Youth Law Center News and Events

September 22, 2015

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

Action Alert on Congregate Care Bill

Tell Governor Brown Children in Foster Care Deserve Families, Not Institutions --Now is the time...

August 26, 2015

In the News, Juvenile Justice

Shackling in Transportation; Hobbling Fairness

On August 24, YLC demanded an end to indiscriminate shackling of juveniles being transported to...

August 25, 2015

Juvenile Justice, Press Releases & Announcements

Judge Orders Compliance with Flores Settlement by Oct. 23

United States District Court judge Dolly Gee ordered the Department of Homeland Security and other...

August 11, 2015

Juvenile Justice, Press Releases & Announcements

Judge Rules for Immigrant Children

United States District Court Judge Dolly Gee has ruled that immigrant children who are accompanied by...

July 2, 2015

In the News, Juvenile Justice

Locked Up and Alone

YLC Staff Attorney Sue Burrell was interviewed for a story appearing in the June 29,...

July 2, 2015

Juvenile Justice

Court of Appeal Reverses Disposition for Immigrant Youth

The California Court of Appeal has reversed and remanded a juvenile court disposition that ordered a...

June 2, 2015

In the News, Juvenile Justice

Collateral Consequences of Juvenile Court

YLC staff attorney Sue Burrell’s article, “Collateral  Consequences of Juvenile Court: Boulders on the Road...

May 22, 2015

In the News, Juvenile Justice

CECANF Works Toward Development of a National Strategy

The Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities (CECANF), established by the Protect Our Kids Act...

May 22, 2015

Juvenile Justice

CA Supreme Court Finds Youth Incompetent to Stand Trial

On May 18, 2015, the California Supreme Court announced its decision in In re R.V.,...