YSRP Co-Director Joanna Visser Adjoian is Honored with Alan Lerner Rising Star Award
Co-Director Joanna Visser Adjoian will be honored with the Alan Lerner Rising Star award at the Gittis Center’s 40th anniversary celebration.
Joanna Visser Adjoian, L’10, co-founder and Co-Director of the Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project, is being honored by the University of Pennsylvania Law School’s Gittis Center for Clinical Legal Studies with its Alan Lerner Rising Star Award on the occasion of the Center’s 40th anniversary celebration. The award recognizes Clinic alumni who have made significant contributions to society or practice through their legal work. Joanna will receive the award at a ceremony on Thursday, March 23, 2017 at the Law School. The YSRP family extends our hearty congratulations!
The Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee voted to advance HB 1381 today, which YSRP hopes will usher in a more humane era of support and care for youth involved in the criminal legal system.