<p>Do you any of you participate in Youth or Teen Court?
Would you suggest joining?</p>
<p>what even is this</p>
<p>can people explain these things for the mildly curious but not in the know? we can still give advice even if we’re not in it so it wouldn’t hurt to help the rest of us out.</p>
<p>Youth Court (or Teen Court) is where rather than going before an adult judge in a traditional juvenile court, a young person referred to a Youth Court. Teens serve as the lawyers in the case, as well as jurors, court clerks, and bailiffs. Teen volunteers also choose the disposition or sentence for each case</p>
<p>That sounds like it could end badly, especiialy if teen boys choose the sentence</p>
<p>This sounds like a bad idea. I mean, are the teen chosen sentences actually carried out? I wouldn’t want some kid as my lawyer either.</p>
<p>Imagine:
“Hey man, I’m in serious trouble. I need you to come right away.”
“Aw sorry bro, I have a research paper and like three tests tommorow.”</p>
<p>Do you even get paid for defending?</p>
<p>This sounds ridiculous. I saw a flyer for it at my school.</p>
<p>Dear god, this sounds absolutely hilariously bad.</p>
<p>cringing as I imagine this</p>
<p>I had never even heard of a “teen court” until last year, senior year in HS. I see its purposes but I still think it’s an awkward idea.</p>
<p>Yeah, I had my doubts, so I was wondering if anyone who had actually done it had anything to say.
I don’t think teens typically serve as the lawyers. I think very few regions do that. I know mine doesn’t.</p>
<p>In my county, teens serve as the Jury and the cases that come are first, only for misdemeanors that TEENS have committed and second only for very non-serious issues like Graffiti or stealing a pack or gum from the 7-11. Also the punishment usually is community service and it’s basically just a question of “what community service and how many hours?”</p>
<p>^thenerdofawesome my US history class did a “teen court.” Barely learned anything…(then again my history teacher was fairly mediocre). I learned more on the court system by reading the newspaper, or Wikipedia articles.</p>