Child Advocacy Today (CAT) is operated in partnership with the Equal Access to Justice Foundation and Kentucky Children's Hospital and is located in General Pediatrics at Kentucky Clinic. CAT Externship students become part of the healthcare team at Kentucky Children's Hospital in order to assess patients' legal needs. The students engage in interviews with patients and their families, and identify legal issues that adversely affect the health of the patients. Students will then have the opportunity to assist these clients and prepare the matter for referral to outside counsel, where appropriate. Students will conduct legal research, write memos and prepare legal documents under the supervision of staff attorneys. Students will analyze and implement case strategies and prepare work plans for their cases. In addition, because the mission of the medical-legal partnership is to educate healthcare providers to recognize legal issues that are detrimental to their patients' health, students will prepare a presentation on a topic of their choice to be presented to UK's pediatrics residents. This course is limited to three students.

Child Advocacy Today (CAT) is operated in partnership with the Equal Access to Justice Foundation and Kentucky Children's Hospital and is located in General Pediatrics at Kentucky Clinic. CAT Externship students become part of the healthcare team at Kentucky Children's Hospital in order to assess patients' legal needs. The students engage in interviews with patients and their families, and identify legal issues that adversely affect the health of the patients. Students will then have the opportunity to assist these clients and prepare the matter for referral to outside counsel, where appropriate. Students will conduct legal research, write memos and prepare legal documents under the supervision of staff attorneys. Students will analyze and implement case strategies and prepare work plans for their cases. In addition, because the mission of the medical-legal partnership is to educate healthcare providers to recognize legal issues that are detrimental to their patients' health, students will prepare a presentation on a topic of their choice to be presented to UK's pediatrics residents. This course is limited to three students.