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In Honor of Law Day, Organization Wants to Spread Word About “Youth Court” Diversion Programs
By jjie.org
Published: 05/02/2013

To celebrate Law Day — an annual event, celebrated May 1, that is sponsored by the American Bar Association (ABA) — the ABA teamed up with Global Youth Justice (GYJ) in an effort to help youth courts across more than 40 states launch 250 websites.

According to the Global Youth Justice website, more than 1,400 juvenile justice programs utilizing youth or student courts have been set up worldwide. By 2020, GYJ aspires to have more than 1,800 youth and student courts established in all 50 states, with more than 200,000 young offenders annually referred to such juvenile diversion programs.

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