Kelsey v. Florida: NACC and several legal organizations filed an amicus brief arguing that a youth’s lengthy prison sentence was unconstitutional pursuant to Graham v. Florida, in that it deprived him of the opportunity to re-enter society after demonstrating maturity and rehabilitation.

In re the Dependency of K.P.T.: NACC and other children’s rights organizations filed an amicus brief seeking the appointment of independent counsel for children in Washington dependency proceedings.

State of Missouri v. Jerri Smiley: NACC joined an amicus brief asserting that a statute’s mandatory incarceration provision was unconstitutional as applied to youth.

Montgomery v. Louisiana: NACC and partners filed an amicus brief urging the retroactive application of the Miller v. Alabama decision holding that mandatory life without parole sentences for youth are unconstitutional.

In re McCarthy: NACC joined an amicus brief arguing that courts should consider the views of youth age fourteen and older before entering a TPR order over their objection.

Adoptive Couple, v. Baby Girl, a Minor Under the Age of Fourteen Years, Birth Father, and the Cherokee Nation: NACC joined an amicus brief requesting that the United States Supreme Court grant cert to clarify the scope of ICWA, in particular whether a non-custodial parent can invoke ICWA to block an adoption initiated by a non-Indian custodial parent and whether an unwed biological father who is not considered a “parent” under state law is nevertheless a “parent” under ICWA.

In re R.L.-R.: NACC joined an amicus brief to uphold a Floridian child’s right to confidential communications with their counsel and the right to assert attorney-client privilege.

Miller v. Alabama and Jackson v. Arkansas: NACC joined an amicus brief challenging the constitutionality of mandatory life without parole sentences for youth convicted of homicide.

In re Christian M. and In re Alexander M.: NACC filed this amicus brief supporting indigent parents’ right to counsel in New Hampshire child welfare cases.

In re Emoni W.: NACC argued in this amicus brief, filed in a Connecticut appellate court, that applying the ICPC to parents is unconstitutional.