Webinar Opportunity: Protect the Confidentiality of Juvenile Justice-Involved Youths

On March 4, 2015 at 3 p.m. EST, the National Juvenile Justice Network (NJJN) and the Coalition for Juvenile Justice (CJJ) will host a webinar for juvenile justice professionals sharing best practices for protecting youth confidentiality. This includes recommendations for making the process of sealing and expungement accessible to youth. The consequences of poor confidentiality results in obstacles for youth in areas of employment, education and housing.

According to the co-sponsors, you will learn two key takeaways from this webinar:

• Recommendations to protect your state's youth, drawn from the Juvenile Law Center's recent report - Juvenile Records: A National Review of State Laws on Confidentiality, Sealing and Expungement
• Examples from the work that Delaware Center for Justice (a NJJN member) has been doing to improve expungement laws in their state, and how they are addressing challenges and obstacles.

In order to best protect juvenile justice-involved youths and improve outcomes for them in the future, it’s necessary to take these extra steps and follow best practices for confidentiality.

Webinar Details

• Protecting the Confidentiality of Juvenile Justice-Involved Youth: Access to Records, Expungement, and Sealing
• When: Wednesday, March 4th, 2015 at 3 PM EST
• Presenters:
  • Riya Saha Shah - Staff Attorney at Juvenile Law Center.
  • Kirstin Cornnell - Director of Operations at the Delaware Center for Justice.
• Register here