March 28, 2016
Andrew K. Block Jr., former director of the Child Advocacy Clinic at the University of Virginia School of Law and an attorney who has reformed state law concerning youths, talks about his work as director of the Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice. He addresses his background as a public interest lawyer and law professor and the impact it had on his decision to become director of the department, and on the opportunities he sees for the legal profession to influence correctional policy and practice.
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