Youth Law Center News

Youth Law Center announces the partial settlement of Susan C. et al. v. Department of Children and Family Services, et […]

(Sacramento, CA – June 21, 2006) – A class action lawsuit filed today in federal district court in Sacramento charges […]

The Youth Law Center (YLC) and the Contra Costa County office of Bay Area Legal Aid (Bay Legal) successfully completed […]

By Sue Burrell and Jonathan Laba  |  SF Daily Journal – Forum Column  — Beginning in 2000, the California Youth Authority, the state’s […]

Contact: Paolo Annino, 850-644-9930Carole Shauffer, 415-320-2147 Michael Dale, 954-262-6159 State Judge Grants Temporary Injunction Ordering Florida Department of Children & […]

Legal Action Taken Against the Florida Department of Children and Family Services and Private Contractor Big Bend Community Based Care. […]

Legal action taken against  the Florida Department of Children and Family Services and private contractor Big Bend Community Based Care. […]

A Special-Education Student Gets Gang Label Removed in Santa Cruz County By George B. Sanchez  |  Monterey County Herald  —  In Santa Cruz County, […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, February 17, 2006 CONTACT: Peter Simonson, Executive Director, ACLU of New Mexico, 505-266-5915 or (cell) 505-620-0775 […]

The Youth Law Center and Bay Area Legal Aid have filed a lawsuit against the Housing Authority of the County […]

Profiles of the new staff attorneys: Corene Kendrick Corene Kendrick joined the Youth Law Center in October 2005 as a […]

The Youth Law Center has won its appeal of a district court’s dismissal of our Adoption Assistance Program (“AAP”) lawsuit […]