{{Short description|American non-profit public interest law firm}} {{Self-published|date=March 2021}} {{Infobox organization | name = Juvenile Law Center | formation = 1975 | founder = Robert Schwartz<br />[[Marsha Levick]]<br />[[Judith Chomsky]]<br />Philip Margolis | founding_location = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | type = Non-profit organization | purpose = Juvenile justice/child welfare reform | key_people = Marsha Levick<small> (Chief Legal Officer)</small> }}
'''Juvenile Law Center''', founded in 1975, is a non-profit [[public interest]] law firm for children in the [[United States]].<ref name="jlc.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.jlc.org/about-us|title=About Us - Juvenile Law Center|work=jlc.org|accessdate=14 June 2015}}</ref>
==History==
Juvenile Law Center was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1975 by four [[Temple University Beasley School of Law]] graduates: Robert Schwartz, Marsha Levick, [[Judith Chomsky]], and Philip Margolis.<ref name="jlc.org"/><ref>{{Cite news|last=Green|first=Erica L.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/14/us/politics/coronavirus-juvenile-detention.html|title='Pacing and Praying': Jailed Youths Seek Release as Virus Spreads|date=2020-04-14|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-04-23|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
Juvenile Law Center originally operated as a walk-in legal clinic for young people in Philadelphia with legal problems. It grew from a walk-in clinic to a statewide organization and has since grown to a national public interest law firm for children, filing its first brief in the United States Supreme Court in 1983.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jlc.org/blog/introducing-pursuing-justice-juvenile-law-centers-new-blog|title=Introducing "Pursuing Justice," Juvenile Law Center's new blog! - Juvenile Law Center|work=jlc.org|accessdate=14 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jlc.org/legal-docket/schall-v-martin|title=Schall v. Martin - Juvenile Law Center|work=jlc.org|accessdate=14 June 2015}}</ref>
Juvenile Law Center played a role in exposing the [[Kids for cash scandal|Luzerne County, Pennsylvania "kids-for-cash" scandal]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Ian |last=Urbina|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/28/us/28judges.html?_r=1|title=Despite Red Flags about Judges, a Kickback Scheme Flourished|newspaper=The New York Times|date=March 27, 2009}}</ref>
On December 20, 2024, Juvenile Law Center announced the appointment of Riya Saha Shah to serve as its new CEO. <ref>{{cite news|first=Ian |last=Urbina|url=https://jlc.org/news/eve-its-50th-anniversary-juvenile-law-center-announces-new-ceo}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{Official website|http://jlc.org }}
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