Rachel Judd
Host: Rocky Mountain Children's Law Center
Sponsor: The Morrison & Foerster Foundation
Christine provided legal advocacy, as well as teacher and attorney training, to ensure minority special education students at risk of entering the juvenile justice system receive academically and culturally appropriate literacy programs and other necessary special education services in order to improve educational and life outcomes.
After working as a teacher, and experiencing the educational inequality that exists in this country, especially for minority students, Christine knew that she wanted to do more to protect children from falling behind and falling victim to the “school-to-prison” pipeline. The majority of children who enter the juvenile justice system are considered functionally illiterate, and many of those children suffer from learning disabilities. The ability to help keep these kids in the classroom and out of jail has inspired Christine to commit all of her time and energy to the educational needs of children.
During her Fellowship, Christine:
Christine continues to work at Disability Rights Texas as a full time staff attorney on the Education Team.
Host: Rocky Mountain Children's Law Center
Sponsor: The Morrison & Foerster Foundation
Host: Legal Aid of Arkansas
Sponsor: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Walmart, Inc.
Host: Youth Law Center
Sponsor: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Host: Center For Educational Excellence In Alternative Settings
Sponsor: Greenberg Traurig, LLP