By: Erin Kay, CFCC Student Fellow (2019-2020) During the Fall semester of the Center for Families, Children, and the Courts (CFCC) Student Fellows Program I seminar at the University of Baltimore School of Law, we learned about the importance of concepts that apply to family law and that also are relevant to other areas of…
By: Erin Kay, CFCC Student Fellow (2019-2020) During the Fall semester of the Center for Families, Children and the Courts (CFCC) Student Fellows Program I, an experiential course at the University of Baltimore School of Law, we were introduced to Dr. Urie Bronfenbrenner’s ecology of human development paradigm. This theoretical model gives us a framework…
By Erin Kay, CFCC Student Fellow (2019-2020) In the Sayra and Neil Meyerhoff Center for Families, Children and the Courts (CFCC) Truancy Court Program (TCP), we cater to students from all over Baltimore City in a wide range of grade levels. Every school has a group of students who the school administrators believe can  benefit…
By Erin Kay, CFCC Student Fellow 2019-2020 In Baltimore City, the lack of sufficient public transportation contributes to students missing time in the classroom. When you think about truancy, you might picture a student skipping school for various reasons to have fun, stay at home, or even get into trouble. Realistically, this is not always…