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NCYL in the News Archive: 2009


Inside Indiana Business, Dec. 11, 2009
A profile of new Mind Trust Fellows, including Staff Attorney Jesse Hahnel. The two fellows were chosen from a pool of 405 applicants.


Sacramento Bee, Nov. 20, 2009
A profile of Dalton Dyer a year after NCYL defended his right — and the right of all California foster youth — to play high school sports without burdensome requirements not imposed on other youth.
» Read more about Dalton Dyer's case


Los Angeles Times, Nov. 4, 2009
Senior Attorney Bill Grimm comments on implementation of SB 39, which allows the public to access records of children who have died from abuse.


Stanford Law School's Public Interest Law Newsletter, Fall 2009
A profile of Staff Attorney Bryn Martyna, who, with other NCYL staff, defended the right of California foster youth to play high school sports without burdensome requirements not imposed on other youth.
» Read more about Dalton Dyer's case


Arthur Liman Program Public Interest Newsletter, Yale Law School, Fall 2009
A profile of NCYL Attorney Zahra Hayat.


San Francisco Chronicle, Sept. 29, 2009
Attorneys Zahra Hayat and Patrick Gardner on the need for adequate mental health care for children placed in foster care outside the county they originally lived in. 


Modesto Bee, Aug. 21, 2009
Senior Attorney Rebecca Gudeman on state requirement that high school students be allowed to leave campus for doctors' appointments without their parents' permission.


New York Times, Aug. 16, 2009
Attorneys Patrick Gardner and Fiza Quraishi on juvenile mental health courts.


The Mercury News, June 4, 2009
Deputy Director Patrick Gardner comments on the use of juvenile detention to treat mentally ill children.


Las Vegas Sun, May 28, 2009
Cuts to Clark County's Family Services Department will cause serious problems.
» Read more about NCYL's lawsuit to improve child protective services in Clark County (Las Vegas), Nev.


Washington Post, May 19, 2009
Senior Attorney Bill Grimm comments on public access to records of children who have died from abuse or neglect.


NCYL in the News Archive



Should Teens be Allowed to Leave School for Doctors’ Appointments Without Their Parents’ Permission?, Fox 40 LIVE!, Sacramento, Nov. 17, 2009



Senior Attorney Rebecca Gudeman de Ortiz comments on state requirement that high school students be allowed to leave campus for doctors' appointments without their parents' permission.



Watch a 2007 interview with Sara Kruzan, sentenced to life without parole at age 16 and recently granted clemency by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger



» More about Sara Kruzan


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