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  • Registration Now Open For LA County PD Spring Training

    The Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office will hold its annual Juvenile Delinquency Conference on the Cesar Chavez court holiday of Friday, March 30, 2012, at the Cathedral of our Lady of Los Angeles.

    Posted Thursday, January 26th, 2012

  • PJDC Collateral Consequences Handbook Highlighted at CPDA

    PJDC Board Members Sue Burrell and Rourke Stacy co-presented a workshop  on Collateral Consequences of Sustained Petitions in Juvenile Court at the January 21, 2012 California Public Defenders Association (CPDA) Juvenile Defense Seminar at Monterey, California. 

    Posted Monday, January 23rd, 2012

  • PJDC Has Big Presence at National Juvenile Defender Summit

    Thirty PJDC members headed to Seattle for the October 21-23, 2011 National Juvenile Defender Summit.   Juvenile advocates and defenders from around the country are invited to attend the annual event and, this year, more than 450 defenders [...]

    Posted Monday, October 24th, 2011

  • NITA Training a Big Success

    PJDC co-sponsored the first ever National Institute for Trial Advocacy training for California delinquency attorneys, held September 16-18 at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles.   Fifty participants from all over the state took part in the [...]

    Posted Wednesday, September 21st, 2011

  • PJDC Board Member Sue Burrell Receives ABA Livingston Hall Award

    Each year, the American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section selects one recipient for its Livingston Hall Award for juvenile justice advocacy.   This year’s recipient is long time PJDC Board Member and Youth Law Center Staff [...]

    Posted Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

  • Supreme Court Holds That Age is a Factor in Miranda Analysis

    The United States Supreme Court issued its opinion in J. D. B. v. North Carolina, holding that age is a relevant factor in determining whether a child believed he or she was free to leave in connection with a Miranda [...]

    Posted Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

  • Baltimore City Juvenile Defender Division Seeking Supervising Attorneys and Division Chief Attorney

    The Maryland Office of the Public Defender is currently recruiting for four Baltimore City Juvenile Defender Division Supervising Attorney positions, and a Baltimore City Juvenile Defender Division Chief Attorney.   Interested individuals should contact Leslie Ellis, [...]

    Posted Wednesday, June 15th, 2011

  • Recorder Article – Courts Seek Ruling on Long Prison Sentences for Juveniles

    Below is a link to an article that appeared in The Recorder on June 10, 2011, on courts awaiting the state Supreme Court’s decision in People v. Caballero where a Second District panel upheld a 110-year [...]

    Posted Wednesday, June 15th, 2011

  • Juvenile Defender Jan Lecklikner Named CPDA Defender of the Year

    Congratulations to Jan Lecklikner from the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office on being the first ever practicing juvenile defender to receive “Defender of The Year” Award from the California Public Defender’s Association (CPDA) for 2011.  The award [...]

    Posted Monday, May 23rd, 2011

  • PJDC Receives Grant to Fund Training and Outreach

    The van Loben Sels/Rembe Rock Foundation has awarded PJDC a grant to fund training and technical support for juvenile defenders, with a focus on attorneys in small and rural Northern California counties. 

    Posted Thursday, February 24th, 2011

  • Center for Juvenile Law & Policy Receives Grant for Juvenile Innocence Project

    Congratulations to PJDC Members Cyn Yamashiro and Maureen Pacheco, and their colleagues at Loyola Law School’s Center for Juvenile Law & Policy, on receiving  $1 million in funding from the Kalmanovitz Charitable Foundation to develop the first west coast [...]

    Posted Monday, January 31st, 2011

  • 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

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