Juvenile Records: a National Review of State Laws on Confidentiality
JUVENILE RECORDS A National Review of State Laws on Confidentiality, Sealing and Expungement Prepared by Riya Saha Shah, Esq. Lauren Fine, Esq. Juvenile Law Center with Jamie Gullen, Esq. Community Legal Services of Philadelphia JUVENILE RECORDS A National Review of State Laws on Confidentiality, Sealing and Expungement A publication by Juvenile Law Center, with contribution from Community Legal Services of Philadelphia Juvenile Law Center is a national public interest law firm that works to ensure that the child welfare, juvenile justice and other public systems provide vulnerable children with the protection and services they need to become healthy and productive adults. Community Legal Services, Inc., was established by the Philadelphia Bar Association in 1966. Since then, CLS has provided legal services to more than one million low-income Philadelphia residents, representing them in individual cases and class actions, and advocating on their behalf for improved regulations and laws that affect low-income Philadelphians. For more information, visit: http://www.clsphila.org. © 2014 All rights reserved. Part or all of this publication may be reproduced if credited to Juvenile Law Center. Prepared with support from the National Center for Juvenile Justice (NCJJ). Acknowledgements Juvenile Records: A National Review The authors gratefully acknowledge the law and graduate student interns whose research on state statutes and court rules was essential to this Report. Our thanks to Emily Baker-White, Meghan Binford, Emily Bock, Marissa Deanna, Erik Doughty, Zachary Ewing, Elizabeth Frawley, Tamara Freilich, Claire Glass, Justine Haimi, Dave Hanyok, Katie Claire Hoffman, HyeJi Kim, Eli Klein, Austin Kupke, James Lee, Anna Matejcek, Brenda McKinney, Kayla Morrow, Emily Poor, Courtney Weisman, and Elana Wilf.
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