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Jenny Pokempner, a senior attorney at the Philadelphia-based Juvenile Law Center, said states need to invest more in supporting families. After reading The Star’s series, Pokempner

Since 1975, Juvenile Law Center, the nation’s oldest non-profit, public interest law firm for children, has led the way in helping substantially shape the

Reducing the number of youth placed in juvenile-justice programs has long been a goal of advocates. A recent report from Juvenile Law Center, which is 

Jessica Feierman, a senior managing director with the Juvenile Law Center, an advocacy organization for youth in the justice system, said that children and young

That year the Juvenile Law Center and the Defender Association of Philadelphia, in Commonwealth v. Cunningham, argued the unconstitutionality of juvenile life-without-parole sentences in Pennsylvania. They

Please call your Senators today and ask them Senators to support S. 2803, The Fostering Stable Housing Opportunities Act, so that no youth ages

Juvenile Law Center recently announced two fellowship appointments: Vic Wiener and Jasmine Moore.

Wiener will be joining Juvenile Law Center as a Skadden Fellow

The United States is the only country in the world that sentences juveniles to life in prison. The UN, Human Rights groups, and many legal organizations including