Posts in 'Amicus Curiae'

Argued that the use of delinquency adjudications to enhance an adult criminal sentence violates US Supreme Court precedent as well as California's commitment to maintaining a separate juvenile justice system.

Argued in support of a 13-year-old student who was subjected to a strip search at school without reasonable suspicion.

Juvenile Law Center argued that juvenile court should retain discretion to spare children from permanent stigma associated with lifetime sex offender registration.

Juvenile Law Center argued that life without parole sentences for juveniles convicted of non-homicide crimes are unconstitutional.

This brief argued that students have the right to counsel at the initial stage of a truancy proceeding under juvenile court jurisdiction.

Supporting a juvenile defendant in Illinois who challenged the representation he received in court, when his defense lawyer sacrificed his defense believing that it was in the child’s "best interests."

Involved three teenage girls being prosecuted for "sexting," the practice of sending nude or semi-nude photographs via text message on cell phones.

Argued that a provision in New Mexico state law allowing juveniles to be sentenced by juvenile court judges as adults if the judge found them “not amenable to treatment” was unconstitutional under the Sixth Amendment.