The largest school districts nationwide announcing fall distance learning plans have high concentrations of children in poverty.
CAP is pleased to announce our course offerings for the 2020-2021 academic year.
Mission
The Child Advocacy Program (CAP) at Harvard Law School is committed to advancing children’s interests through facilitating productive interaction between academia and the world of policy and practice, and through training generations of students to contribute in their future careers to law reform and social change. We are committed to a broad vision of advocacy, working both in and outside of the courtroom, as well as across disciplinary lines.
Statement On Homeschooling
CAP Faculty Director Elizabeth Bartholet's overview on her position about ways to reform the practice and protect vulnerable children.
Student Voices
"The Child Advocacy Clinic is a great way to start exploring all of the avenues your legal career could take."
Olivia Barket, JD '20
Student Voices
"The Child Advocacy Clinic enabled me to get a multi-dimensional perspective on the field of child advocacy, one that is crucial for me as I continue to work for and on behalf of children. The experience gave me valuable insight into the domestic system affecting children, allowing me to make better informed choices as I work in an international setting. Law school would not have been the same without CAP!”
Ha Ryong JUNG (Michael), JD ’18
Student Voices
"The Child Advocacy Clinic gave me a tremendous opportunity to expand my substantive knowledge of juvenile justice issues, from assisting with briefs in individual cases to advocating for sentencing reform in the state legislature. The clinic helped shape my own views of what type of public interest lawyering I wanted to engage in and I still carry those insights into my current work on behalf of low-income and marginalized youth."
Alice Abrokwa, JD ‘12
Student Voices
"The Child Advocacy Program was the reason I chose to attend HLS, and it’s the reason that I get to do the work that I do every day. CAP provided the support, encouragement, and skill-building I needed to become an effective advocate for kids in the juvenile justice system. I’m so grateful to everyone who has made CAP into the program that it is today."
Jason Szanyi, JD ‘09
Recent News and Events
Elizabeth Bartholet Quoted in Katherine Stewart’s Recent NBC Editorial
Stewart warns that improvements to home education are more urgently needed than ever, “If home education is to be the healthy and necessary force that it can…” through this pandemic and beyond.
CAP Faculty Director on Fox News
Bartholet’s concerns surrounding the rapid expansion of unregulated homeschooling post-COVID.