TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE

The National Teen Courts of America & Teen Clubs of America, Inc.("TCA²") maintains this site (hereafter the "Site") for your personal information, education, communication, and entertainment.

Please feel free to browse the entire Site. You may download material displayed on the Site for non-commercial, personal use only provided you also retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials. You may not, however, distribute, modify, transmit, reuse, re-post, or use the content of the Site for public or commercial purposes, including the text, images, audio, and video without TCA²'s written permission. Students, researchers, reporters of magazines, newspapers, television, and radio are encouraged to use material in their writings, stories, or reports, with the further understanding that all credit and acknowledgments as outlined herein is complied with and that a copy of the disclosed information is provided to TCA² in the form that it may have been disclosed or revealed along with any other information it was a part thereof within two weeks of using the information. To illustrate this disclosure condition: if information was reported in a magazine article, the entire magazine must be provided to TCA² within two weeks of the magazine's publication and distribution date. All forms of media communication disclosure must be provide in like manner as to that form used for disclosure.

Your access to and use of the Site is also subject to the following terms and conditions ("Terms and Conditions") and all applicable laws. By accessing and browsing the Site, you accept, without limitation or qualification, the Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that any other agreements between you and TCA² are superseded and of no force or effect.

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You should assume that everything you see or read on the Site is copyrighted unless otherwise noted and may not be used except as provided in these Terms and Conditions or in the text on the Site without the written permission of TCA². TCA² neither warrants nor represents that your use of materials displayed on the Site will not infringe rights of third parties not owned by or affiliated with TCA².

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While TCA² uses reasonable efforts to include accurate and up to date information in the Site, TCA² makes no warranties or representations as to its accuracy. TCA² assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors or omissions in the content of the Site.

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Your use of and browsing in the Site are at your risk. Neither TCA² nor any other party involved in creating, producing, or delivering the Site is liable for any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect, or punitive damages arising out of your access to, or use of, the Site. Without limiting the foregoing, everything on the Site is provided to you "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. Please note that some jurisdictions may not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so some of the above exclusions may not apply to you. Check your local laws for any restrictions or limitations regarding the exclusion of implied warranties. TCA² also assumes no responsibility, and shall not be liable for, any damages to, or viruses that may infect, your computer equipment or other property on account of your access to, use of, or browsing in the Site or your downloading of any materials, data, text, images, video, or audio from the Site.

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While TCA² appreciates your comments, we cannot guarantee that we will respond to your messages due to the limited resources of a not-for-profit organization. Furthermore, any communication or material you transmit to the Site by electronic mail or otherwise, including any data, questions, comments, suggestions, or the like is, and will be treated as, nonconfidential and non-proprietary. Anything you transmit or post may be used by TCA² or its affiliates for any purpose, including, but not limited to, reproduction, disclosure, transmission, publication, broadcast and posting. Furthermore, TCA² is free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques contained in any communication you send to the Site for any purpose whatsoever including, but not limited to, developing, manufacturing and marketing products using such information.

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Images of people, places or objects displayed on the Site are either the property of, or used with permission by, TCA². The use of these images by you, or anyone else authorized by you, is prohibited unless specifically permitted by these Terms and Conditions or specific permission provided elsewhere on the Site. Any unauthorized use of the images may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and communications regulations and statutes.

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The trademarks, logos, and service marks (collectively the "Trademarks") displayed on the Site, including "National Teen Courts of America & Teen Clubs of America, Inc" are registered and unregistered Trademarks of TCA² and others. Nothing contained on the Site should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use any Trademark displayed on the Site without the written permission of TCA² or such third party that may own the Trademarks displayed on the Site. Your misuse of the Trademarks displayed on the Site, or any other content on the Site, except as provided in these Terms and Conditions, is strictly prohibited. You are also advised that TCA² will aggressively enforce its intellectual property rights to the fullest extent of the law, including the seeking of criminal prosecution.

