Lawsuit Filed in Abuse Allegations Again Delaware Co. Boarding School

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"The young people who have been held in the Glen Mills School were subject to a pervasive culture of violence and abuse and deprivation of education. And that these abuses were allowed to continue unchecked because of failures of our state Department of Human Services and Educational agencies," Kate Burdick, of Juvenile Law Center, said. 

About the Expert

Kate Burdick is a Senior Attorney at Juvenile Law Center with over a decade of experience advocating for youth in the justice and child welfare systems. She first started at Juvenile in 2009 as the eighth Sol and Helen Zubrow Fellow in Children's Law, then later served as an Equal Justice Works Fellow (sponsored by Greenberg Traurig, LLP) and Staff Attorney. Between fellowships, she served as a law clerk to the Honorable Michael M. Baylson of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.