Randisi '08 Receives Writing Award
Andrea Randisi '08 won the 2007 Law Student Essay Competition sponsored by the National Association of Counsel for Children (NACC). Her winning essay, “Prevention and Rehabilitation of Youth Who Commit Sexual Offenses: The Importance of an Inter-Agency Approach,” will be published in the 2008 Children's Law Manual. Randisi will also receive $1,000, a one-year NACC membership, and a scholarship to the 2008 conference in Savannah, Georgia.
Essays were evaluated on the importance of the topic to advancing the legal interests of children, originality, persuasiveness, and the quality of research and writing. Essay topics of national importance were given preference.
NACC is a non-profit child advocacy and professional membership association dedicated to representation and protection of children in the legal system. Founded in 1977, the NACC is located in the Kempe Children's Center on the campus of The Children's Hospital in Denver, Colorado. The NACC also maintains a policy representative in Washington, DC.