Youth Law Center News

We are so proud of YLC’s Policy Director, Jenny Pokempner, on being named the American Bar Association’s Fearless Children’s Lawyer […]

On January 13th, YLC submitted comments to the CA Department of Health Care Service’s proposal for CA Behavioral Health Community […]

For Release: December 21, 2022 New Report, Families Not Facilities, provides solutions and recommendations to fix the broken youth justice […]

Today, the Youth Law Center announced a settlement agreement between Sacramento County and YLC’s client, Youth Forward, a Sacramento-based non-profit […]

YLC staff attorneys participated in a CA Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) process along with advocates, youth and […]

YLC launched the Quality Parenting Initiative (QPI) over a decade ago as a national movement committed to ensuring that all […]

New Law Creates Steps Toward Educational Equity  for Youth In California’s Juvenile Justice System  Youth Law Center is excited to […]

YLC and the Project Change Program at the College of San Mateo recently hosted an event to celebrate joint advocacy […]

YLC has published a new advocacy resource, “Building Community Power in Youth Justice Reform: The Brown Act & Juvenile Justice […]

Last week, the Youth Law Center joined 30 other groups in submitting an amicus brief to the United States Supreme Court in […]

California’s juvenile justice system intervenes in the lives of some of the children who have experienced the greatest challenges, and […]

YLC and the law firm Baker McKenzie have filed a new lawsuit to ensure that county juvenile justice planning complies […]