Education Law Clinic of the Trauma and Learning Policy Initiative

As a witness to terrible domestic violence until the age of eight, “Jamal” still carries his worries into the classroom everyday. Even though he and his mother are now safe, he’s unable to focus on his schoolwork, frequently acts out, and has been suspended from third grade.

Joey Diamond was born in 1994 with cocaine in his system. Two years later, he was found wandering alone in a city park late at…