Resentencing – Youth, Racial Disparity

This Amicus Brief argues that courts should adopt a per se prejudice standard in post conviction relief for youth of color and highlights the disparate treatment and adultification of youth of color.

Youth/Young Adults in Adult Court (2018)

2021 Legislation about Children and Youth Living in Institutional Settings

The practice advisory is primarily for attorneys representing children and youth who are living in juvenile detention, a Juvenile Rehabilitation (JR) facility, or some other institutional setting; attorneys representing children a...

Miller Timeline- Sentencing Youth/Young Adults (6.2022)

This document includes a summary of US and Washington caselaw and Washington State legislation relating to fair and constitutional sentencing of youth and young adults.

Juvenile or Young Adult Specific Jury Instruction (08.2019)

This Practice Advisory discussed the law and strategy for seeking juvenile or young adult specific jury instructions. There is also a sample brief in the WDA Brief Bank. Thanks to Ryan McGowan, 3L, WDA Legal Extern.

Youth in Adult Court: Decline and Auto Decline with 2019 Legislation (6.2019)

Youth in Adult Court Changes to Confinement, “JR to 25”- 2019 Legisation, (6.2019)

Changes to Juvenile Auto Decline and Decline (Table Format)(3.2018)

This Practice Advisory provides a summary, in table format, of the 2018 significant changes to decline and auto-decline statutes impacting youth who are 16 or 17 at the time of the offense for certain offenses. The new law also al...

Juvenile Auto Decline and Decline -2018 Changes (3.2018)

This Practice Advisory provides a summary of the 2018 significant changes to decline and auto-decline statutes impacting youth who are 16 or 17 at the time of the offense for certain offenses. The new law also allows a judge to se...

Juvenile Specific Jury Instruction (2014)

These materials are from the Committee for Public Counsel Services Youth Advocacy Division.