Cordy McJunkins and Wesley Streicher Receive CLEA Awards
Two Youth Advocacy Fellows, Cordy McJunkins and Wesley Streicher, are the winners of the 2026 Clinical Legal Education Association (CLEA) Awards. Cordy McJunkins received the Outstanding Clinical...
View ArticleTabitha Escalante, Y-Lab Clinic Student, Wins Access to Justice Award
Tabitha Escalante ’26 is the 2026 recipient of the the Ralph D. Gants Access to Justice Award, recognizing her tireless advocacy across HLS legal clinics and student practice organizations including a...
View ArticleY-Lab Celebrates Class of 2026 Youth Advocacy Fellows
In April, Y-Lab held its annual reception to celebrate graduating Youth Advocacy Fellows. Y-Lab leaders Michael Gregory, Jodi Guinn, and Crisanne Hazen, honored each Fellow with remarks that...
View ArticleAuthor Grace Spurlock ’08: Storytelling As Advocacy
In Harvard Law Today, alumna Grace Spurlock, ’08, discusses her work of fiction, Magdalena Is Brighter Than You Think, and how her time at HLS, which included the Child Advocacy Clinic, influenced her...
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Youth Advocacy Writing Group Working Paper Lunch – Monday, March 30
Join us on Monday, March 30, for the second event in our spring 2026 Youth Advocacy Writing Group Working Paper Lunch Series with Kia Azadbakht, Cordy McJunkins, and Ciara Tisdale-Vakos. 12:30-1:30...
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Youth Advocacy Writing Group Working Paper Lunch – Wednesday, April 8
Join us on Wednesday, April 8, for the third event in our spring 2026 Youth Advocacy Writing Group Working Paper Lunch Series with Chris Egi, Kaveri Sengupta, and Omar Tariq. 12:30-1:30 23 Everett...
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Youth Advocacy Writing Group Working Paper Lunch – Thursday, April 16
Join us on Thursday, April 16, for the final event in our spring 2026 Youth Advocacy Writing Group Working Paper Lunch Series with James Limbaugh and Hudson Patterson. 12:30-1:30 WCC 3013 Be sure to...
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Youth Advocacy Writing Group Working Paper Lunch – Monday, March 23
Join us on Monday, March 23, for the first event in our Youth Advocacy Writing Group Working Paper Lunch Series with Sam Morimoto and Tia Patrick. 12:30-1:30 WCC 3013 Be sure to RSVP here for lunch...
View ArticlePennsylvania
Historical Background The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has consistently found that challenges to the state’s public school funding system are non-justiciable. In the 1970s and 1990s, plaintiffs in three...
View ArticleSouth Carolina
Historical Background In 1988, the South Carolina Supreme Court affirmed a circuit court’s dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the state’s public school funding system in...
View ArticleOhio
Historical Background The Ohio State Constitution requires the General Assembly to provide and fund “a thorough and efficient system of common schools throughout the State.” In Miller v. Korns, 140...
View ArticleNorth Dakota
Historical Background In 1994, in the school funding “equity” case, Bismarck Public School District No. 1 v. State, 511 N.W.2d 247, three of the five members of the North Dakota Supreme Court found...
View ArticleNorth Carolina
Historical Background In 1987, the North Carolina Supreme Court, in Britt v. North Carolina State Board of Education, 361 S.E.2d 71, found that disparities in school programs and facilities did not...
View ArticleSarah Berton ’25 Receives CLEA Outstanding Clinical Externship Student Award
Sarah Berton, JD ’25 and Youth Advocacy Fellow, received the 2025 CLEA Outstanding Clinical Externship Student Award. The honor is in recognition of her commitment to youth advocacy through her...
View ArticleA Q&A with Peter Goeckner ’25
In January 2025, Education Law Clinic student Peter Goeckner ’25 discussed his experience advocating for education equity and a novel litigation strategy in Kentucky in which he participated. Read more...
View ArticleEducation Law Clinic Student Peter Goeckner ’25: A Day With the Education Law...
Peter Goeckner ’25 brings viewers along for a day in the life in the Education Law Clinic. Watch here on Instagram.
View ArticleY-Lab Celebrates Graduating Fellows
At the end of April, Y-Lab gathered students, staff, friends, and family to celebrate this year’s graduating Youth Advocacy Fellows. The event included remarks from leadership about each departing...
View ArticleYouth Advocacy Writing Group Working Paper Lunch Series Announced
Please join us for Y-Lab’s spring 2025 Youth Advocacy Writing Group Working Paper Lunch Series to be held on April 10, April 14, April 16, and April 23. During each talk, Youth Advocacy Writing Group...
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Youth Advocacy Writing Group Working Paper Lunch – Wednesday, April 23
Anu Joy, Kirsten “Shaw” Mettler, Liz Coughlin, and Leela Mennillo will present in the final session of Y-Lab’s 2025 Youth Advocacy Writing Group Working Paper Lunch Series. Wednesday, April 23...
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Youth Advocacy Writing Group Working Paper Lunch – Wednesday, April 16
On Wednesday April 16, Youth Advocacy Writing Group students Aashna Avachat, Bobby Stroup, and Megan Patel will present in the third event of Y-Lab’s Youth Advocacy Writing Group Working Paper Lunch...
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