Topical Issues

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“The juvenile needs the assistance of counsel to cope with problems of law, to make skilled inquiry into the facts, to insist upon regularity of the proceedings, and to ascertain whether he has a defense and to prepare and submit it.”

– In re Gault, 387 U.S. 1, 36 (1967)

Key Topics in Juvenile Defense

The following list of topical issues provides an instant summary of the issues as well as links to additional resources related to each topic. If you would like to conduct a search that narrows these topics by jurisdiction or that crosses topics, please use the blue button above to search our nationwide database.