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When You Become 18: A Survival Guide for Teenagers is the second of the State Bar's consumer education series that also includes Kids & the Law: An A-Z Guide for Parents and Seniors & the Law: A Guide for Maturing Californians.

When You Become 18 addresses a number of issues important to young adults, including information about laws related to:

• alcohol
• banking
• contracts
• credit
• employment
• hate crimes
• jury duty
• military service
• voting
  

When You Become 18 was first published in 1991 by California Law Advocates and revised seven times over the past decade. The State Bar took over publication of the guide in 2002.

To order copies of When You Become 18, send an e-mail to 18@calbar.ca.gov. Please provide your name, complete mailing address (orders over 20 copies cannot be sent to P.O. boxes), the number of copies desired and a daytime phone number.

Those without access to e-mail should provide the information above in writing to:

The State Bar of California
Attn: When You Become 18
180 Howard St.
San Francisco, CA 94105-1639