The following Resources are available here:

General Information:

• Legislator Contact Information
• Media Contact Information
• Juvenile Code for Mass.
• Case Summaries

Media Fact Sheets:

Disproportionate Minority Exclusion

Statistics

Policies

Defender's Experiences

Story Angles

Disproportionate Minority Confinement

Statistics

Policies

Defender's Experiences

Story Angles

If you have questions or suggestions concerning juvenile defense activities in Massachusetts, please let us know and we will be happy to respond with any help or assistance we can provide. You may call or send email to the members listed on the right, or use our contact form to send a message.

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This flowchart summarizes the basic flow of juvenile cases through the Massachusetts legal system.

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Barbara Kaban, Esq.

Children's Law Center

298 Union Street

Lynn, MA 01901

Tel: (781) 244-1433

Fax: (781) 598-9364

email: bkaban@clcm.org

Francine Sherman, Esq.

Juvenile Rights Advocacy Project

Boston College Law School

885 Centre Street

Newton, MA 02459

Tel: (617) 552-4382

Fax: (617) 552-2615

email: shermanf@bc.edu

Wendy Wolf, Esq.

Juvenile Defense Network

Youth Advocacy Project

Committee for Public Counsel Services

10 Malcolm X Blvd.

Roxbury, MA 02119

Tel: (617) 989-8127

Fax: (617) 541-0904

email: wwolf@publiccounsel.net

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