Youth Law Center News and Events

December 19, 2012

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice, Press Releases & Announcements

No Time for False Choices – Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 14, 2012 CONTACT: Rebecca Vallas, Staff Attorney/Policy Advocate Community Legal Services E-mail:  rvallas@clsphila.org Phone: 215-981-3797 NO TIME FOR...

December 19, 2012

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice, Press Releases & Announcements

YLC Supports SSI for Children with Disabilities

The Youth Law Center joined advocates across the country to respond to a New York...

December 11, 2012

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Success & Impact

YLC Helps to Train Juvenile Court Judges

Every year, juvenile court judges from around California convene for a two-day training put on...

November 22, 2012

Juvenile Justice

YLC Suggests Ways to Improve Appointed Counsel Contracts

YLC Staff Attorney Sue Burrell presented in a workshop on “The Importance of Juvenile Contracts...

November 22, 2012

Juvenile Justice

YLC Explores the Use of Affidavits in Juvenile Cases

This year’s National Juvenile Defender Summit, held October 26-28, 2012 in San Juan Puerto Rico,...

November 8, 2012

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News

Agencies Work to Unite Foster, Biological Parents

by KELLI KENNEDY, Associated Press When Angela Austin-Knight's teenage son and daughter were placed in foster...

October 18, 2012

Juvenile Justice

Baby Elmo Project Blog

The Vera Institute of Justice, Family Justice Program is running a blog written by a...

October 18, 2012

Events, Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

Supporting Young Adults Training

The Youth Law Center, the Alliance for Children’s Rights, and Bay Area Legal Aid will...

September 27, 2012

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Success & Impact

Two AB 12 Trainings

Alice Bussiere, Youth Law Center Staff Attorney, Brian Blalock, Bay Area Legal Aid,  and Rebecca...