Profiles of Recent Southern Juvenile Defender Center and Work Study Students

Fall 2003: SJDC & Work Study: Kristin Nielson * Nova Harb
Spring 2003: SJDC & Work Study: Brooke Silverthorn * Patrick Baldwin * Arleymah Raheem
Spring 2002: SJDC & Work Study: Carly Cappello * Belinda Prawdzik * Katherine Parsons
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Southern Juvenile Defender Center Field Placement Students Fall 2003:

Left to Right: Kristin Nielson, Nova Harb.

• Kristin Neilson
  Emory School of Law, JD 2005

  Kristin became interested in the concept of rehabilitation of juvenile offenders while studying psychology at Penn State University. She has interned in both a criminal defense law firm and at the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

• Nova Harb
  Emory School of Law, JD 2005

  Nova Harb is a second year law student at Emory. At the University of Florida, Ms Harb volunteered as a mentor to girls in detention, which sparked her interest in juvenile law. This is Ms. Harb's first opportunity to explore and research juvenile law in depth. She foresees working on children's legal issues in the future.

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Southern Juvenile Defender Center Work Study Students 2002-2003:

Left to Right: Brooke Silverthorn, Patrick Baldwin, and Arleymah Raheem.

Southern Juvenile Defender Center and Barton Clinic Work Study Students 2001-2002:

Left to Right: Carly Cappello, Belinda Prawdzik, Kate Parsons

• Belinda Prawdzik
  Emory Rollins School of Public Health, MPH 2002

  Belinda Prawdzik is in the Health Management and Policy program at Rollins School of Public Health and her concentration is in public health policy. While she has worked with children in the past as mentor, teacher, and coach, this is her first experience working behind the scenes on child advocacy issues. In the future she hopes to become involved in public health policy research as it relates to children. In her work study position Ms. Prawdzik focuses on children in detention and the systems that serve them as well as general Barton Clinic matters.

  Ms. Prawdzik received her B.S. in Psychology from Appalachian State University.

• Katherine Parsons
  Emory School of Law, JD 2003
  Emory Candler School of Theology, MA 2003

  Kate Parsons has a longstanding interest in children and children's issues and has interned with Rhode Island Court Appointed Special Advocates and DeKalb County Juvenile Court Child Advocate's Office. She foresees a future dealing with children's issues in some capacity. Ms. Parsons worked in the Barton Clinic for academic credit in the fall semester and continues her work through her work study position in which she focuses on the Interfaith Children's Movement of Metropolitan Atlanta, juvenile justice systems, and child welfare legal issues.

  Ms. Parsons received her BA in Religion from the University of Rochester, Rochester, New York.

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