Database of Advocates for Children at HLS

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This student profile database was created with the purpose of fostering a community of advocates for children within the law school. We believe that this starts with actually knowing who else in the student body is committed to the myriad of issues surrounding children, youth, and adolescents, both domestically and abroad. We hope that the database will provide an opportunity for current, former, and future students to build a solid network with one another as they expand their interests and solidify their careers pertaining to children. It will serve as a great resource to pinpoint individuals who share your specific interests within the large umbrella of children's issues.

By providing your information below, you are agreeing to make them available to the public. Given the purposes of networking, it would be in everyone's best interest to be as detailed as possible, but you can choose to simply highlight what you think is important.

The database will be updated as submissions are received. If you have any questions, please e-mail Ha Ryong Jung (Michael) at hjung@jd18.law.harvard.edu. You can also notify us in the future if you would like to change any information. Thank you for your participation!

- Child & Youth Advocates -

Database link: https://orgs.law.harvard.edu/cya/child-advocate-database/

Email *

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If you select yes, we will include your email address on our website. If you select no, we will not disclose your address, but those within the Harvard community will be able to search you through the student directory.

Yes

Basic Information

First Name *

Last Name *

Student Type *

LLM

SJD

Visiting Scholar/Researcher

Exchange Student

Other:

Graduation Year (yyyy)

Please enter your actual or expected year of graduation or the end of your program.

Fields of Interest

Geographical Focus

If you have a specific geographical interest (continent, region, country, state, city, etc.), please also select "other" and specify.

Domestic

International

Other:

Thematic Focus *

Please indicate your specific fields of interest. You can select as many as you would like, but it would be preferable to limit your selection to those you might seriously consider pursuing as a career (either fully or partially). This may or may not be the same as your fields of expertise (next section). Please feel free to specify your field in "Other" if you prefer.

Children's rights (including the Convention on the Rights of the Child, child-specific legislation, and specific rights like the human right to nurturing parents)

Family law and guardianship (including representation of minors, parental rights, views of the child/child participation, and different family structures (like international and domestic orphans/unparented children, children with single or divorced parents, children of same-sex parents, and teen parents and pregnancy))

Child welfare (including violence against children (like neglect, abuse, domestic violence, and corporal punishment), institutionalization, foster care, adoption, family reunification, birth registration, and good parenting)

Child health, nutrition, and survival and development (including early childhood development, neuroscience, disease and immunization, WASH, and medical legal partnership clinics (MLPC))

Children and reproductive rights (including abortion, contraception, assisted reproductive technologies, surrogacy, sex selection and stem cell research, sperm and egg freezing, and medical minor consent laws)

Juvenile justice and children in contact with the law (including children in conflict with the law/child victims/child witnesses, juvenile frameworks, minimum age of criminal responsibility, child-sensitive procedures, diversion and alternative measures, and harsh sentencing and deprivation of liberty)

Education law (including special education, school discipline, bullying, school-to-prison pipeline, and federal laws like Title IX or Title IV)

Child poverty and inequality (including urban/rural planning and discrimination)

Gender-specific issues regarding children (including female genital mutilation/cutting and gender-based violence)

LGBTQ youth

Children with disabilities (including access to benefits like social security insurance)

Child trafficking, labor, and slavery (including commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC), domestic servitude, and use of children in crime)

Child pornography and online protection (including social media, harmful influence, and enticement by online predators)

Child marriage, sexual consent, and religion

Children in armed conflict (including child soldiers, forced conscription, and vulnerability due to conflict situations)

Children in migration, cross-border protection, and children of stateless groups or ethnic minorities (including immigration, refugee and asylum-seeking children, accompanied/unaccompanied children, undocumented children, and children in groups like the Roma)

Children in emergency situations and climate change (including crises, natural disasters, conflicts, and litigation based on children's rights)

Children on the streets and external influence (including gangs, substance abuse, and homelessness)

Adolescents and youth (including transition age youth, former foster youth, youth development, and emancipation)

Other:

Required

Fields of Expertise

Please indicate fields you have had experience with either through academic or professional work, if any. These should be fields you would feel comfortable speaking about with other students. Please feel free to leave this blank if you don't have any prior experience.

Geographical Focus

If you had experience in a specific location that you would be open to sharing (continent, region, country, state, city, etc.), please also select "other" and specify.

Domestic

International

Other:

Thematic Focus

Please feel free to specify your field in "Other" if you prefer.

Children's rights (including the Convention on the Rights of the Child, child-specific legislation, and specific rights like the human right to nurturing parents)

Child health, nutrition, and survival and development (including early childhood development, neuroscience, disease and immunization, WASH, and medical legal partnership clinics (MLPC))

Education law (including special education, school discipline, bullying, school-to-prison pipeline, and federal laws like Title IX or Title IV)

Child poverty and inequality (including urban/rural planning and discrimination)

Gender-specific issues regarding children (including female genital mutilation/cutting and gender-based violence)

LGBTQ youth

Children with disabilities (including access to benefits like social security insurance)

Child trafficking, labor, and slavery (including commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC), domestic servitude, and use of children in crime)

Child pornography and online protection (including social media, harmful influence, and enticement by online predators)

Child marriage, sexual consent, and religion

Children in armed conflict (including child soldiers, forced conscription, and vulnerability due to conflict situations)

Children in emergency situations and climate change (including crises, natural disasters, conflicts, and litigation based on children's rights)

Children on the streets and external influence (including gangs, substance abuse, and homelessness)

Adolescents and youth (including transition age youth, former foster youth, youth development, and emancipation)

Other:

Before Law School

Undergraduate or Graduate Major/Concentration

Child-related Experience

Please indicate any experience prior to law school relating to children, such as work experience, extracurricular activities, volunteer and community service engagements, etc. Please be as brief or detailed as you would like.

Other Experience

Please indicate other experiences unrelated to children that you would like to share. This will be a method to show the diversity in approaches and pathways.

During Law School

Please describe your engagements during law school that you found relevant to your career or interests in children. Please be as brief or detailed as you would like.

Academic Experience

This may include courses (with name of professor), research, study abroad, trainings, discussions with faculty or students, etc.

Professional Experience

This may include work experience during the school year or the summer, clinical projects (excluding confidential information), fellowships, etc.

Extracurricular Experience

This may include involvement in student organizations (affinity groups, SPOs, journals, etc.), volunteer activities, etc.

After Law School

Please provide your intended career path after law school (either confirmed or what you hope for). It would be helpful to break this down into geographical and thematic focus, type of organization (government, NGO, UN System, academia, law firm, etc.), and type of function (legislative, policy, advocacy, legal services, field work, research, litigation, etc.). Please be as brief or detailed as you would like.

Tips & Resources

Please use this space to provide:
- Any additional information you could not include above
- Tips and resources you think would be helpful for other students
- Your publications or writings regarding children that you would like to share (links to blogs, journal pieces, op-eds, etc.)

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