Sociology professor Judy Van Wyk leads a J-term course where students, most studying sociology or criminal justice, spend time working with teens in the state’s juvenile justice system.

In 1993, former President Bill Clinton signed into law the Family and Medical Leave Act, granting unpaid family leave to millions in the U.S. Decades later, the country has yet to implement a paid family leave policy. Can Rhode Island’s paid family leave be a national model?