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Juvenile Law Center
Recipient of the 2008 MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions

About JLC
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.

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Publications
Cover art for Solving the Data Puzzle
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...
Cover art for Juvenile Records
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...
Cover art for Juvenile Records Expungement
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...

Litigation
This brief argued that students have the right to counsel at the initial stage of a truancy proceeding under juvenile court jurisdiction. Continued...
Involved three teenage girls being prosecuted for "sexting," the practice of sending nude or semi-nude photographs via text message on cell phones. Continued...
JLC argues that life sentences without the possibility of parole for juveniles convicted of non-homicide crimes are unconstitutional. Continued...

Juvenile Law Center
1315 Walnut Street, 4th floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Local: 215-625-0551
Toll free: 1-800-875-8887
Fax: 215-625-2808
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