Tom Rawlings brings 30 years of legal experience in juvenile justice, child protection, and legal ability to YSO Academy. Over the past 20 years, he has been a trusted advisor to and leader of child-serving ministries and nonprofits both in the US and abroad. He has served as the director of the Georgia Division of Family and Children Services, the director of the Georgia Office of the Child Advocate, and juvenile court judge.
In addition to his work in the US, Tom has also served as the Guatemala country director for International Justice Mission, where he built and led a team of Guatemalan professionals who worked with government prosecutors and courts to protect and treat child sexual abuse victims, prosecute offenders, and train child abuse professionals. He has trained child welfare, justice, and human rights professionals across the US as well as in Armenia, Romania, and Thailand.
Tom earned a master's degree in international human Rights Law from Oxford University (UK), and he is certified by the National Association of Counsel for Children as Child Welfare Law Specialist.
