The Southwest Juvenile Defender Center, part of the Center for Children, Law & Policy at the University of Houston Law Center was recently profiled in the Houston Chronicle for their work in the Why a Lawyer Program.
Houston Chronicle: Programs teach legal rights to elementary school pupils
Southwest Juvenile Defender Center
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Leslie Kaufman of the New York Times takes an in-depth look at the Juvenile Justice Initiative in New York.
The city said that in the year since the program began, fewer than 35 percent of the 275 youths who have been through it have been rearrested or violated probation. By treating them in the context of [...]
Florida’s Blueprint Commission on Juvenile Justice, chaired by former Lt. Governor Frank Brogan, has released Getting Smart About Juvenile Justice in Florida, a report of recommendations to reform Florida’s juvenile justice system.
The full report is available on the state’s Department of Juvenile Justice Website and includes the following summary of the recommendations of the report:
The [...]
Capital University Law Review is holding their Fourth Annual Wells Conference on Adoption Law entitled Hearing the Child’s Voice: Selected Adoption and Child Welfare Topics on Thursday, March 13, 2008 at Capital University Law School. Register by March 6 for only $50.
Date: Thursday, March 13, 2008
CLE/CEU Credits: 6.25 CLE’s and 6.25 SW CEU’s, pending approval
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As noted in the must-read blog Grits for Breakfast, Texas Monthly Magazine featured Will Harrell, ombudsman for the Texas Youth Commission, as one of 35 People Who Will Shape Our Future. Named as the first independent ombudsman for the Texas Youth Commission following a sexual abuse scandal that forced TYC into conservatorship, Harrell is largely [...]
