Special advocates: Law students making a difference in children’s lives

For abused and neglected children in transition, sometimes their strongest advocate isn’t a lawyer. Sometimes it’s a law student or someone else from the community simply willing to spend time with them and listen to their needs. Each year a number of students at the University of Virginia School of Law do pro bono work with Piedmont Court Appointed Special Advocates. The Charlottesville-based group’s trained volunteers and professional staff advocate for the best interests of at-risk children, infants through teens, with the goal of placing them in safe, nurturing, permanent homes. After multiple visits with clients and their families, the volunteers typically make an appearance before the courts of the 16th Judicial District of Virginia to present recommendations. “It takes a while to build rapport with your client as a CASA,” first-year law student Thomas Bright said. “You only see them once a month or so, and sometimes the visits are…

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