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Youth Court Funding: how to maximise quality and income!
This online seminar, will focus on how practitioners, both from the bar & firms, can maximise both quality & income in Youth Court cases.
When: 6pm to 7:30pm, 16 May 2024, watch out for more info!

COMPOUND INJUSTICE. The essential new report by Professor Eithne Quinn , Erica Kane and Will Pritchard. It offers the most comprehensive review of rap music-assisted cases to date, with an evaluation of 68 cases involving over 250 defendants. Its findings are alarming.

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Our Owen Greenhall & Audrey Cherryl Mogan (@acmogan) will be speaking at the Session 2 of SOLD OUT event '@ArtNotEvidence: Issues & Implications of Prosecuting Rap', held by LSE Law School. Our Keir Monteith KC will co-chair.

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Adèle Oliver kicks off Art Not Evidence event by discussing her book which provides the colonial background and contextualises the criminalisation of drill in the court room bricklanebookshop.org/product/deepin…

Eithne Quinn Eithne Quinn now discussing her recent study - Compound Injustice: A review of cases involving rap music evidence in England and Wales amp.theguardian.com/law/2024/apr/3…

At this important event today hosted by LSE Law School from the Art Not Evidence campaign fighting to keep artistic expression through rap and drill music out of court which is often used as evidence to criminalise young black people

What does the relevant caselaw say and what do practitioners need to know about how they can better support and represent these children?

Details on how to register for next Wednesday’s webinar below 👇🏽

Children are at most risk of entering the youth justice system due to vulnerabilities, victimisation, trauma, and unmet needs.

The responsibility for reducing this risk sits with adults, not children.

We’re delighted to let you know that the all-new Youth Justice Resource Hub is now live at yjresourcehub.uk

To help you navigate its changes, we’ve created a What’s New video, which you can find on our homepage📽

Please take some time to look around, and tweet us to let…

'These are the stories that are never told' Aika Stephenson, co-founder Just for Kids Law & leading children's rights solicitor on why she wrote her groundbreaking book 'In Their Defence-fighting for youth justice one child at a time' amazon.co.uk/Just-Kids-Law-…
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📢We are delighted to announce that today, our Co-Lead and Legal Director, Aika Stephenson, has published ‘In Their Defence: Fighting for Youth Justice One Child at a Time’.

Thanks to Newcastle Youth Justice Service NewcastleCityCouncil for having us up yesterday for a full day of out of court disposals training on the #childgravitymatrix National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) lots of learning and discussion aimed at getting more children out of the criminal legal system wherever…

New Report out now 👇🏾

2+ years in the making & following a 3 day event

Read our insights and recommendations for protecting young Black lives and celebrating the Black professionals who endure and disrupt racism while supporting them

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cumberlandlodge.ac.uk/resource/prote…

Join us 7th May 12.30-13.30 for our next Expert Voices webinar with AYJ looking at a presumption against short prison sentences for children. Sign up to hear our expert panel Dr. Anne-Marie Day, Laura Cooper (@YJLCUK) & Richard Goodacre (@MagsAssoc)

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Happy Monday! If there is one thing you do today, make sure you book on to this event. It’s one not to be missed.

Only 2 days left to go! ⬇️

On Tuesday 23 April, we are hosting 'Representing Children: Danielle Manson ln Conversation with Aika Stephenson and Sandra Paul'.

Together, they will explore the reality of representing children in the criminal justice system.

Click here to register: ow.ly/iXyk50RiObx