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Cardozo Law Student Chapter - Children's Rights Institute

Cardozo law student division of CRI founded by 2010 Cardozo graduates Danielle Goldstein and Benjamin Ryberg. CRI-Cardozo has over 40 student members and is dedicated to raising awareness about human rights abuses against children.

http://www.childrensrightsinstitute.org/blog/

May 22
Hamas textbooks to teach about 'liberation plans'

Hamas textbooks to teach about 'liberation plans'

Hamas has begun preparing new school textbooks that teach children about "plans to liberate Palestine and the legitimacy and various forms of resistance [against Israel]." Jamal Abu Hashem, advisor to the Hamas-controlled education ministry,…
May 22
Hamas Training Tens of Thousands of Child Soldier

Hamas Training Tens of Thousands of Child Soldier

Among the classic, repeated Hamas slogans is the one in which the group's fighters declare that that they "love death" more than their declared Israeli enemies "love life." The Iran-backed terror organization has gone to enormous lengths to…
May 22
Muslim Preacher Kills His 8-Year-Old Child Bride

Muslim Preacher Kills His 8-Year-Old Child Bride

According to war correspondent Mustafa Kazemi, an 8-year-old girl was recently murdered by her husband, a Muslim mullah, on the day of their wedding. Kazemi's source, a medical doctor, said there was nothing that could be done to save her…

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Reclaiming Futures

Covers juvenile courts, justice and reform.

http://www.reclaimingfutures.org/blog/

May 24
Juvenile Justice Shows Progress; News Roundup

Juvenile Justice Shows Progress; News Roundup

Juvenile Justice Reform Juvenile Justice Shows Progress (Illinois Times) When the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice was created in 2006, the state’s youth prisons held 1,500 juvenile offenders. Today, there are fewer than 900…
May 23
Photography Supports Mia's Sobriety

Photography Supports Mia's Sobriety

Through Reclaiming Futures Snohomish County, and the Promising Artists in Recovery (PAIR) mentors, Mia stays sober and finds beautiful things to photograph around every corner. read more
May 22
Oregon Teen Wins Poetry Award For Jailed Youth

Oregon Teen Wins Poetry Award For Jailed Youth

Back in March, we published a blog post about Words Unlocked, a new poetry contest for students incarcerated in juvenile detention. Today we're happy to congratulate Oregon teenager, Brianna Nicole Ireland, for winning the contest with her…

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Juvenile Law Center

Covers child welfare and juvenile justice.

http://www.jlc.org/blog

May 23
Age-Appropriate Placements Matter in the Transition to Adulthood

Age-Appropriate Placements Matter in the Transition to Adulthood

Author: Juvenile Law Center Date: Thu, 2013-05-23 00:00 Image: …
May 22
Juvenile Law Center Delivers Famous "5-Word Speech" at 17th Annual Webby Award

Juvenile Law Center Delivers Famous "5-Word Speech" at 17th Annual Webby Award

Author: Juvenile Law Center Date: Wed, 2013-05-22 00:00 Image: …
May 21
Letting Kids Be Kids: Promoting Normalcy in Foster Care

Letting Kids Be Kids: Promoting Normalcy in Foster Care

Author: Juvenile Law Center Date: Tue, 2013-05-21 00:00 Image: …

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Children and the Law

By the Center for Children, Law & Policy at the University of Houston Law Center.

http://childrenandthelawblog.com/

May 23
Thursday’s Children and the Law News Roundup

Thursday’s Children and the Law News Roundup

Pennsylvania Finds 20 Percent of Juveniles Re-Offend Within Two Years, Juvenile Justice Information Exchange A new report issued by the Pennsylvania Juvenile Court Judges’ Commissionfinds that among juveniles whose cases were…
May 22
Wednesday’s Children and the Law News Roundup

Wednesday’s Children and the Law News Roundup

New Juvenile Justice Center Answer to Larger Load of Cases, mystateline.com ROCKFORD – It’s just short move across Elm Street from the 4th floor of the Public Safety Building to the new Winnebago County Juvenile Justice…
May 21
Tuesday’s Children and the Law News Roundup

Tuesday’s Children and the Law News Roundup

Japan’s Child Kidnapping Problem, The Daily Beast Japan has a child-kidnapping problem. It’s not strangers snatching the kids on the playground or at the bus-stop; the problem is that when a Japanese national divorces a foreigner…

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ChildLaw Blog

Commentary, insight and analysis on children's law, policy and current issues.

http://www.childlaw.us/

May 23
Are child porn viewers less dangerous than we thought?

Are child porn viewers less dangerous than we thought?

