-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [AALSMIN-L] Juvenile Justice Project Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:02:42 -0400 From: Shani King <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> The Center on Children and Families at the University of Florida Levin College of Law is launching the Juvenile Justice Project, an effort to benefit children locally, statewide and nationally by focusing on the juvenile justice system. We will devote ourselves to research, advocacy, conferences, workshops and projects in this area and welcome collaboration with others. We invite you to visit our website at http://www.law.ufl.edu/centers/childlaw/juvenilejustice/ Our first conference will be February 19 and 20 2010, and we have confirmed as our plenary speakers Geoffrey Canada, the founder and president of the Harlem Children’s Zone, the innovative project profiled by Paul Tough in Whatever It Takes (2008), and Shay Bilchik, Director of the Juvenile Justice Reform Project at Georgetown, and former president of the Child Welfare League of America. In addition, we have as confirmed participants Bob Schwartz (Juvenile Law Center), Chris Slobogin (Vanderbilt), Mark Fondacaro (John Jay College, CUNY), Alex Piquero (Maryland) and Kenneth Nunn (Florida). For further information about the first conference, which will focus on issues of prevention and avoidance, and for the call for papers, please go to our website. Registration information to attend the conference will be available in fall 2009. We also invite you to read our report about the controversy over shackling juveniles, The Shackling of Juvenile Offenders: The Debate in Juvenile Justice Policy, available for downloading on our website. A handbook on juvenile justice targeted for youth and families will be available on the website in the next few weeks as well. Contact information: Juvenile Justice Project [log in to unmask] Shani M. King Assistant Professor of Law University of Florida Levin College of Law 380 Holland Hall P.O. Box 117625 Gainesville, FL 32611-7625 [log in to unmask] (352) 273-0951 __________________