Youth Court
By engaging teen volunteers in meaningful service learning as courtroom personnel, Lutheran Social Services Youth Court youth provides an opportunity for youth who have been charged with an offense or are referred to our program by school administrators to be held accountable for their actions in positive and educational ways.
The program is an alternative to formal court proceedings for juveniles in the Fargo/Moorhead area, with referrals from East Central Juvenile Court, Clay County Attorney’s Office, and local schools. The youth who go through Lutheran Social Services Youth Court proceedings are held accountable for their actions, while at the same time are able to keep their records clean and learn from their mistakes by discovering the human impact of their offense.
Youth volunteers serve as jurors and courtroom personnel to decide the disposition of cases in which the defendants have already admitted their guilt.