JDN has developed and compiled materials on various practice areas. Materials include legal outlines and resources to assist lawyers representing youth. Topics include:
Bail
Case Opening Booklet
Case Updates
Collateral Consequences of
Juvenile Adjudications
Community Notebooks
Competency to Stand Trial
Department of Youth Services
Dispositions
Federal Poverty Guidelines
Harassment Prevention Orders
Juvenile Sex Offenses
Medical Release Form
Miranda
Probation
Resources for Clients
School Search and Seizure
Youthful Offender
Adolescent Brain Development
Comprehensive Adolescent Brain Packet Contains fact sheets, expert articles, sample motions and other advocacy materials. Note that the entire packet is over 1000 pages.
Because of its large size, we have also made the individual sections of the Adolescent Brain Packet available for download (you may wish to refer to the Annotated Bibliography, available below, to determine which sections will be most helpful to you):
2. News Articles
3. Academic Articles
4. Reports and Other Advocacy Resources
5. Expert Briefs and Testimony
7. Massachusetts Motions
8. Graham Motions and motions from other states
9. Helpful websites
10. Summary of other state laws
Annotated Bibliography for Comprehensive Adolescent Brain Packet
Adolescent Brain Development and Legal Culpability
Graham Practice Advisory and ways to incorporate it into your practice
JDN Adolescent Brain Development Mailing
Bail
Courtroom Practice Guide to Bail
Courtroom Practice Guide to Bail Revocation
Courtroom Practice Guide to 58A Dangerousness Hearings
JDN's Case Opening Booklet is a form that helps lawyers obtain necessary information about their clients that will help organize and familiarize lawyers with their client's individual needs.
Case Updates
Year in Review: 2008-2009: Updates for Massachusetts Bar Association
By Wendy Wolf
Year in Review: May 2007-April 2008: Key Decisions
By Jeff Richards and Amanda Kirchoffer, CPCS
Year in Review: May 2006-April 2007: Key Decisions
By Gloria Tan, Esq., Harvard Law School Criminal Justice Institute
Year in Review: April 2005-April 2006: Key Decisions
By Gloria Tan, Esq., Harvard Law School Criminal Justice Institute and Jocelyn Simonson, Harvard Law School
Year in Review: January 2004-March 2005: Key Decisions
By Cecely Reardon, Youth Advocacy Department
Year in Review: 2003: Key Decisions
By Cecely Reardon, Youth Advocacy Department
Collateral Consequences: An Overview of the Law
Collateral Consequences: Check List
Community Notebooks
YAD publishes a series of guides to local resources for youth in the Boston area. Juvenile defense attorneys, court professionals, and other youth workers can use the community notebooks to connect their clients to services that fit their needs. Each notebook includes an extensive guide to local programming as well as articles on pertinent legal and educational issues.
Click here to access pdf versions of the notebooks.
Competency to Stand Trial
Juvenile Competence to Stand Trial Annotated Bibliography
Juvenile Competency to Stand Trial Legal Outline
The MacArthur Juvenile Adjudicative Competence Study Summary
Department of Youth Services
DYS Cover Letter
DYS Classification Grid
DYS Central Region Contact List
DYS Metro Region Contact List
DYS Northeast Region Contact List
DYS Southeast Region Contact List
DYS Western Region Contact List
DYS Training Bulletin
Dispositions
Summary of Juvenile Dispositions
Education Law
504 vs. IDEA, Educational Options for Children with Disabilities
IDEA Placement in Disciplinary Procedures
Also see the EdLaw Project.
Federal Poverty Guidelines
Poverty Guidelines for Affidavits of Indigency (G. L. c. 261. ~ 27A)
Harassment Prevention Orders
Harassment Prevention Orders
Juvenile Sex Offenses
Annotated Bibliography: What the Literature Says About Juvenile Sex Offenders
Sex Offender Registration for Juveniles: Summary of the Law
Medical Release Form
The Release Form is a medical disclosure form that authorizes lawyers to legally gain protected health information about their clients.
Miranda
Legal Outline on Miranda and Juveniles
Probation
Courtroom Practice Guide to Probation Violation Hearings
Standing Order 1-07: Violation of Probation Proceedings
Legal Outline on Probation
Resources for Clients
"Now That You're In Juvenile Court..." explains how the court process work for juveniles. This sheet includes the roles of the prosecutor, probation officer, lawyer and judge as well as the process of arraignment. Also available in Spanish, Haitian Creole, Khmer, Somali, and Vietnamese.
"Now That You're On Probation..." explains the responsibilities of the probationer and includes tips for staying out of DYS after the term of probation has been completed. Also available in Spanish, Haitian Creole, Khmer, Somali, and Vietnamese.
School Search and Seizure
School Search and Seizure: An Overview of the Law
Defending Clients Who Have Been Searched and Interrogated at School
Youthful Offender
Youthful Offender Cases
Youthful Offender Selected Statutes
Selected CPCS Training Materials
CPCS training materials