Youth Law Center News and Events

September 29, 2009

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

Marquez v Calif. Dept. of Health Care Services – Filed

The Youth Law Center, along with other legal advocates, have filed a lawsuit challenging California...

September 4, 2009

Juvenile Justice

ACLU and CYFD Reach Agreement on JJ Facilities

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, September 4, 2009 Contact: Peter Simonson, ACLU of NM Executive Director (505)...

August 28, 2009

In the News, Juvenile Justice

California to Close Its Largest Juvenile Prison

By Michael Rothfeld  |  Los Angeles Times  — Reporting from Sacramento – The state is closing California's largest youth...

August 26, 2009

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News

Fostering Connections to Success

By Alice Bussiere, Jennifer Pokempner, Jennifer Rodriguez  | YLC staff attorneys Jennifer Rodriguez and Alice Bussiere co-authored...

August 21, 2009

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

YLC Works on Sam M. v. Carcieri Amicus Brief

The Youth Law Center joined fourteen other children's advocacy organizations in an amicus brief filed...

August 19, 2009

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

Evaluation of GALs in Nebraska

YLC Staff Attorney Corene Kendrick is working with Madelyn Freundlich, Senior Child Welfare Consultant at...

August 14, 2009

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

Damon King, Skadden Fellow to Begin Work at YLC

Damon King, our Skadden Fellow, will begin work here on September 14th.  His project is...

July 29, 2009

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

Nicole M. Lewis Joins the YLC Board of Directors

The Youth Law Center is happy to announce that Nicole M. Lewis has just joined...

July 8, 2009

Juvenile Justice

People v. Nguyen Decision a Disappointment

The California Supreme Court ruled on July 2, 2009, that juvenile felony adjudications count as...