Research Programs
Youth Advocacy & Policy Lab
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Y-Lab Writing Program Lunch Talk, with Brian Dezurick (JD ’23) and Alyssa Milstead (JD ’23)
March 7, 2023
The Youth Advocacy and Policy Lab (Y-Lab) invites you to a Y-Lab Writing Program Lunch Talk with Brian Dezurick (JD ’23) and Alyssa Milstead (JD…
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Y-Lab Open House
March 7, 2023
Please stop by the yellow house (23 Everett Street, Second Floor) to visit the Youth Advocacy & Policy Lab (Y-Lab) and learn about the clinics…
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The Rage of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black Youth, with Professor and Author Kristin Henning
February 28, 2023
Harvard Law School’s Youth Advocacy and Policy Lab (Y-Lab) is pleased to host Kristen Henning, Blume Professor of Law and Director of the Juvenile Justice Clinic…
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Centering the Voices of Young People in Foster Care Reform
September 14, 2022
Advocates for marginalized groups talk frequently about centering the voices of communities and other stakeholders to ensure that those most closely affected by the proposed…
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Child Advocacy Writing Program Information Session
September 14, 2022
The Child Advocacy Writing Program is a unique opportunity for all students (JDs, LLMs, and SJDs) who are completing writing projects on topics related to…
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Homeschooling reform advocates Elizabeth Bartholet and James Dwyer discuss meaningful homeschooling regulations to prevent abuse and promote higher educational standards.
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In evaluating President Biden's first 100 days, Harvard Law Professor Elizabeth Bartholet says the president has been a champion for children and families, but she hopes he will also reform the current homeschooling regime .
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Will online schooling increase child abuse risks?
August 14, 2020
As more schools plan for remote learning, Elizabeth Bartholet and James Dwyer argue that school districts, child protective services, and other agencies across the nation must adopt new safeguards to prevent and respond to incidents of child maltreatment.
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In recognition of their demonstrated excellence in representing clients and undertaking advocacy or policy reform projects, Amy Volz ’18 and Ha Ryong Jung (Michael) ’18 were named the 2018 recipients of the David A. Grossman Exemplary Clinical Student Award, named in honor of the late Clinical Professor David Grossman ’88.
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Children of All Nations supports work of Child Advocacy Program with $250,000 gift
September 23, 2016
The Child Advocacy Program (CAP) of Harvard Law School recently received a $250,000 gift from Children of All Nations (CAN). The gift, which will be distributed over five years, will provide funding to CAP to pursue its international human rights work on behalf of unparented children and their right to family.
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After ‘Baby Bella’: Bartholet indicts systemic failures to protect at-risk children
September 24, 2015
Elizabeth Bartholet '65, renowned child welfare advocate and founding faculty director of Harvard Law School’s Child Advocacy Program, has been at the center of many public conversations following the discovery of the child, once known as Baby Doe, but since identified as Bella Bond.
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Five Harvard Law School professors presented a sampling of their innovative ideas in late May at the 2014 Harvard Law School Thinks Big lecture, an annual event that challenges faculty to explain those big ideas in short talks.
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Harvard Law School Professor Elizabeth Bartholet received an award from the National Human Rights Committee of Qatar, in Doha, on Jan. 8, 2014. The award was presented by Sultan Hassan al Jamali, assistant secretary general of the National Human Rights Committee of Qatar.
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Law Professors urge Congress to support international adoption
February 10, 2014
34 Harvard Law School faculty members and 24 faculty from Boston College Law School have signed a letter urging the U.S. Congress to support the core principles in the pending legislation known as CHIFF (Children in Families First), S. 1530 and H.R. 3323.
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Harvard Law School Professor Elizabeth Bartholet, faculty director of HLS’s Child Advocacy Program, has released two new reports challenging the long-held assumption that racial bias is responsible for the disproportionately high numbers of black children in foster care.
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Children in foster care experience daunting challenges of stability and security in the school system, according to participants in the program “On the Road to Educational Equality,” held at Harvard Law School on May 24.
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Child Advocacy Program conference explores questions of race and child welfare (video)
February 7, 2011
African-American children, who account for just 15 percent of all children in the U.S., represent more than a third of children placed in foster care. The question is: Why? That controversial issue and others surrounding society’s efforts to protect children were the focus of the conference “Race & Child Welfare: Disproportionality, Disparity, Discrimination: Re-Assessing the Facts, Re-Thinking the Policy Options,” held January 28-29 at Harvard Law School.
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Minow honored by Massachusetts Advocates for Children
November 20, 2009
Harvard Law School Dean Martha Minow was honored at the 40th Anniversary Celebration of the Massachusetts Advocates for Children (MAC) on November 13, along with Marian Wright Edelman, president of the Children’s Defense Fund, and the late Senator Edward Kennedy.