Training and Reference Materials
- The Southern Juvenile Defender Center and the Mississippi Youth Justice Project will be producing a Mississippi Juvenile Defender Manual, which will be available on this website and in hard copy in September 2009. Please check back for updates.
- Juvenile Defender Delinquency Notebook -- a comprehensive manual for attorneys defending children in juvenile delinquency cases published in 2006 by the National Juvenile Defender Center.
Reports
- Mississippi: An Assessment of Access to Counsel and Quality of Representation in Youth Court Proceedings -- this report documents serious problems in the quality of representation for children in juvenile delinquency cases in Mississippi and provides recommendations for improvement.
For questions or suggestions, contact SJDC.
