National Youth Justice Conference 2022

This conference is now closed for applications. However, if you would like to attend, please email cycj@strath.ac.uk.

The Children and Young People’s Centre for Justice (CYCJ), the National Youth Justice Advisory Group (NYJAG) and the Scottish Government are pleased to invite you to the National Youth Justice Conference 2022: ‘Our Journey to Rights Respecting Justice’.

This year’s conference will feature speakers from across the world, including Professor Ann Skelton (UNESCO Chair in Education Law in Africa); Dr Diana Johns (University of Melbourne); Professor Steve Case (author of Positive Youth Justice, Loughborough University); Sheriff Susan Craig (Interim Director of Scotland’s Judicial Institute); and Professor Ursula Kilkelly (University College Cork, Oberstown Children Detention Campus).

You'll also hear more about the work of Police Scotland, No Knives Better Lives, Our Hearings Our Voices, Youth Justice Voices and Blue Triangle, and enjoy a musical performance by Sistema Scotland's 'Big Noise' programme with young people.

A wide variety of workshops will explore the conference theme further, and there will be screenings of ‘Warriors: Revisiting the Boys of Ballikinkrain’, and ‘A Rights-Respecting Approach to Children Who Offend’, the 2022 Kilbrandon Lecture delivered by Dr Claire Lightowler.

Sheriff David Mackie and Fiona Dyer (Director, CYCJ) will Chair, joined by co-chairs with lived experience of the justice and care systems.

The application deadline is now Monday, May 30. Please contact charlotte.morris@strath.ac.uk with any queries. Joining details and a conference programme will be sent out closer to the time.

Timings

Day 1 will begin at 9.30am and conclude at 4pm with an evening entertainment slot). Day 2 will begin at 9.30am and conclude at 1.30pm (please note timings may be subject to change).

Workshops

Want to host a workshop at the National Youth Justice Conference? Please complete this form and send it back to charlotte.morris@strath.ac.uk by May 30.

We look forward to seeing you at #YJConf22!