Jessica Pearce

Jessica Pearce is a senior site manager in the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges’ Child Welfare and Juvenile Law program. Ms. Pearce specializes in providing the nation’s juvenile and family courts with state-of-the art training on juvenile justice issues and most recently served as the editor for the Enhanced Juvenile Justice Guidelines. She specializes in the practical application of juvenile justice research and reform. In addition, Ms. Pearce has an extensive background writing and training on alcohol and other drug issues as they relate to juvenile justice including juvenile drug treatment courts. She is one of the country’s foremost experts on juvenile drug treatment courts, having spent more than twenty years developing training and technical assistance tools for use by juvenile drug treatment courts.