Youth Law Center News and Events

April 5, 2010

Advocacy Reports & Resources, Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Press Releases & Announcements

New YTFG Publication!

In an effort to strengthen philanthropic investments among its membership, the Youth Transition Funders Group...

March 30, 2010

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

Sue Burrell Speaker at Mental Health Conference

YLC Staff Attorney Sue Burrell was an invited speaker at the Forensic Mental Health Association...

March 22, 2010

Juvenile Justice

Former Law Clerk Awarded Scholarship

Meredith Alexander, 2009 Summer Law Clerk, has been awarded the Rosenthal Bar Exam Scholarship for...

March 19, 2010

Juvenile Justice

Mitesh Patel to Be Given Adult Role Model Award

Project Cornerstone has chosen Mitesh Patel, Youth Law Center law clerk, to receive its Adult...

March 12, 2010

Juvenile Justice

“When we sentence youth to die in prison, God cries”

By Rabbi Steven Carr Reuben, Ph.D.  |   Here is an article written by one of our...

March 10, 2010

Juvenile Justice

Lawsuit Against Marin Superior Court and Marin County

A lawsuit filed on March 10, 2010, in the California First District Court of Appeal...

March 10, 2010

Juvenile Justice, Press Releases & Announcements

Press Release re Kleppe v. Marin County

Lawsuit Filed to Stop Marin Juvenile Court Hearings by Videoconference FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MARCH 10, 2010 Contact: Corene...

March 4, 2010

Juvenile Justice

Viewpoint: Juvenile Justice

By Rabbi Steven Carr Reuben  |  Palisadian-Post  —  After reading the moving Viewpoint in last week's Palisadian-Post, written by...

March 2, 2010

In the News, Juvenile Justice

YLC Quoted in Article on Incarceration of Young Children

YLC Staff Attorney Sue Burrell was interviewed for the latest in a series of articles...

February 28, 2010

In the News, Juvenile Justice

Article re Jailing of the Very Young

Santa Clara County Commission Calls for End to Jailing of the Very Young By Karen de...

February 28, 2010

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

All Florida’s Abused Kids Deserve Lawyers

By Michael J. Dale and Louis M. Reidenberg  |  Sun Sentinel  —  It is truly a sad day for...

February 22, 2010

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

Sue Burrell at the National Symposium on Indigent Defense

YLC Staff Attorney Sue Burrell was among the invited guests at the Department ...