Child Advocacy Research & Education

Club Description

CARE brings together students interested in taking a legal approach to issues affecting children, including education, juvenile justice, foster care, and immigration. Through partnerships with faculty and local and national children’s law and advocacy organizations, CARE members learn about (and participate in) direct representation of children and broader systemic change through policy research and advocacy. CARE also spearheads the Street Law program, in which law students teach local grade school students about substantive legal issues. The program introduces students to the law and legal professions and educates them about their rights and responsibilities, and also encourages a connection between UVA Law and the Charlottesville community.