Legal Representation
Active Listening & Building Connection with Clients: 4 Sentences That Can Help
This resource provides suggested language for questions and phrases that can help attorneys build rapport...
Categories: Confidentiality, Information Sharing, Legal Representation, Practice standards/guides
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OYCR Ombuds Factsheet for Juvenile Defenders
The OYCR Ombudsperson is a new resource for youth in the juvenile justice system. The...
Categories: Juvenile Justice, Juvenile justice legal issues, Legal Representation
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NACC Red Book 4th Edition: Representing Transition-Aged Youth (Chapter 22)
The National Association of Counsel For Children (NACC) recently released the 4th edition of its...
Categories: Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Foster care, Legal Representation
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Information gathering letter on existing FYI program
Categories: Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Foster care, Legal Representation, Public Benefits/Funding
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Referral letter for FUP from Civil Legal Aid attorney
Categories: Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Foster care, Legal Representation, Permanency planning, Public Benefits/Funding
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Referral letter for FYI from Civil Legal Aid attorney
Categories: Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Legal Representation, Public Benefits/Funding
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FFPSA: Advocacy and Enforcement Template Letters
A host of new “Complex Care” supports and forms of assistance have been put into...
Categories: Child Welfare, Group Homes/Non-Secure Placement, Legal Representation, Placement/Confinement
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Tips for Preparing Youth for Virtual Hearings in Child Welfare Matters
Tips for Preparing Youth for Virtual Hearings in Child Welfare Matters
Categories: Legal Representation
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Youth Law Considerations for Civil Legal Services
Youth Law Considerations for Civil Legal Services
Categories: Legal Representation
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A.M. v. Holmes Amicus Brief
Amicus brief filed with US Supreme Court in A.M. v. Holmes, challenging the arrest of...
Categories: Juvenile justice legal issues, Legal/policy analyses
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Letter to Attorney General
Letter by Coalition of 177 children's rights, civil rights, faith based and immigrant rights' groups...
Categories: Legal Rights/Placement, Right to Counsel
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Sticker Shock: Calculating the Full Price Tag for Youth Incarceration
Report by the Justice Policy Institute outlining the costs of juvenile incarceration.
Categories: Alternatives to incarceration/JDAI, Collateral consequences, Detention, Disposition/placement, Juvenile justice legal issues, Legal/policy analyses, Realignment of resources
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Juvenile Justice Can Be Less Expensive and More Effective
Op-ed by YLC Staff Attorney Sue Burrell on the cost of juvenile detention published by...
Categories: Alternatives to incarceration/JDAI, Collateral consequences, Detention, Disposition/placement, Juvenile justice legal issues, Legal/policy analyses, Realignment of resources
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Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee
Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee re: costs of SB 838
Categories: Legal/policy analyses, Trying juveniles as adults
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Letter to Senate Public Safety Committee – SB 838 – Oppose
Letter to Senate Public Safety Committee opposing SB 828, a bill that would create a...
Categories: Legal/policy analyses, Trying juveniles as adults
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Letter to Assembly Public Safety Committee – SB 838 – Oppose
Letter to Assembly Public Safety Committee Opposing SB 838 - a bill that would create...
Categories: Legal/policy analyses, Trying juveniles as adults
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SJ Mercury News Article on SB 838
Article discusses controversial bill SB 838 "Audrie's Law" which would create a new crime for...
Categories: Legal/policy analyses, Trying juveniles as adults
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Experts Concerned That LA County Youth Not Always Well Served by the Juvenile Justice system
News article on the appointed counsel system for delinquency cases in Los Angeles County.
Categories: Legal/policy analyses
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Profile of Honorable Tomar Mason
This article profiles YLC Board Member Honorable Tomar Mason.
Categories: Legal/policy analyses
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The Right to an Attorney in California Juvenile Delinquency Cases
This is a fact sheet describing the right to an attorney in California juvenile delinquency...
Categories: Right to Counsel
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SB 166 – Bill re Training Juvenile Delinquency Attorneys
SB 166 requires Judicial Council to establish minimum hours of training and education necessary in...
Categories: Practice standards/guides
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SB 166 Fact Sheet: Training for Juvenile Delinquency Attorneys
Factsheet for SB 166 that would require Judicial Council to establish minimum hours of training...
Categories: Practice standards/guides
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Public Records and Freedom of Information Act Requests – Power Point Presentation
Power point presentation on how public records and Freedom of Information Act requests can be...
Categories: Practice standards/guides
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What Defenders Can Do to Reduce Placement Delay/Placement Failure
National Juvenile Defender Summit handout focusing on youth with serious mental health needs.
Categories: Mental health needs, Practice standards/guides
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Juvenile Delinquency: The Case for Specialty Training
This Daily Journal article explores the special skills and training needed to represent young people...
Categories: Legal/policy analyses
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Juvenile Defense Attorneys Speak Out
Daily Journal article that explores the special skills and training needed to represent young people...
Categories: Legal/policy analyses
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MacArthur Foundation Juvenile Indigent Defense Action Network – Power point Presentation
Power point presentation on JIDAN and what it has done in California so far.
Categories: Practice standards/guides
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What Can Public Defenders Do to Reduce Placement Delay/Placement Failure
Two page list of what public defenders can do to reduce placement delay and placement...
Categories: Placement delay, Practice standards/guides
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Ineffective Assistance of Counsel: Systemic Causes, Systemic Solutions – Powerpoint Presentation
This power point presentation looks at the characteristics of delinquency system and delinquency attorneys in...
Categories: Legal/policy analyses
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Youth Participation in Court Hearings
In recent years, courts and child welfare systems around the country have recognized the importance...
Categories: Foster care, Juvenile records/court proceedings, Practice standards/guides
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Shifting Values in Juvenile Justice – Daily Journal (December 21, 2010)
This is an op ed piece summing up juvenile justice reform in the first part...
Categories: Division of Juvenile Facilities, Legal/policy analyses, Realignment of resources
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Juvenile Defense Attorneys Speak Out – Daily Journal (January 15, 2010)
This is the second part of a two part piece on training and resource needs...
Categories: Legal/policy analyses, Right to Counsel
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Juvenile Delinquency: The Case for Specialty Training – Daily Journal (January 14, 2010)
This is part one of a two part piece published in the Daily Journal. ...
Categories: Legal/policy analyses, Right to Counsel
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Evaluation of the Guardian Ad Litem System in Nebraska
This report assessing Nebraska’s system of child representation was released on January 9, 2010. The...
Categories: Practice standards/guides
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Kleppe v. Superior Court of Marin County and Marin County Petition
The Youth Law Center filed Kleppe v. Superior Court of Marin County and Marin County...
Categories: Practice standards/guides
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Hollingsworth v. Orange County Statement of Decision and Judgment
Hollingsworth v. Orange County was a conditions of confinement case filed in state court. The...
Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues, Right to Counsel
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Hollingsworth v. Orange County Third Amended Complaint
Hollingsworth v. Orange County was a conditions of confinement case filed in state court. The...
Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues, Right to Counsel
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Contracts for Appointed Counsel in Juvenile Delinquency Cases: Defining Expectations
In May 2012, the UC Davis Journal of Juvenile Law and Policy published Staff Attorney...
Categories: Right to Counsel
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