This recent commentary, by Slate.com columnist and journalist writer Emily Bazelon (who earlier this year wrote a New York Times Magazine cover story on the Marsh Law Firm's groundbreaking work on restitution for child pornography victims),…
May 13
D.C. Circuit Weighs Child Pornography Restitution Case

D.C. Circuit Weighs Child Pornography Restitution Case

From the BLT: The Blog of LegalTimes, a recent post about the Marsh Law Firm's continued efforts on behalf of child pornography victims in the long-running Monzel case: The thorny question of how to calculate restitution to victims of child…
May 7
Amy and Vicky, Child Porn Victims: No Joint and Several Liability

Amy and Vicky, Child Porn Victims: No Joint and Several Liability

From FindLaw, a post about the Marsh Law Firm's latest restitution case: You'd have to imagine, at some point, that either Congress (ha!) or the Supreme Court will step in and clear up the confusion surrounding restitution for those depicted…

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Lori Levin Blog

Covers Illinois criminal justice, juvenile justice, guardianship and mental health law issues.

http://www.lorilevinlaw.com/blog.html

May 22
Proposal to lower blood alcohol limits and driving under the influence

Proposal to lower blood alcohol limits and driving under the influence

Last week, the National Transportation Safety Board recommended that the nation move towards zero tolerance with respect to drinking and driving. The NTSB made numerous recommendations including reducing the…
May 10
New Department of Justice report refutes perception that firearm violence has increased

New Department of Justice report refutes perception that firearm violence has increased

This week, the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics released a report on "Firearm Violence, 1993-2001," http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/fv9311.pdf, which seemingly refutes the public's perception regarding…
May 10
Illinois Chief Justice issues reminder that court orders determining a person to have mental health problems must be forwarded to Illinois State Police for weapon background check

Illinois Chief Justice issues reminder that court orders determining a person to have mental health problems must be forwarded to Illinois State Police for weapon background check

This post is a follow-up on an earlier one regarding the Illinois State Auditor General's report on the limited adherence of counties statewide to report mental health findings to the Illinois State Police for its…

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The Future of Children

Covers juvenile justice and public policy. A Collaboration of The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University and The Brookings Institution.

http://blogs.princeton.edu/futureofchildren/

May 22
Finding and Fixing Flaws in Financial Aid Policy

Finding and Fixing Flaws in Financial Aid Policy

Recent reports underscore what many argue are serious problems with current financial aid policy. Lawmakers debate about how to handle the soon-to-expire low interest rate on federal student loans. Meanwhile, public and private colleges and…
May 9
College at a Crossroad

College at a Crossroad

As the latest issue of the Future of Children reports, higher education in the US is changing dramatically. On the one hand, access to college has expanded at a remarkable rate. On the other hand, scores of students are...
Apr 30
Complex College Choices in a Changing Economic Climate

Complex College Choices in a Changing Economic Climate

In his first term, President Obama set a goal that the US would once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world by 2020. However, choosing whether to go to college, which school is best and...

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My Arizona Criminal, Child Abuse…

My Arizona Criminal, Child Abuse and Neglect Attorney

Focuses on the intersection of family and criminal law. By Gregg R. Woodnick, PLLC.

http://woodnicklawchildcustody.wordpress.com/

Apr 17
Supreme Court Hears Key Adoption Case for Arizona

Supreme Court Hears Key Adoption Case for Arizona

The U.S. Supreme Court heard an important adoption case on April 16. The case, captioned Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl, involves complex issues of sovereignty and statutory construction, to say nothing of the high stakes element of a little…
Apr 8
False Imprisonment Claim Yields $70,000 Settlement in New Mexico

False Imprisonment Claim Yields $70,000 Settlement in New Mexico

ABC News reports that a New Mexico man agreed to a $70,000 settlement with the county whose officials arrested and wrongfully imprisoned him for several days in 2009. Anthony Ortiz was arrested because a clerk entered his Social Security…
Mar 25
The Importance of Expert Witnesse

The Importance of Expert Witnesse

If the Jodi Arias trial illustrates anything to the legal community (note: it probably illustrates a lot of things), it is the importance of expert witness testimony in the contemporary trial setting. Forensic psychologist Richard…

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The MAJDC Law Blog

Tracks the work of the Virginia legislature on juvenile justice issues. By the Mid-Atlantic Juvenile Defender Center.

http://majdc.wordpress.com

Apr 19
HB 863 Signed by Governor

HB 863 Signed by Governor

HB 863, which changes the way restricted-use driver’s licenses are offered to offenders, has been signed by Gov. McDonnell. It has been enacted as Chapter 522 of the 2010 Acts of Assembly, and will become effective on July 1, 2010.
Apr 19
HB862 Signed

HB862 Signed

Gov. McDonnell has signed into law HB 862, allowing juveniles to be immediately adjudicated as delinquent for underage alcohol, drug, or firearm offenses, and punished accordingly. It has been enacted as Chapter 569 of the 2010 Acts of…
Apr 13
HB1121 Signed By Governor

HB1121 Signed By Governor

On April 10, Governor McDonnell signed HB1121, Delegate Gilbert’s juvenile information sharing bill. The new policy will be effective on July 1, 2010.

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San Antonio Lawyer Blog

Covers San Antonio juvenile and family law. By the Law Office of Kenneth Eric Baker.

http://www.sanantoniolawyer-blog.com/

Aug 27
Interstate Child Custody: How the Texas UCCJEA helps resolve child custody disputes where the child and at least one parent live in different states.

Interstate Child Custody: How the Texas UCCJEA helps resolve child custody disputes where the child and at least one parent live in different states.

