Youth Law Center News

The Youth Law Center has joined over 200 child, immigration, religious, academic, and civil rights organizations to endorse principles for […]

The Youth Law Center is hosting a four-part series of webinars on AB 12, California’s Fostering Connections to Success Act, […]

The National Juvenile Defender Center (NJDC) has just released the first ever set of National Juvenile Defense Standards.  The Standards […]

The Youth Law Center and Bay Area Legal Aid provided training on public benefits for children for staff at Legal Advocates […]

The Youth Law Center and the Annie E. Casey Foundation hosted a meeting for representatives of agencies that provide services for […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 14, 2012 CONTACT: Rebecca Vallas, Staff Attorney/Policy Advocate Community Legal Services E-mail:  rvallas@clsphila.org Phone: 215-981-3797 NO TIME FOR […]

The Youth Law Center joined advocates across the country to respond to a New York Times Op-Ed by Nicholas Kristof […]

Every year, juvenile court judges from around California convene for a two-day training put on by the Administrative Office of […]

YLC Staff Attorney Sue Burrell presented in a workshop on “The Importance of Juvenile Contracts in Ensuring Standards of Representation” […]

This year’s National Juvenile Defender Summit, held October 26-28, 2012 in San Juan Puerto Rico, featured YLC Staff Attorney Sue […]

by KELLI KENNEDY, Associated Press When Angela Austin-Knight’s teenage son and daughter were placed in foster care in 2008, she […]

The Vera Institute of Justice, Family Justice Program is running a blog written by a young man at Cuyahoga Hills […]