Juvenile Law Center uses legal advocacy, publications, projects, public education, and training, to ensure that the child welfare, juvenile justice, and other public systems provide vulnerable children with the protection and services they need to become productive adults.
JLC, as part of the Legal Center for Foster Care and Education, released a new publication which provides guidance about how child welfare and education agencies can better collect and share data about the educational needs of youth in the child welfare system. Continued...
A manual to educate youth who have been involved in the Pennsylvania juvenile justice system; discusses the challenges an adult with juvenile records may face, and how one can expunge their juvenile records. Continued...
Provides juvenile defense attorneys and advocates with information about the accessibility of juvenile records, the lasting consequences of having a juvenile record on file, and the standard process for petitioning the court for an expungement. Continued...
JLC argues that juvenile court should retain discretion to spare children from permanent stigma associated with lifetime sex offender registration Continued...
JLC challenges constitutionality of a Pennsylvania law known as Act 53, which allows courts to order involuntary civil commitments for minors found to be drug dependent Continued...
Juvenile Law Center
1315 Walnut Street, 4th floor Philadelphia, PA 19107
