TO: Juvenile Defenders in North Carolina FROM: OJD DATE: Anytime RE: Contact Us! For those out there in the Juvenile Defense Community...

Happy Friday Readers! It's time for another week in review leading us into the weekend. This week we have a fun new tip from Project...

Summer Fridays! School's out (for most) and summer is on the way. This week, we're prepping for the SJDC Summit in Montgomery, Alabama...

It's getting closer and closer to SUMMER!!!!! That's not stopping OJD though. We have CLE's to plan and trips to take to help our...

Happy Friday Defenders! It's getting warmer outside and that means summer is here! Hopefully less school-based petitions and even less...

January is zooming past, can't believe this is the 3rd blog of the new year. This week will be short and sweet, but will never forget a...

Happy Friday! This week has been busy with meetings, meetings, and more meetings. We hope your week has been productive, inspiring, and...

To our Defenders who served and are serving, Thank You. Happy Friday Readers! Not to skip over Thanksgiving, but Christmas is in 43...

Brrrr! It's getting cold outside and we're walking into Daylight Savings Time this Saturday night. Anybody else feeling like Winter is...

Stepping into the weekend ready to binge watch the new Netflix movies and shows, while catching up on some good ole R&R...sounds perfect....

Happy October Readers! We're getting closer and closer to the end of the year and I can promise you, OJD definitely thinks 2021 just...

Happy Friday! Today OJD is attending the 2021 Juvenile Defender Conference hosted by the School of Government. It's a jam packed day full...

Happy Fri-YAY Readers! This week was a bit exciting for OJD but we won't get into that JUST yet, just know...an announcement is coming...

Another Friday in the books and the last one of July. Honestly, how has 7 months of 2021 already wrapped up? Talk about time flies. Let's...

Happy Friday (Fri-YAY) Readers! Thanks for stopping back and recapping the week with OJD. We hope you had a great holiday weekend,...

By: Barbara Fedders, Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina School of Law 10 Years After JDB Along with Mark Dorosin (then of...

A Reflection on the 10-Year Anniversary of J.D.B. v. North Carolina By: LaToya B. Powell, Assistant Legal Counsel, NC Administrative...

J.D.B. v. North Carolina (2011) was not only a triumphant case for juvenile delinquency matters, but set the tone for how juveniles who...

Over the past several months, attorneys at the Office of the Juvenile Defender, the Wake County Public Defender’s Office, and my office...

Happy New Year Readers! We hope your holiday was relaxing, lazy, and full of what makes you happy. It’s time to get back to work & as...