Program Loyola University Chicago is a nationally recognized leader in legal education and advocacy for children. Its ChildLaw Center and Clinic offer degree programs for legal and nonlegal professionals who seek a specialized understanding of the law in order to better serve the unique needs of children and families. This page is designed to introduce you to the Center and its different programs. Each year over 3.1 million children are reported as victims of child abuse or neglect. Serious juvenile crime has almost doubled, resulting in calls to abandon a unique system of justice designed for children a century ago.
Welfare reform threatens to overwhelm the child protection system.
Millions of American's children lack access to adequate health care and education. What YOU Can Do Children remain woefully underserved in the legal system. The mission of the Loyola ChildLaw Center is to promote justice for children through interdisciplinary teaching, scholarship and service, and through the development of a new legal specialty, pediatric law. Graduates of Loyola's ChildLaw Program are beginning to make a difference. You can too .