__ & Welshonce Tom, “Fend for Yourself: Lifetime Consequences of Sending Kids to Municipal Courts without Legal Representation,” 52 FORDHAM URB. L.J. 45 (2024).
“Out of State, Out of Mind: Legal Impact of Out-of-State Placement on Foster Youth,” 9 U. PA. J. L. & PUB AFFAIRS 52
Dynamic Interdisciplinary Exercise for Juvenile and Family Law Students, 60 FAMILY COURT REVIEW 4 (2022)
The Right to Drive: Texas Helps Foster Youth Get Licensed, The Imprint (Margaret Nicklas, June 14, 2022) (Cited)
How Law Schools Are Preparing Students for the ‘New Status Quo’ of Virtual Litigation: Comment. LAW.COM (Christine Charnosky, 2021)
Kinship Care in Pennsylvania: Creating an Equitable System for Families, PENNSYLVANIA PARTNERSHIPS FOR CHILDREN (Heidi Redlich Epstein, Jennifer Pokempner, Kathleen Creamer, and Karissa Phelps, 2021)
Tele-Lawyering and The Virtual Learning Experience: Finding the Silver Lining for Remote Hybrid Externships & Law Clinics after the Pandemic, 54 AKRON LAW REVIEW 4 (Alison Lintal, 2021).
Professor Johnston-Walsh’s “Behind the Wheel” research featured in The Annie E. Casey Foundation blog post
Professor Johnston-Walsh to appear on WPSU’s Conversations
PA Supreme Court agrees with brief submitted by Clinic
Professor Johnston-Walsh discusses focus of upcoming child abuse conference
Pediatric psychiatry residents bring medical perspective to Clinic students
School law conference set for March 14
Penn State to hold National Conference on Child Sexual Abuse
A look at the bigger picture: advocating for youth through policy
Professor Lucy Johnston-Walsh discusses child abuse awareness on WPSU
Center for Children and the Law plays key role in simplifying process for reporting child abuse
The Dickinson Schools of Law of the Pennsylvania State University students help gain passage of foster care bill through PA Legislature
Lack of effective legal representation continues to harm children in PA, study shows
Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children
Board Member (2022-Present)
Pennsylvania Bar Association Children’s Rights Committee
Legislative Action Subcommittee Co-Chair (2021-Present)
Act 33 Committee: Cumberland County Multidisciplinary Child Fatality Review Committee
(2017-Present)
Cumberland County Independent Living Older Youth Advisory Committee
(2012-Present)
Pennsylvania Older Youth Advocacy Group
Youth Law Center (2020-Present)
Cumberland County Children’s Roundtable
(2022-Present)
Cumberland County CASA Program Advisory Council
(2009-Present)
Relevant Activities
CASA Training and Dependency Law, COURSE AT PENN STATE DICKINSON LAW (2022) (Co-Course Developer)
Government Engagement
Pennsylvania Child Advocacy Statewide Group, Office of the Child Advocate for Pennsylvania — Governor Tom Wolf’s Office of Advocacy and Reform (2022-Present) (Participant)
Fine is Bad: Preventing Unnecessary Criminal Records and Fines for Transition Age Youth, National Association of Counsel for Children Conference (with the Allegheny County Public Defenders’ Office and Kids Voice, August 22, 2022) (Presenter)
Connecting Scholarship and Practice to Support Kinship Families in the Commonwealth, Penn State Intergenerational Program: College of Agricultural Science (July 06, 2022) (Presenter)
Pennsylvania Children’s Summit, Guardian Ad Litem Representative (April 2022) (Guardian ad Litem)
Mandated Reporting Laws: Clinical, Legal, and Ethical Considerations, Penn State Psychological Clinic (April 18, 2022) (Presenter)
Foster Youth in Higher Education, Pennsylvania Older Youth Advocacy Group (With Myla Garcia and Prof. Kara Finck, December 07, 2021) (Presenter)
Kinship Placements for Foster Youth, Pennsylvania Older Youth Advocacy Group (With Karli Huber, November 23, 2021) (Presenter)
Connecting Scholarship and Practice to Support Kinship Families in the Commonwealth, Penn State Intergenerational Program: College of Agricultural Science (July 06, 2022) (Presenter)
Pennsylvania Children’s Summit, Guardian Ad Litem Representative (April 2022) (Guardian ad Litem)
Mandated Reporting Laws: Clinical, Legal, and Ethical Considerations, Penn State Psychological Clinic (April 18, 2022) (Presenter)
Foster Youth in Higher Education, Pennsylvania Older Youth Advocacy Group (With Myla Garcia and Prof. Kara Finck, December 07, 2021) (Presenter)
Kinship Placements for Foster Youth, Pennsylvania Older Youth Advocacy Group (With Karli Huber, November 23, 2021) (Presenter)
