Students talk with Angela Sherbo (front) and Brian Baker(rear) from Juvenile Rights Project about careers in child advocacy law. More than two dozen students met with seven attorneys at this "speed-dating" event sponsored by CAP.

The Oregon Child Advocacy Project at the University of Oregon School of Law pursues legal change to protect children's interests. Faculty and students associated with CAP work on legislative proposals and provide research assistance and consultation to attorneys in cases that advance the goals of the project.  CAP also sponsors educational programs for students and attorneys throughout the year. The Project does not represent individual clients or give advice to private individuals.

Each year, four to six UO law students are chosen to be Campbell or KLC Child Advocacy Fellows. The Fellows receive stipends to help pay for their legal education, and they work on the Project's educational programs and on legislative and judicial law reform projects in collaboration with attorneys and policymakers. KLC Fellows for 2008-09 are Jordan Bates and Colin Love-Geiger. David Sherbo-Huggins and Annette Smith are the Campbell Fellows.

The 2008 CAP conference about relationships between juvenile courts and child welfare agencies attracted attorneys and other professionals from around the state.

The 2008 CAP conference, Putting the Puzzle Together, brought national and local experts together for a day to talk about the relationships between juvenile courts and child welfare agencies. Audio files and powerpoint presentations from the conference are available here. Audio files and powerpoints from the 2006 and 2007 CAP conferences are also available.

In 2007-08 the Project published research memoranda on Authority of Oregon Juvenile Courts to Review DHS Actions in Child Dependency Cases and Decision Making Authority for Dependent Children Who are Not in the Custody of DHS. These documents, along with earlier memos are available on the Advocacy Projects page. Permission to reprint these documents is granted, so long as no fee is charged and the source is acknowledged. Attorneys who would like to propose research projects should contact the director.

The Oregon Child Advocacy Project is made possible by a generous founding gift from Duncan Campbell, a 1973 UO Law graduate and one of Oregon's most active children's advocates. The Knowledge Learning Corporation also supports the Project by sponsoring two Fellows.

For more information about the work of the Child Advocacy Project, contact us.

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