Resource Library

Our searchable online resource library is an important component of our designation by the State Bar of California as a legal aid Support Center that provides legal training, legal technical assistance, and advocacy support without charge to the legal community, and specifically to California’s qualified legal services programs. Our resource library includes Youth Law Center publications, including fact sheets, legal guides, litigation materials, and other reference materials supporting legal advocacy in a variety of different areas for children and youth in the foster care and juvenile justice systems.

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YLC Comments to ABA Juvenile Justice Standards Relating to Crossover, Dual Jurisdiction and Multisystem Youth

Youth Law Center comments on the ABA TASK FORCE ON JUVENILE JUSTICE STANDARDS RELATING TO...

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Challenging Lenthy Post-Disposition Commitments to Juvenile Halls

The purpose of this memorandum is to address ways to challenge the imposition of lengthy...

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Letter to State Board of Education re the School Accountability Report Card

Letter from several advocacy organizations asking the state board of education to put more suspension...

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Ricardo M. – Cases on Commitment to Juvenile Hall

Cases on commitment to juvenile hall in chronological order. Note that the statutes have...

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George T. Amicus

Amicus where George T., the teenager- in this case, was incarcerated for several months and...

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SB 81 – Ten Point Tune Up

Hand out at the DJJ Realignment Symposium on SB 81.

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SB 81 Ten Point Tune up – Power point Presentation

Power point presentation at the DJJ Realignment symposium on SB 81, realignment.

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Letter to State Board of Education re Request for SBE Informational Item: School Discipline – Suspension and Expu...

Letter asking board to discuss suspension and expulsion at the next meeting.

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Trends and Challenges of Juvenile Justice Reform: Experiences of Three States – Power point Presentation

Panel discusses juvenile justice reform in Connecticut, California and Texas.

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Using Research to Reduce Incarceration as a Disposition

Recent policy research offers rich opportunities for reducing the use of incarceration as a “sentencing”...

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In re Sean W. Amicus

This is an amicus to a case that presents the question whether Senate Bill 459...

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What Can Public Defenders Do to Reduce Placement Delay/Placement Failure

Two page list of what public defenders can do to reduce placement delay and placement...

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