The Seventeenth Circuit’s Girls Court program, run by Juvenile Delinquency Judge Stacy Ross, was one of only five in the nation selected by Boston College of Law and the National Girls Initiative to participate in a comparative study of girl-focused Specialty Courts. Researchers conducted a site visit last week at the Central Courthouse, observing Girls Court and conducting interviews of various stakeholders. Judge Ross says, “It is a very exciting study on this emerging trend and we are very honored to be a part of it!”
