• English version (684 KB)
• Spanish version (680 KB)

All guides are in Adobe Acrobat format.

Kids and the Law: An A-Z Guide for Parents is the first in the State Bar's consumer education series that also includes When You Become 18: A Survival Guide for Teenagers and Seniors & the Law: A Guide for Maturing Californians (also available on the bar's Web site).

Kids and the Law addresses a number of issues important to parents of minor children including:

• curfews
• emancipation
• drugs and alcohol
• dress codes
• children's privacy
• truancy
• juvenile court
• crime (graffiti, weapons, fighting, etc.)
• driving

Kids and the Law was first published in 1996 after a State Bar survey revealed that many kids were unclear about certain laws and the consequences for breaking them. It was revised into its current form in 2001. Print versions are now available in Spanish and Chinese.

To order copies of Kids & the Law: An A-to-Z Guide for Parents, send an e-mail to kids@calbar.ca.gov. Please provide your name, complete mailing address (orders over 20 copies can not be sent to P.O. boxes), the number of copies ordered, choice of "English," "Spanish" or "Chinese" and a daytime phone number.

Those without access to e-mail should provide the above information in writing to the State Bar of California, Attn: Kids & the Law, 180 Howard St., San Francisco, CA 94105-1639.