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Youth Justice Alliance

Providing access to legal knowledge, careers, and support to historically excluded communities.

05/27/2026

A summer sighting of fellows at their law firm internships. What a great experience in the legal field before even heading to law school! Speaking of, Faith will be starting at this fall! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

05/06/2026

Introducing our 2026 YJA Fellowship Cohort with a few of their smiling faces! All of the new fellows will be with us at the Summer Institute in Houston this July! Let’s keep the YJA Family growing.

03/26/2026

Meet one of our new board members! Kaleisha is joining the YJA family to help support the next generation of aspiring lawyers as a beneficiary of a pathway program. She began her career as a capital markets associate at Jones Day Dallas after getting a head start through the We look forward to learning from her!

03/16/2026

Thank you to Aléyah Escobar and Marissa De León from for spending their Pro Bono Spring Break with us in the classroom and courtroom! Soon, we hope to see our fellowship alumni coming back to YJA for their Spring Break of Service!

03/10/2026

Serious prizes at the local and statewide level! Statewide winners receive the following prizes: Editorial Contest - 1st Place: $1,000 and certificate; 2nd Place: $500 and certificate; 3rd Place: $250 and certificate Photography Contest - 1st Place: $400 and certificate; 2nd Place: $200 and certificate; 3rd Place: $100 and certificate Poster Contest - 1st Place: $200 gift card and certificate; 2nd Place: $100 gift card and certificate; 3rd Place: $50 gift card and certificate

03/06/2026

This year, Austin Law Day was a collaboration between , , the , and our sponsor ! Thank you to the Akins, Travis, and Round Rock High School students who joined, the Third Court of Appeals justices who presided over our moot court, the students who argued, and the many judges who joined for the networking!

03/04/2026

Today, we celebrate and thank two incredible departing board members who have helped us connect with partners, funders, and students. We are grateful for Francesca and Mindy who contributed to our growth as an organization! We wouldn’t be here without our Board!

03/03/2026

Abilene Law Day 2 was even better than the first! Thank you to our hosts, for allowing us to borrow their students, and our volunteer attorneys (Derek Hampton & Austin Green) who led a great mock jury selection on a matter involving CPS!

And a special thank you to the high school students who sat second and third chair for voir dire!

02/13/2026

students showed why we love to brag about them in our first Environmental Law Moot Court Competition in partnership with the Air & Waste Management Association! Congratulations to and .022 for taking home the championship!

Thank you to all of our volunteers including our justices/evaluators, for hosting us, and for lending us a problem for the competition!

02/11/2026

A visit to the D.C. Circuit, a conversation with Judge David Tatel about his book Vision (which we recommend!), observations in federal district courts, and a perfect few days to reunite with our D.C. fellows!

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314 E Highland Mall Boulevard Ste. 209
Austin, TX
78752

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http://www.youthjusticealliance.org/

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