by Kristin Mateer | Jun 15, 2019 | Youth Stories
June is recognized as Reunification Month. Since last June, 316 of our clients have had their cases closed because they are safely home with their parents. Tony is one of those kids, and his family’s story is inspiring. While no one welcomes Child Protective...
by EBCLO | Jun 19, 2017 | Youth Stories
By: Emma Connolly, EBCLO Summer Intern 2017 In 2016, EBCLO attorney Rob Waring decided to file a writ of mandate in the California Court of Appeal on behalf of his client N.S. Because preparing all the necessary briefs involves many days of preparation on very short...
by EBCLO | Jun 29, 2016 | Youth Stories
What a spring it was for 19 year old EBCLO client Julius. First he was MetWest High School’s Prom King. Then he earned his high school diploma, graduating with a 3.7 GPA. Having entered the school with less than a 2.0, his grit and great sense of humor, not to...
by EBCLO | Jun 29, 2016 | EBCLO News, Youth Stories
Most EBCLO clients are only ever represented by one attorney. Sometimes, however, a youth might have the opportunity to work with our specialty attorneys regarding education or emancipation issues. And then there’s the youth whose lawyer goes on maternity leave, or...
by EBCLO | May 9, 2016 | Youth Stories
Adoption Finalization Day–January 21, 2016 This Mother’s Day, LaDawn has four more children. Actually, she’s had them since 2012 when they came to her as foster children. They stayed a week and went home. And then a few weeks later the call came that they needed a...
by EBCLO | May 7, 2014 | EBCLO News, Youth Stories
By Liz Aleman, Equal Justice Works Law Fellow/Attorney, Sponsored by The Morrison and Foerster Foundation If you are still in foster care at 18, it means you were never adopted, nor reunited with your biological parents. You may have come into the system more...
