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- Aug 31, 2010, Models for Change
- Annual Champions for Change Awards | 2010 Call for Nominations
Overview
Models for Change is now accepting nominations for the annual Champions for Change awards. The Champions for Change awards…
- The 30th Annual Louisiana Governor’s Conference on Juvenile Justice Showcases the Best and Brightest of the Juvenile Justice Reform Movement
- Mar 29, 2010, Louisiana Models for Change
- The 30th Annual Louisiana Governor’s Conference on Juvenile Justice, held earlier this month in New Orleans, Louisiana, proved to be a defining moment in the state’s juvenile justice…
- National Symposium Highlights Juvenile Indigent Defense
- Mar 9, 2010, Rey Banks, National Juvenile Defender Center
- The juvenile defense agenda was squarely and resolutely placed on the indigent defense landscape at the 2010 National Symposium on Indigent Defense hosted by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and the…
- Illinois Models for Change Leader Honored as Faculty Member of the Year at Loyola University Chicago
- Mar 1, 2010, Illinois Models for Change
- Diane Geraghty, a leader of the Illinois Models for Change, has been recognized as the 2009 Faculty Member of the Year at Loyola University Chicago.
Geraghty is founder and director of the Loyola…
- Illinois Governor Taps Models for Change Leaders to Help Shape Juvenile Justice Policy
- Feb 24, 2010, Illinois Models for Change
- Illinois Governor Pat Quinn recently reinvigorated the state’s Juvenile Justice Commission (IJJC) by naming 16 new members to the 25-member advisory group. Several of the new commission members…
- New Chair of Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission Talks About Future of Reform in Illinois
- Feb 24, 2010, Illinois Models for Change
- Retired Judge George W. Timberlake, who is a member of the Illinois Models for Change Coordinating Council, recently was named Chair of the Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission (IJJC).
Timberlake…
- Chicago Public Radio Tells the Story of Life "Inside and Out" of the Juvenile Justice System
- Feb 3, 2010, Illinois Models for Change
- Chicago Public Radio station WBEZ-FM has begun a series of reports examining how young people get caught up in the juvenile justice system, their life inside juvenile prisons and what happens to them…
- Interbranch Commission on Juvenile Justice - Testimony of Robert Schwartz, Executive Director, Juvenile Law Center
- Jan 21, 2010, Pennsylvania Models for Change
- Judge Cleland and Members of the Commission:
Thank you for inviting me to share Juvenile Law Center’s views on the Luzerne County juvenile court scandal and its implications for Pennsylvania…
- Juvenile Justice Reform Initiatives Taking Place Across Louisiana
- Jan 15, 2010, Louisiana Models for Change (courtesy of Louisiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Catherine D. Kimball)
- I applaud the member judges of the Louisiana Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges for their active support and ongoing efforts to improve and reform Louisiana’s juvenile justice…
- Models for Change Leaders Honored for Contributions to Justice for Children
- Aug 20, 2009
- Diane Geraghty and Bernardine Dohrn Honored for Juvenile Justice Reform Contributions. Awards presented by Judge Patricia Macias of El Paso, TX, the 2008-2009 President of NCJFCJ.
Two leaders in…
- The New Jersey Supreme Court Agrees -Right to Counsel for a Juvenile Attaches Early
- Aug 10, 2009, Rey Cheatham Banks
- The New Jersey Juvenile Indigent Defense Action Network (NJ JIDAN) team scored a major victory with the decision in In re P.M.P., in which the New Jersey Supreme Court held that the right to counsel…
- TeamChild’s Indigent Defense Project: Improving Legal Representation for Youth
- Jul 17, 2009, Washington Models for Change
- The defense attorney plays a key role impacting the outcome of a youth’s court experience. The better trained an attorney is in juvenile proceedings, the stronger an advocate he or she will be…
- Winston Peters Receives American Bar Association Juvenile Justice Award
- Jul 6, 2009
- Winston Peters
Winston A. Peters, a member of the Juvenile Indigent Defense Action Network in California, is being honored by the American Bar Association (ABA) for his advocacy and commitment to…
- Third Models for Change working conference gathers forces and champions juvenile justice reform
- Jan 1, 2009
- The Third Annual Models for Change Working Conference, in December 2008, provided a unique opportunity for representatives from all areas of the initiative to come together and share knowledge, tools…
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