AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Foster Care, Children's Rights, Juvenile Justice, and Family Law.
SCHOLARSHIP
Thickening the Safety Net: Key Elements to Successful Independent Living Programs for Young Adults Aging out of Foster Care, 23 St. John’s J. Legal Comment. 447 (2008).
Where Are All the Children? Increasing Youth Participation in Dependency Proceedings, 12 J. U.C. Davis J. Juv. L. & Pol.233 (2008).
Book Review: Judging Children As Children: A Proposal for a Juvenile Justice System, by Michael A. Corriero, 9 Barry L. Rev. 171 (2007).
Family Values: How Children’s Lawyers Can Help Their Clients by Advocating for Parents, 58 Juv. & Fam. Ct. J. 17 (2007) (with Christine Gottlieb).
Children’s Constitutional Right to Counsel in Dependency Cases, 15
Buzz in the Brain and Humility in the Heart: Doing It All, Without Doing Too Much, on Behalf of Children, 6 Nev. L.J. 1350 (2006).
REPORTS
Preparing Our Kids for Education, Work, and Life (2008) (co-author with Della M. Hughes, Brian Condron, Nancy Jackson, Nelli Garton, and Sara Plachta Elliott)
An Independent Voice For Children: Why New York State Needs An Office of the Child Advocate (2007) (project manager)
New York City Youth Summit: Engaging Youth In Family Court Proceedings (2006) (editor)
Caseloads Must be Controlled so All Child Clients May Receive Competent Lawyering (2006) (co-author with Howard Davidson)
The Racial Geography of the Child Welfare System: Community Impact and Response (2006) (co-editor with Dorothy Roberts and Leah Hill)
CHILD ADVOCACY CLINIC
About the Child Advocacy Clinic
FAMILY LAW
COURSE EVALUATIONS
Child Advocacy Clinic (2007-08)
Family Law (Spring 2007, Fordham Law School)
Children and the Law (Fall 2006, Fordham Law School)
MAJOR CASES
Kenny A. v. Perdue, 218 F.R.D. 277 (2003) (co-author of plaintiffs' brief on defendants' motion to dismiss)
Kenny A. v. Perdue, 356 F.Supp. 2d. 1353 (2005) (co-author of plaintiffs' brief on defendants' motion for summary judgment)
Gore v. Miami-Dade Canvassing Board (co-author of petitioner's brief)
U.S. v. Omar K. (co-author of amicus brief)