The Statewide Youth Justice Leadership Cohort (SYJLC), coordinated by the Youth Law Center’s Pathways to Higher Education project, is composed […]
Elevating Youth Voices and Leadership for Change! View More
(Nashville, TN, June 26, 2024) Attorneys from Disability Rights Tennessee, Sanford Heisler Sharp, and the Youth Law Center filed a
In this edition of the Youth Law Center Brief, we introduce our newly published report, Elevating the Voting Rights of
For Release: April 18, 2024 New Report Issues Call To Action to Ensure Voting Access for Youth Confined in County
“The measures detailed by the report would shrink the footprint of the juvenile justice system but expand community and family
For Release: February 15, 2024 New Report is an Urgent Call to Action for Improving Tennessee’s Juvenile Justice System Actions
New Report is an Urgent Call to Action for Improving Tennessee’s Juvenile Justice System View More
The Youth Law Center’s advocacy work to change systems through impact litigation, movement lawyering, policy reform, collaboration, public education and
We’ve had a full week here at Youth Law Center and are grateful to you for your engagement and support,
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Students who attend school inside juvenile detention centers have long struggled to get a proper education and graduate on time.
Problem Newly Revealed in Juvenile Hall Schools: A Failure to Get Kids to Class View More
New Education Report From Youth Law Center Finds Youth Are Out of Sight and Out of Mind in California’s Juvenile
“When we first started advocating against punitive juvenile justice legislation in Tennessee, we were told that these bills would be
Now in our fifth decade of fighting for justice systems-involved children and youth, we have released our new impact report
Our New Impact Report is Available Online View More
