Teen Court Youth Volunteer at SAY San Diego

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Calling all High School Students! We need Volunteers for Teen Court!

Do you want to:

• Act in the role of a juror during court hearings?
• Help get teens back on track?
• Learn about the justice system?
• Obtain community volunteer hours for school?

SAY San Diego’s Teen Court is designed to provide diversion services for juveniles involved with the justice system for the first time and who accept responsibility for their offense and agree to have a binding sentence selected by a jury of their peers. Successful completion of program requirements ensures that the charge will not be moved forward to Juvenile Court and the minor will not have an arrest on his/her record.

The role of this volunteer is to serve on a peer jury panel to impose a fair sentence on first time misdemeanor juvenile offenders. Jurors participate by listening to the case facts, asking questions and deliberating to come up with a set of requirements for the offender. Teen Court utilizes best practices of restorative justice (usually focusing on: repairing the harm, accountability and skill building). Jurors receive support/help/guidance from volunteer judge(s), Case Assistant(s) and the SAY San Diego Teen Court Case Manager/Staff.

Please note that cases are heard in the following three areas: Central (near I-15 and El Cajon Blvd), Downtown and Kearny Mesa.

If you are a High School student in San Diego County, we are looking for you to be a peer juror on Teen Court. We welcome students from all regions of San Diego County. We are specifically looking for students in the City Heights, and the zip codes listed below.

You can check out this video to learn a bit more:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=40&v=1MlothR-vxg

Contact Yesenia Barragan for more information: ybarragan@saysandiego.org or 619.285.4440.

Main area for recruitment: City Heights and Chula Vista. Other targeted zip codes include: 92101, 92102, 92103, 92104, 92105, 92113, 92114, 92115, 92116, 92134, 92136, 92139, 92149, 92174, 92182, 91910 and 91950.