Teen court is an awesome prgram. teen court is where when a young teen commits a crime in a minor attempt they go to have there case tryed by other teen playing the roles of a judge, balif, jury members, and even defense and prosicuting attorneys. teen court is fun and full of teens who want to make a difference in the world today. if you are interested in the program check it out on http://www.youthcourt.net and see if the sponsor a program near you.

I would take time out of your schedule just to observe it and see wether it would be worth giving up some stuff for a little extra time becuase trust me its an awesome experience and looks good on a college application.

I almost applied to Youth Court a few months ago, but I don't have nearly enough time for it.

I live in The USA I live in Indiana in a really small town.

And toughy your right people do look up to you when you are in teen court but you do have the people who dont manage to work with you because they are to stubburn. But teen court is an excelent program and if any of you guys have questions e-mail me at

im_your_girl02@yahoo.com

and i can get you information like i previously posted only one state which i believe was New Jersey did not have a teen court program. So ive now been in every position as judge attorney still to be maybe a baliff but e-mail me if you have any questions or comments.

I was in Youth Court for about 2 years.

It's an excellent program and people seriously admire you when you do it. It looks great an a college application. And it's a fun experience.

I would say that anyone who can do it, should

Elf, what county do you live in, just out of curiosity?

i agree nicoley,

i have been in teen court for about a year and i was a jury member for a couple of months and became a defense attorney so yeah. i personally dont like that rule of x criminals deciding case becuase if they got a bad punishment then they want them to get it. I was a jury member a few days ago and i finall realized somethings that the jury have to work on like oppinions and things like that b/c in our court deliberation everyone has to agree or it dont go through so some places are different. I will make a suggestion try and make more awareness of the program and get more poeple in from school or the community not people who have been in trouble and jutst riding out thier sentnce and if u want here is my e-mail address if you wanna e-mail me cuz i can maybe help with some suggestions.

im_your_girl02@yahoo.com

kayla

I realize no one has posted anything on this thread for quite some time, but I just joined Teen Court the other week, so I thought I'd share my thoughts:

It was definitely not what I expected, not nearly as formal or serious as I originally presumed. As a jury member, I was mainly supposed to ask the defense a bunch of questions. I asked one boy if he was aware of the negative effects smoking could cause to his health. Bad question. He immediately got defensive and started talking back to me as if I were stupid for asking that question. When we went in the back room to deliberate, I was flabbergasted to see that my fellow jurors assigned his punishment based on how cute he/she was. Additionally, I was surprised to learn that the other jurors were only in the program because they needed hours for crimes they committed. Personally, if I was ever the defense, I would never want my punishment decided on by a group of ex-criminals who base the consequences of my actions on the way that I look. It was all just too...weird, I guess. But, on the positive side, it's an easy way to get your SSL hours and meet some friends... Or criminals.

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Originally posted by elf219:
to answer your question i think there is only one state in the United States and i think its new Jersey im not sure but from day to day we deal with crimes or things like shop lifting,truncey,fighting, and even just had a case where a young boy had shot someone with a bb gun. it just depends on whats going on. its an awesome program to get involved in exspecially for the teen and oyung adults that look into a future career in law like me.

Indiana has it too, and yes I am involved. It's a really good experience and it is too bad that not more places have it.

I've considered getting involved with this, but I'm just like... weirded out by the idea of sentencing someone to do all this community service when I'm not sure I even agree with all the laws in place. What do you think?

to answer your question i think there is only one state in the United States and i think its new Jersey im not sure but from day to day we deal with crimes or things like shop lifting,truncey,fighting, and even just had a case where a young boy had shot someone with a bb gun. it just depends on whats going on. its an awesome program to get involved in exspecially for the teen and oyung adults that look into a future career in law like me.

thats awsome. iv never heard of it before though

My town has talked about getting one of these... Nothing happened as a result, but I'm going to bring it up again... Because I think it would be great!

I never heard of this program. It sound interesting. So what crimes do they put in the court?

we have a teen court in the city next to mine. I already planned on doing it when I turn sixteen.

I saw this in Time. The whole program looked very interesting.