Category: News

PJDC mourns the death of member Jack Daniel of Fresno, who spent his entire legal career as a public interest advocate, including as a Fresno County Public Defender. …

The California Public Defenders Association is holding its annual two-day juvenile law training in Monterey, CA on January 22-23, 2010.  Attendees can register to attend one or both days of the training.  …

More than 100 juvenile defenders and advocates from across California attended the annual PJDC Roundtable at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles on November 20, 2009.  …

PJDC was well-represented as the United States Supreme Court heard arguments in the Sullivan and Graham cases on November 9, 2009.  …

The Fall 2009 San Francisco Lawyer magazine features San Francisco PJDC juvenile defense attorneys and advocates in Juvenile Justice: Transcending Troubles and Breaking the Cycle. …

PJDC salutes the announcement of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) on August 27, 2009 that it will close the state’s largest youth prison, the Heman G. Stark Youth Correctional Facility. …

PJDC announces the creation of our new web-based resource center, developed with support from the MacArthur Foundation’s Juvenile Indigent Defense Action Network (JIDAN) and volunteer efforts from JIDAN Team Members. …

PJDC Executive Committee Member Winston Peters has been chosen as the 2009 recipient of the American Bar Association’s  prestigious Livingston Hall Juvenile Justice Award. …

The California Supreme Court ruled on July 2, 2009 that juvenile felony adjudications count as “strikes” under the state’s Three Strikes Law, even though juveniles do not have the right to a jury trial. …