
Cheryl Bratt is the new Administrative Director for the Child Advocacy Program. She comes most recently from the University of Michigan Law School, where she was a clinical fellow in the Pediatric Advocacy Clinic, a medical-legal partnership that unites healthcare providers, lawyers, and social workers to improve the health outcomes of low-income children and their families. There, she supervised students litigating family, special education, and housing law cases and co-taught the clinic seminar. Previously, she was a senior associate at WilmerHale LLP, in Boston, Massachusetts, specializing in securities litigation and representing a variety of pro bono clients in education and family law matters. She also clerked for the Honorable Norman H. Stahl on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, and for the Honorable Mary A. McLaughlin on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. She graduated from the University of Michigan Law School. Before law school, she taught eighth grade language arts in New Orleans, Louisiana through Teach For America and later worked for the organization as a regional director.