“I always wish[ed] to contribute to the improvement of the justice system in China,” says Jin Yixiang, a volunteer in IBJ's project with the Yanta Procuratorate's Juvenile Rehabilitation Center in Xi’an. Although Yixiang, a student at the Criminal Law Institute at Northwest University of Politics and Law (NWUPL), is studying to be a criminologist, his experience working with youths through IBJ's cooperation with the Yanta Juvenile Rehabilitation Program has enriched his perspective on legal aid in China. One of Yixiang’s clients is a secondary school student who is barely a teenager. The boy’s father had sent him to Xi'an because he was negatively influenced by other youths in his hometown. This client is a co-defendant in a robbery case in which the boys robbed a taxi driver. Yixiang, who has met with this boy numerous times, feels that his presence and attention has generated a sense of hope for his client. In addition to giving the young clients crucial legal aid, Yixiang strongly believes that the legal volunteers at the Juvenile Rehabilitation Center play an important role as mentors. The law students and lawyers spend a great deal of time with the juvenile defenders, who, in large part, have been ignored and ostracized by society. Through the process of legal aid, the lawyers inspire youngsters to become more productive members of society. “I would like to thank IBJ, personally, for offering me the chance to take part in the Juvenile Rehabilitation Program”, says Yixiang, adding that “helping [juvenile offenders] hand-in-hand is the best way to take the theory of rehabilitation and correction into practice.”