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“The same factors that make youths ineligible to vote or to serve on a jury require us to treat them differently from adults when they commit crimes.”

— MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Adolescent Development and Juvenile Justice, 2006 

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  • 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 [...]

    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

  • Daily Journal Highlights Need for Juvenile Defender Training

    An editorial in the Jan. 14, 2010 issue of the Daily Journal by Sue Burrell highlighted the need for increased training of juvenile defenders.

    Posted Thursday, January 14th, 2010

  • PJDC Mourns Death of Member Jack Daniel

    PJDC mourns the death of member Jack Daniel of Fresno, who spent his entire legal career as a public interest advocate, including as a Fresno County Public Defender. 

    Posted Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

  • California Public Defenders Association Juvenile Training

    The California Public Defenders Association is holding its annual two-day juvenile law training in Monterey, CA on January 22-23, 2010.  Attendees can register to attend one or both days of the training. 

    Posted Monday, January 4th, 2010

  • PJDC Work Highlighted by MacArthur Foundation

    The MacArthur Foundation’s Models for Change project monthly newsletter highlights the Juvenile Indigent Defense Action Network, and profiles the work of PJDC in California to improve the quality of representation for children.

    Posted Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

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