Interstate child custody cases usually happen when the parents of a child live in different states. The question is how do courts resolve disputes over which parent the child will live with and how and when visitation with the other parent…
Aug 22
Disposition Hearings in Juvenile Court: Understanding and Navigating the Texas Juvenile Justice System, Part 5

Disposition Hearings in Juvenile Court: Understanding and Navigating the Texas Juvenile Justice System, Part 5

In the previous four posts I've covered what happens when a child gets arrested for committing a crime in Texas. From pre arrest warning to diversion to deferred prosecution and finally to plea agreement or trial, otherwise known as the…
Aug 21
Certification and Transfer Hearings: Understanding and Navigating the Texas Juvenile Justice System, Part 4

Certification and Transfer Hearings: Understanding and Navigating the Texas Juvenile Justice System, Part 4

This is part four of a series of articles intended to help explain to parents and other interested parties the juvenile justice system in Texas. Most of the minors who come in to the Juvenile court system are charged with relatively minor…

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Orange County Juvenile Law Blog

By Tom Connor and Bettina Yanez.

http://www.californiajuveniledependency.com/orange-county-juvenile-law-blog/

Oct 17
The Probation Officer: Responsibilitie

The Probation Officer: Responsibilitie

One of the probation officer’s job is to evaluate your child and write up a report about them that the judge will then use/review for the court case. This report will be handed to the judge at the disposition hearing. This report will…
Sep 24
Division of Juvenile Justice: Parole

Division of Juvenile Justice: Parole

To be eligible for parole, the juvenile in the Division of Juvenile Justice must successfully finish all their program goals. In the month that the juvenile is scheduled to meet with the Juvenile Parole Board at a Parole Consideration…
Sep 16
Emancipation

Emancipation

To become emancipated means for a minor (a child under the age of 18) to become an adult under the eyes of the law. As an adult, the minor will no longer be under the control of his/her parents but the minor won’t be financially supported…

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Juvienation

Covers developments in juvenile justice. By Mark Sorkin.

http://juvienation.wordpress.com

Jul 28
Gone Fishing

Gone Fishing

After 388 posts in less than 365 days, nearly 40,000 visitors and 191 comments, I have decided to put Juvienation on hiatus until further notice. Please feel free to rummage through the archives, refer to the blogroll and further reading page…
Jul 6
Juvienation on Vacation

Juvienation on Vacation

I’m off to Italy this afternoon and won’t be posting any updates while I’m traveling. Please feel free to comb through the archives and hit the links on the blogroll while the site is on hiatus. If you’re looking for updates on the…
Jul 3
NYT on JJDPA Reauth

NYT on JJDPA Reauth

An editorial in today’s Times offers strong support for the “comprehensive approach” to juvenile justice reform that informs the Senate’s JJDPA reauthorization bill (background here). “This bill represents an important step toward…

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Michigan Children's Law Blog

Provides news and analysis of child protection, juvenile delinquency and adoption law in Michigan. By Melinda N. Deel.

http://www.michiganchildrenslawblog.com

Jan 30
Federal Judge Rules Juveniles Sentenced to Life are Eligible for Parole

Federal Judge Rules Juveniles Sentenced to Life are Eligible for Parole

Inmates sentenced to life in prison for murder as juveniles are eligible for parole and must receive a “fair and meaningful” chance at leaving prison, a federal judge said Wednesday. The order from U.S. District Judge John Corbett…
Jan 25
In re Morrow – Reasonable Effort

In re Morrow – Reasonable Effort

In this case, Father’s rights were terminated under MCL 712A.19b(3)(a)(ii) – desertion for 91 or more days – and MCL 712A.19b(3)(g). The Father lived in Mississippi and had scant contact with the child. Mother had custody of the…
Dec 30
Justice Corrigan to be appointed head of DHS

Justice Corrigan to be appointed head of DHS

I am starting to see reports that Governor-elect Rick Snyder is expected to appoint Justice Maura Corrigan director of the Department of Human Services. Tim Skubick is reporting this, so it is reliable information. Justice Corrigan has an…

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Abolish Life Without Parole…

Abolish Life Without Parole Sentences for Children in the USA

Covers the imposition of life without parole sentences on juveniles.

http://abolish-jlwop.blogspot.com/

Jul 11
ACLU of Michigan Juvenile Justice Time

ACLU of Michigan Juvenile Justice Time

ACLU of Michigan Juvenile Justice Times Newsletter Please go to this link to read the entire newsletter. Here is an excerpt:In the Courts: Are Juvenile Life Without Parole Sentences Cruel and Unusual Punishment?
Jun 25
Nation’s High Court Ends Mandatory Life Without Parole Sentences for Youth

Nation’s High Court Ends Mandatory Life Without Parole Sentences for Youth

by Efren Paredes, Jr. Today the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion abolishing life without parole (LWOP) sentences for the 2,500 prisoners across the U.S. who were condemned to die in prison for crimes they were convicted of as juveniles.
Feb 17
Juvenile life without Parole sentencing…

Juvenile life without Parole sentencing infographics at: http://infographiclist.com/2012/02/17/juvenile-life-without-parole-sentencing-infographic/#comment-1777

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