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Pacific Juvenile Defender Center

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“Juvenile parolees are a special class of parolees for whom appointment of counsel is always appropriate.”

— L.H. v. Schwarzenegger, Civ. No. 2:06-cv-02042 (E.D. Cal. 2008) 

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  • PJDC Amicus Committee Request for Publication of Opinion Granted

    The California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, published In re Jose T. on January 13, 2011, at the request of the PJDC Amicus Committee.  The decision held that it was an abuse of discretion [...]

    Posted Wednesday, January 19th, 2011

  • Daily Journal Op Ed Features Contributions of Juvenile Defenders

    The Daily Journal Newspaper ran an end of the year Perspective piece by Sue Burrell, analyzing the last decade in California juvenile justice.  The article discusses a still-evolving paradigm shift from punitive measures that treat kids [...]

    Posted Tuesday, December 21st, 2010

  • Sacramento Defender Roundtable Attracts New PJDC Members

    The seventh annual PJDC Roundtable was held on November 6, 2010 at Sacramento State University.  More than 80 attorneys attended the day-long event, which attracted attorneys from across the state, but especially from Northern California [...]

    Posted Wednesday, November 10th, 2010

  • PJDC Members Train at National Juvenile Defender Summit

    Six PJDC members – Director Patti Lee, Board Member Elizabeth Calvin, and members James Bell, Jody Marksamer, Abigail Trillin, and Shannan Wilber – were among the trainers at the annual Juvenile Defender Leadership Summit in [...]

    Posted Friday, October 29th, 2010

  • PJDC Director to Speak at ABA Annual Meeting

    Patti Lee, San Francisco Public Defender’s Office and PJDC Co-Director, will be speaking at “Collateral Consequences of a Juvenile Delinquency Adjudication,” during the American Bar Association’s annual meeting in San Francisco. 

    Posted Monday, August 2nd, 2010

  • Los Angeles Times Highlights PJDC Work on Improving Juvenile Indigent Defense

    The Los Angeles Times examined disparities in pay between public defenders and private panel attorneys paid a flat per-case rate to represent juveniles in delinquency matters in an article published on June 14, 2010. 

    Posted Monday, June 14th, 2010

  • U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Juvenile LWOP for Non-Homicide Offenses

    On May 17, 2010, the Supreme Court handed down the much anticipated Supreme Court decisions in Graham and Sullivan — involving two juveniles from Florida who received  Life Without the Possibility of Parole (LWOP) sentences for non-homicide offenses.   [...]

    Posted Monday, May 17th, 2010

  • Youth Advocacy Groups Comment on Prison Rape Elimination Standards

    Seven youth advocacy groups submitted comments on May 10, 2010 to the U.S. Department of Justice on the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission (NPREC) Standards for the Prevention, Detection, Response, and Monitoring of Sexual Abuse [...]

    Posted Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

  • PJDC Executive Committee Member Cyn Yamashiro Honored by Loyola Law School

    PJDC Executive Committee Member Cyn Yamashiro, Executive Director of Loyola Law School’s Center on Juvenile Law & Policy, has been awarded the Public Interest Award for his advocacy for Los Angeles children.

    Posted Thursday, April 15th, 2010

  • Beyond the Bench to Feature Half Day Delinquency Appellate Workshop

    This year’s Beyond the Bench Conference will feature a full afternoon dedicated to Motions, Writs and Appeals: Practical Advice for the Delinquency Trial Lawyer.  The June 4th session is part of Beyond the Bench 20: Collaboration [...]

    Posted Friday, April 9th, 2010

  • PJDC Members Attend Department of Justice Symposium on Indigent Defense

    PJDC Co-Director Patti Lee and Board Members Sue Burrell, Winston Peters, and Edmund Acoba are among the participants at the U.S. Department of Justice’s Symposium on Indigent Defense in Washington, D.C. on February 18-19, 2010.  

    Posted Thursday, February 18th, 2010

  • Daily Journal Highlights PJDC Work

    The defender training and resource development work by PJDC with financial support of the John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation’s Juvenile Indigent Defense Action Network is featured

    Posted Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

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