Access Restricted to Northwestern Law CommunityChildren and Family Justice Center
The Children and Family Justice Center (CFJC) is a comprehensive children's law center where law students, under the supervision of attorneys and clinical professors, represent young people on matters of delinquency and crime, family violence, school discipline, health and disability, and immigration and asylum. We collaborate with communities and child welfare, educational, mental health and juvenile justice systems to develop fair and effective policies and solutions for reform.
We work with neighborhoods, law enforcement, and youth-serving organizations to create community programs that keep children out of the juvenile justice system, reduce confinement and incarceration of children, develop and teach educational programs that inform adolescents of their rights and responsibilities under the law, seek greater protections for children during pre-court police interrogations, improve conditions of confinement for children deprived of their liberty, and challenge the disproportionate presence of children of color in the public justice system.
