Youth Law Center News and Events

March 28, 2015

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News

YLC Reduces Group Care in Florida

YLC is partnering with foster families, foster youth and other advocates to support new Florida...

March 11, 2015

Juvenile Justice

YLC Challenges Juvenile Court Order Turning Youth Over to ICE

The Youth Law Center has applied for leave to file an amicus brief in a...

March 3, 2015

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

YLC Urges Additional Protections for Immigrant Children

YLC and the Center for Children’s Law and Policy (CCLP) have submitted comments on Prison...

February 26, 2015

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

Commission on Child Abuse to Hold Open Meeting

The Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities (CECANF), a federal advisory committee established...

February 26, 2015

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News

Jennifer Rodriguez testifies on use of psychiatric meds.

YLC Executive Director Jennifer Rodriguez testified before the California Senate Human Services Committee on February...

February 24, 2015

In the News, Juvenile Justice

Legislation Seeks to End Juvenile Solitary Confinement

YLC staff attorney Sue Burrell was interviewed by San Diego CityBeat in relation to legislation...

February 20, 2015

Advocacy Reports & Resources, Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

Study Reveals Greater Commitment of Foster Parents

Youth Law Center recently joined with nationally renowned researchers on research that demonstrates that foster...

February 19, 2015

Juvenile Justice

YLC Supports Legal Rights of Immigrant Youth

The Youth Law Center has applied for leave to file an amicus brief in a...

February 4, 2015

Juvenile Justice

Petition Filed to Halt En Masse Detention of Refugee Children

On February 2, 2015, the Youth Law Center along with the Center for Human Rights...

December 16, 2014

In the News, Juvenile Justice

Op-Ed Juvenile Justice Can be Less Expensive

In a Sacramento Bee Op Ed piece, Youth Law Center Staff Attorney Sue Burrell weighed...

November 26, 2014

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

YLC Honors Unsung Heroes on December 8, 2014

Each year the Youth Law Center recognizes people who have made a difference in the...

October 29, 2014

Juvenile Justice

YLC on Harsh Discipline for Truants

The Center for Public Integrity interviewed Staff Attorney Sue Burrell in connection with its investigation...