Youth Law Center News and Events

April 26, 2024

General Announcements, juvenile justice

Announcing Youth Law Center’s 45th Anniversary Event Honoring Angela Vigil with Special Musical Guest Sheila E.!

Join Youth Law Center’s Celebration of Advocacy, Justice, and Hope in September Since 1978, the Youth...

April 18, 2024

General Announcements, juvenile justice

Youth Law Center Brief: Ensuring Access to Voting Rights for California Youth Confined in County Juvenile Facilities

In this edition of the Youth Law Center Brief, we introduce our newly published report,...

April 17, 2024

General Announcements, press, Press Release, Press/Media Mentions

New Report Issues Call To Action to Ensure Voting Access for Youth Confined in County Juvenile Facilities

For Release: April 18, 2024 New Report Issues Call To Action to Ensure Voting Access for...

April 2, 2024

General Announcements, qpi

Cast Your Vote Today for the Youth Law Center’s Proposal for SOCAP 2024

Vote for the Youth Law Center’s Proposal for SOCAP 2024 Our session proposal, “Advancing Climate Justice...

March 8, 2024

Press/Media Mentions, qpi

Youth Law Center Brief: Pursuing Systems Transformation in Foster Care Through National Advocacy

  About Youth Law Center’s Quality Parenting Initiative (QPI) Children who enter the foster care system have...

February 23, 2024

juvenile justice, Press/Media Mentions

The Commercial Appeal 2/21/24: After reports of problems in TN juvenile justice facilities, new report outlines solution...

"The measures detailed by the report would shrink the footprint of the juvenile justice system...

February 21, 2024

foster care, foster youth, Press/Media Mentions

National Press Foundation 2/12/24: Policies Steer Foster Care Youth Toward a Traumatic Future, Youth Law Center Director...

"For too many youth in foster care, the path from foster care only leads to...

February 15, 2024

General Announcements, press, Press Release, Press/Media Mentions

New Report is an Urgent Call to Action for Improving Tennessee’s Juvenile Justice System

For Release: February 15, 2024 New Report is an Urgent Call to Action for Improving Tennessee's...

February 15, 2024

juvenile justice, legislation

Youth Law Center 2023 Advocacy for Impact: Part 2. Juvenile Justice Systems in California and Nationwide

The Youth Law Center’s advocacy work to change systems through impact litigation, movement lawyering, policy...

February 9, 2024

foster care, Press/Media Mentions

Washington Post 2/8/2024: Opinion | When Foster Care Ends, 18-Year-Olds Still Need Support

"Then, there are the bigger dreams: [The On the Threshold of Change Report] imagines giving #foster...

January 24, 2024

foster care

Read the New Report: On the Threshold of Change

Read the New Report: On the Threshold of Change As youth grapple with so many new...

January 23, 2024

foster care, juvenile justice, qpi

Youth Law Center 2023 Advocacy for Impact: Part I. Foster Care Systems in California and Nationwide

"Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle."...