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Youth Advocacy & Policy Lab (Y-Lab)

Youth Advocacy & Policy Lab (Y-Lab)

Harvard Law School

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    • Child Advocacy Clinic
    • Individual Representation Clinic
    • Strategic Litigation
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    • 2025 Youth Advocacy Writing Group Working Paper Lunch Series
    • “Preserving Public Education” Speaker Series

Child Advocacy Clinic

The Child Advocacy Clinic is an externship Clinic designed to educate students about a range of social change strategies and to encourage critical thinking about the pros and cons of different approaches. It addresses a variety of substantive areas impacting the lives of children, with a focus on child welfare (abuse and neglect, foster care, and adoption), education, and juvenile justice.

The Clinic has two components: a fieldwork placement and a classroom seminar.  For the fieldwork component, Y-Lab places students with organizations and agencies engaged in a variety of work for children using various methods to effect change either around the Boston/Cambridge area or around the country.  You will conduct your fieldwork as a member of the host placement’s team, and will report directly to a supervising attorney who works for that organization.  Students then come together to use the seminar component (Lawyering for Children and Youth Clinical Seminar) to discuss their ongoing work and projects, reflect on each other’s varied experiences, and evaluate which strategies in the field are working and why.

Fall 2024

Child Advocacy Clinic (Fall); Crisanne Hazen

Winter-Spring & Spring 2025

Child Advocacy Clinic (Winter-Spring); Crisanne Hazen

Child Advocacy Clinic (Spring); Crisanne Hazen

 

For more information about the Child Advocacy Clinic see the links below:

  • Child Advocacy Clinic List of Placements
  • Resources for Students & Site Supervisors
  • Clinic FAQ 2024
  • Spotlight on Child Advocacy Clinic Students
  • What Students Say About the Child Advocacy Clinic

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Information for Students

  • 2024-2025 Courses
  • Youth Advocacy & Policy Fellows Program
  • Child Advocacy Clinic
  • Individual Representation
  • Strategic Litigation
  • Legislative & Administrative Lawyering
  • Art of Social Change
  • Writing Program
  • Student Opportunities

Recent Posts

  • Sarah Berton ’25 Receives CLEA Outstanding Clinical Externship Student Award
  • A Q&A with Peter Goeckner ’25
  • Education Law Clinic Student Peter Goeckner ’25: A Day With the Education Law Clinic
  • Y-Lab Celebrates Graduating Fellows
  • Youth Advocacy Writing Group Working Paper Lunch Series Announced

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Harvard Law School
23 Everett Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-496-1684
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