Center for Children, Law & Policy

 

Southwest Juvenile Defender Center

Southwest Juvenile Defender Center (SWJDC) is an affiliate of the National Juvenile Defender Center. SWJDC works to bring together juvenile defenders, mental health professionals, educators, legislators and other juvenile justice professionals. Through this collaboration, CCLP strives to improve advocacy for children. Our mission is ensuring excellence in juvenile defense and promoting justice for all children through advocacy, education and prevention.

SW JDC - Ensuring Excellence in Juvenile Defense and Promoting Justice for Children through advocacy, education and prevention

SWJDC Goals

  • Advocacy

    • To zealously advocate on behalf of individual children.

  • Education

    • To provide training to defenders to effectively represent children’s rights.
    • To educate the general public and other professionals, i.e., probation officers, judges, health professionals.
    • To teach and encourage law students to effectively represent children’s rights.

  • Prevention

    • To research, support and develop models and programs that will help prevent juvenile crime and foster supportive environments for children.

Advisory Board

  • Ben Brown - Oklahoma
  • Kim Dvorchak - Colorado
  • Michael Lindsey - Texas
  • Ellen Marrus - Texas
  • Chris Phillis - Arizona
  • Maralina Schoenfelder - Colorado
  • Pamela Vickery - Utah