The National Center for Youth Law (NCYL) won a major victory for the rights of California foster children this past November. Unlike many of NCYL’s cases, which can take years to resolve, NCYL both took the case and won it within just a week’s time. cont'd...
Experts call it “the fast track to prison”- the destructive cycle in which juveniles with disabilities grow frustrated in school, misbehave, and find themselves in court instead of class. But a two-year-old experiment designed to channel more of these young people back into education, rather than detention, has yielded some notable successes. cont'd...
The National Center for Youth Law and Clark County, NV (Las Vegas) child welfare officials have begun mediation to try and settle NCYL’s lawsuit to force improvements in the County’s child welfare system. cont'd...
K&L Gates Partner Paul Lawrence, an experienced appellate attorney, has agreed to argue NCYL’s 9th Circuit Appeal of a lower court ruling denying its motion for class certification in Clark K. v. Willden. cont'd...
The Federal District Court in Utah dismissed David C. v. Huntsman on Dec. 30, after a final review to ensure that the state continued to be on track with its transformation of the child welfare system. cont'd...
More than four years after a class-action settlement ordered Washington to improve its foster care system, a new report has found continued shortcomings in the treatment of children in the state’s child welfare system.cont'd...
NCYL was among the many organizations that had received funding from the JEHT Foundation, whose benefactors had invested their funds with the Wall Street broker charged with perpetrating a $50 million Ponzi scheme. cont'd...
