Draper Peer Court

The Draper Peer Court is now being formed and accepting applications!

The Draper Peer Court is seeking youth volunteers and adult advisors.

Youth Volunteer Applications are due December 11th.

What is the Draper Peer Court?

The Draper peer court offers an alternative approach to juvenile justice in which youth referred for minor offenses are sentenced by a jury of their peers. Peer Court employs a restorative justice-based approach that applies the skills and abilities of Draper City juveniles to provide positive peer influence, to hold youth accountable for their actions, and to strengthen their ties to school and community.

Youth Volunteers
Peer Court utilizes the skills and abilities of a diverse population of Draper youth. The program helps to eliminate geographical and social barriers and unites youth throughout the city as they collaborate to intervene with referred youth. This program presents a model for the belief that diverse group of students can work together and come to a consensus on clear, positive standards for behavior. As mentors, role models, and as key players in their community, they realize they can make a difference in their own and others' lives.

Adult Volunteers (Advisors)
Advisors are an integral component of the program. Their role is strictly advisory, as the title implies. They offer guidance,when needed, and debrief panel members after the hearings. They also monitor the mentoring process with the mentors and the referred youth's parents. The goal of this position is to foster an environment that empowers the students to take ownership of processing the issues that come before them and assist in the ongoing learning process.

For more information or an application please email amyemail@aol.com or peer.court@draper.ut.us