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TCA² has not reviewed all of the sites linked to the Site and is not responsible for the content of any off-site pages or any other sites linked to the Site. Your linking to any other off-site pages or other sites is at your own risk. TCA² appreciates the report of any link that is reported to be posting or transmitting any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic, or profane material or any material that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any law, and any such link will be removed as quickly as possible from our links.

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Although TCA² may from time to time monitor or review discussions, chats, postings, transmissions, bulletin boards, and the like on the Site, TCA² is under no obligation to do so and assumes no responsibility or liability arising from the content of any such locations nor for any error, defamation, libel, slander, omission, falsehood, obscenity, pornography, profanity, danger, or inaccuracy contained in any information within such locations on the Site. You are prohibited from posting or transmitting any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic, or profane material or any material that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any law. TCA² will fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing TCA² to disclose the identity of anyone posting any such information or materials. Furthermore, TCA² reserves the right (but is not obligated) to delete, move or edit postings that it, in its sole discretion, deems threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic, or profane or in violation of copyright or trademark laws, or otherwise inappropriate.

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Software from this Site is further subject to United States Export Controls. No software from this Site may be downloaded or exported (i) into (or to a national or resident of) Cuba, Libya, Iran, Iraq, North Korea, Syria, or any other country to which the United States has embargoed goods; or (ii) anyone on the United States Treasury Department's list of Specially Designated Nationals or the U.S. Commerce Department's Table of Deny Orders. By downloading or using the software, you represent and warrant that you are not located in, under the control of, or a national or resident of any such country or on any such list.

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TCA² may at any time revise these Terms and Conditions by updating this posting. You are bound by any such revisions and should therefore periodically visit this page to review the then current Terms and Conditions to which you are bound.

Clarification of Certification and Classification Programs

The Certification and Classification program is designed to certify and classify programs under our umbrella. It is in no way implying that it is a "licensed" or "law-regulated" certification and classification guideline. For years, teen courts have operated in all types of manners without an established universal guideline. Our program was established for the purpose of establishing minimum standards and guidelines as determined by our organization for teen courts operating under our guidelines. There are a number of "teen court" type programs around the country. The four major types under consideration are distinguished by their general method of operation that is: 1) a teen court that has a teenager for a judge; 2) a teen court that has an adult judge; 3) a teen court that operates as a tribunal; and 4) a peer jury court. There are many more categories when you look into them individually. That is why we established "our" particular standards and classifications for teen courts "willing" to operate under our standards and guidelines.

There are, however, a great deal more considerations that are instrumental in determining the type of teen court that is classified and certified under our program. Not having a teen court certification or classification from our organization does not imply that the program is not a good program. It only means that it does not have a certification or classification from us , perhaps, because it has not requested one.

If a teen court program requested certification and classification and it did not meet our standards, however, it would have been instructed on how to improve itself so that it could reapply for the certification and classification of its choice. The certification and classification program is designed to improve programs that need help and wish to be helped under our umbrella. It is our sincere desire to help all programs interested in our help. This being the case, anyone knowing of a teen court program without "our" certification and classification should presume that it simply has not requested it.

If a teen court was provided instruction on how to improve itself under our standards, but did not wish to remain under our umbrella, it could choose to remain independent from us. The certification and classification, however, would still be available. Any teen court program wishing an evaluation for certification and classification purposes under our program is charged a one time evaluation fee. If the teen court, in questions, decides to operate under our umbrella, and later wishes to reapply for a higher classification, it can request another evaluation without additional cost. The initial cost is due to the amount of work involved in evaluating a program and the secondary evaluations without cost is due to our efforts to improve a "member's" standings to insure and maintain a uniform standard. for the organization as a whole.

Please be advised that more and more information will be placed on this web site for the purpose of providing information for individuals or organizations wishing to establish teen courts without affiliation or training from us. The information provided will be without specific instruction, responsibility, or liability concerning is specific use in any particular location as it is impossible to be of real help to someone that is not willing to ask for or accept help, and/or willing to accept constructive criticism and guidance. For those wishing to be involved, will find that our organization will do everything possible to insure its success.

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