Recent news

Twenty-five years ago, Congress enacted the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) into law, a landmark piece of civil rights legislation that prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability. Disability rights are children’s rights because children with disabilities are extremely over-represented in the child welfare system.

Washington, D.C. - The United States Senate has approved a groundbreaking amendment to the Every Child Achieves Act, a bi-partisan bill reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA).

Juvenile Law Center is pleased to announce that Susan Vivian Mangold, Professor of Law at SUNY Buffalo Law School, will become its next Executive Director effective October 14, 2015.

Juvenile Law Center applauds Senators Al Franken (D-MN) and Charles Grassley (R-IA) for introducing the Educational Stability for Foster Youth Act, an important bipartisan measure that aims to give youth in foster care the best opportunity to succeed in school.