Youth Law Center News and Events

October 17, 2024

Events

Youth Law Center Celebrates its First 45 Years!

On a picture-perfect late summer evening on Thursday, September 12 in San Francisco, the Youth...

October 17, 2024

Events, Juvenile Justice

Youth Law Center and Other Advocates Influence New California Bill Improving Access to Education for Incarcerated Youth

New California Bill Improves Access to Education for Incarcerated Youth On September 22, 2024, Governor Gavin...

August 13, 2024

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News

8/13/24: Youth Law Center’s Kristina Tanner Discusses California Governor Newsom’s Investment in the Future ...

"Without basketball, I doubt I would have been able to work through the trauma I...

August 7, 2024

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News

California Department of Social Services Press Release, 8/5/24: California Announces Significant Investment to Support F...

“We believe the new Foster Rate Structure to be an unprecedented investment in foster youth...

August 6, 2024

Juvenile Justice

We are suing the state of Tennessee

Dear Friends of the Youth Law Center, In late June, we, along with Disability Rights Tennessee...

August 2, 2024

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

Summer 2024 Edition: On the Threshold of Change Updates for Extended Foster Care

We are writing to update you on news related to On the Threshold of Change:...

July 31, 2024

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Success & Impact

Youth Law Center’s Quality Parenting Advocacy Attracts International Attention and New Funding

Youth Law Center’s Advocacy Tapped by Delegation from Japan In May, our Quality Parenting Initiative (QPI)...

July 18, 2024

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News, Success & Impact

Advocacy Scores Major Victory for California Youth in Foster Care

Youth Law Center actively works to transform foster care and juvenile justice systems to ensure...

July 15, 2024

In the News, Juvenile Justice

Nashville Banner 7/15/24: Children in Tennessee Can Now be Tried as Adults for Shoplifting or Stealing a Gun, or Even At...

The law that went into effect July 1 is the first in Tennessee to allow...

July 12, 2024

Juvenile Justice

Elevating Youth Voices and Leadership for Change!

The Statewide Youth Justice Leadership Cohort (SYJLC), coordinated by the Youth Law Center’s Pathways to...

July 3, 2024

Press Releases & Announcements

Welcome Youth Law Center’s Summer Legal Interns!

Welcome Youth Law Center’s Summer Legal Interns! Each year, the Youth Law Center hosts a cohort...

June 26, 2024

Juvenile Justice, Press Releases & Announcements

Disability Rights Tennessee, Sanford Heisler Sharp, and the Youth Law Center File Lawsuit Against Tennessee for Illegal ...

(Nashville, TN, June 26, 2024) Attorneys from Disability Rights Tennessee, Sanford Heisler Sharp, and the...