Rachel Judd
Host: Rocky Mountain Children's Law Center
Sponsor: The Morrison & Foerster Foundation
The Overage Project provided legal and policy advocacy to prevent older students from being pushed out of New York City schools and to help these students access the programs and services they need to graduate high school.
In New York City, approximately 40 percent of high school students do not graduate within four years, often because students are unable to access the programs and services they need to succeed. Though students have the right to remain in school until the age of 21, many drop out or are pushed out of school before they earn their diploma. Some students never make it to the ninth grade. In 2013-14, there were more than 8,000 students in New York middle schools who were three or more years over the average age (known as overage students) for their grade. Without access to appropriate programs and services at the middle school level, many of these students never see a high school classroom.
During her Fellowship, Ashley:
Ashley is continuing her project as a Staff Attorney at her host organization, Advocates for Children of New York.
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