: February 15, 2024 New Report is an Urgent Call to Action for Improving Tennessee's...

February 15, 2024

Juvenile Justice, Success & Impact

Youth Law Center 2023 Advocacy for Impact: Part 2. Juvenile Justice Systems in California and Nationwide

The Youth Law Center’s advocacy work to change systems through impact litigation, movement lawyering, policy...

February 9, 2024

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News

Washington Post 2/8/2024: Opinion | When Foster Care Ends, 18-Year-Olds Still Need Support

"Then, there are the bigger dreams: [The On the Threshold of Change Report] imagines giving #foster...