By Michelle F. Lynch Dear Colleagues, Welcome to the 2024-25 bar year! My name is Michelle Lynch, and I am honored to serve as the Chair of the Juvenile Justice & Children’s Rights Section this year. Joonu Coste is Vice-Chair and will be taking the helm next year. We have a busy year planned, including […]
By LaToya B. Powell It’s time to register for the annual Juvenile Justice & Children’s Rights Section (JJCR) CLE program! Our 2024 program, “The Child’s Advocate: At the Intersection of Juvenile Justice, Child Welfare and Education,” will address the interplay of multiple systems that impact children and families who are involved in the court system, […]
By Michelle FormyDuval Lynch Do children have a right to privacy? Yes, but those rights are not always clearly defined and often depend on the actions of the parents. This is especially so in the digital age, where a picture can be shared with millions of people almost immediately. A recent opinion by the Ninth […]
By Michelle FormyDuval Lynch The Juvenile Justice & Children’s Rights Section annual CLE will be by Live Webcast on the afternoon of June 1, 2023 (starting at 12:15 p.m.). The CLE will consist of 3.0 MCLE hours, which qualify for NC State Bar Criminal Law (Juvenile Delinquency Law) Specialization and NC State Bar Child Welfare […]
By Michelle FormyDuval Lynch The Juvenile Justice and Children’s Rights Section of the NCBA includes attorneys and child advocates who are committed to excellence in the direct representation of North Carolina youth. Three of the most common areas of direct representation of children and juveniles in court are child welfare, juvenile delinquency, and family law […]
By Michelle FormyDuval Lynch The Juvenile Justice and Children’s Rights Section of the NCBA includes attorneys and child advocates who are committed to excellence in the direct representation of North Carolina youth. Three of the most common areas of direct representation of children and juveniles in court are child welfare, juvenile delinquency, and family law […]
By Suzanne Chester In October 2020, I wrote about the weaponization of the charge of parental alienation in family court, and how it obscures the multiple legitimate reasons children have for rejecting contact with a parent. In 2022, three influential organizations took a public position on this issue of parent-child contact problems. The American Professional […]
By Michelle F. Lynch The Juvenile Justice and Children’s Rights Section annual CLE will be held April 1, 2022, from 9 a.m. to noon. You can attend in person or by live webcast. Register for the CLE here. The CLE will consist of 3.0 MCLE hours, covering legislative changes in juvenile delinquency law, restorative justice, […]
By Jared Simmons Attorney Jon Powell serves as the director of the Restorative Justice Clinic. The program receives referrals from the juvenile justice system, juvenile court, and Wake County schools and conducts victim impact and reentry circles in prisons and the community. The goals of the project are to: • Give juveniles the opportunity to […]
By Eric Zogry In 2019, North Carolina raised the age of juvenile jurisdiction from 16 to 18. This law, which was in effect for a hundred years, addressed the maximum age at which a person would be charged in juvenile court rather than adult court. Much attention was paid to the fact that North Carolina […]