Youth Law Center News and Events

April 23, 2010

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

Jennifer Rodriguez Testifies at Senate Budget Subcommittee

YLC staff attorney Jennifer Rodriguez testified on a panel at the April 22, 2010, California...

April 19, 2010

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

YLC Working with Foster Youth Services

On April 19th, Jennifer Rodriguez, YLC Staff Attorney, facilitated a discussion with Northern California Foster...

April 14, 2010

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

YLC, CYC and Foster CAre Ombudsman Trains Licensing

On April 14th, Jennifer Rodriguez, YLC Staff Attorney and Damon King, YLC Skadden Fellow presented...

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, 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 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 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...