Youth Law Center News and Events

April 30, 2009

Juvenile Justice

Gateway Charter High School Fundraiser

Through their Future Leaders Institute, Gateway Charter High School Students, lead by Maricarmen Hernandez, are...

April 20, 2009

Advocacy Reports & Resources, Juvenile Justice, Success & Impact

Corene Kendrick Part of Nebraska NJDC Team

Staff Attorney Corene Kendrick was part of a team of juvenile justice experts organized by...

April 17, 2009

In the News, Juvenile Justice

Sacramento Bee Article re Youth Jails Closure

Closure of Youth Jails Proposed in Cash-Strapped Sacramento County By Andy Furillo  |  Sacramento Bee  — Sacramento County probation officials...

April 10, 2009

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

YLC Supporting AB 154, AB 47 and SB114

Additional child welfare bills that the Youth Law Center is supporting are AB 154 that will inform...

April 9, 2009

Advocacy Reports & Resources, Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

YLC Co-Sponsoring AB 12

YLC is co-sponsoring AB 12, which will extend foster care benefits to youth after the...

April 9, 2009

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

YLC Supporting AB 938

YLC is supporting AB 938, which provides for early identification and notification of relatives of...

April 6, 2009

Juvenile Justice

Signing on to Amicus

We have signed on to an amicus brief in a strip search case, Safford v. Redding, that...

March 26, 2009

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News, Juvenile Justice

Santa Clara County Jails Youngest Child Ever

By Karen de Sa  |  Mercury News  — One of the youngest children ever to be locked up in...

March 16, 2009

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News

Governor Schwarzenegger’s Support of AB 12

In his March 9, 2009, press conference, Governor Schwarzenegger issued a statement of support for...