The Central Juvenile Defender Center is one of the nine Regional Centers of the National Juvenile Defender Center.  The Center focuses on juvenile law issues in Arkansas, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, and Tennessee.  The Center coordinates regional activities, including helping to compile and analyze juvenile indigent defense data, facilitating organizing and networking opportunities for juvenile defenders, offering targeted, state-based training and technical assistance, and providing case support specifically designed for complex or high profile cases.  The Central Juvenile Defender Center is based at the Children's Law Center, Inc., in Covington, Kentucky.

National Juvenile Defender Center: Ten Principles for Providing Effective Defense Advocacy at Juvenile Delinquency Detention Hearings.

Upcoming events: 2009 Ohio Juvenile Defender Leadership Summit