Publications
Give Peace a Chance: A Guide to Mediating Child Welfare
Cases (American Bar Association Section of Litigation,
Children’s Rights Litigation Committee Newsletter, Winter,
2011)
Using the Fourteenth Amendment to Protect the Integrity of Kinship
Foster Families (American Bar Association Section of
Litigation, Children’s Rights Litigation Committee Newsletter,
Spring, 2009)
Presentations
Vincentian Values in the Classroom (panelist), (Vincentian
Center for Church and Society Faculty Research Colloquium, St.
John’s University, Jan. 24, 2011)
Special Immigrant Juvenile Status: the Role of the Family
Court(moderator for panel discussion on special immigrant
juvenile status, New York State 9th Judicial District
Training Institute, Yonkers, New York, Sept. 22, 2010)
100 Hours of Poverty (presented by the Child Advocacy Clinic
and the Vincentian Center for Church and Society)(event
organizer, moderator and panelist, St. John’s University School of
Law, Jan. 27, 2010)
This Way Out: Seeking Alternatives to Deporting Abused
Children(co-presenter, Ronald H. Brown Symposia Celebrating
the 40th Anniversary of Ronald H. Brown’s Graduation from the
School of Law, Nov. 13, 2009, St. John’s University of
Law)
Family Matters: the Science, Statutes, and Substantive Due
Process behind Kinship Foster Care(co-presenter, National
Association of Counsel for Children Annual Conference, Brooklyn,
New York, Aug. 20, 2009)
Doctors and Lawyers and Social Workers—Oh My! Teaching
Ourselves and Our Students How To Work With Other
Professionals(co-presenter, AALS Clinical Section Annual
Meeting, Cleveland, OH, May 8, 2009)
Sexually Exploited Youth: a New York State Legislative
Update(presenter, The Clothesline Project, St. John’s
University, April 16, 2009)
Thinking Outside the Box: New Challenges and New Approaches
to Domestic Violence(planning committee member, panel
moderator, March 20, 2009)
Transforming Law Students into Advocates for the
Marginalized, One Child at a Time(presenter, St. John’s
University Founders Week Graduate Roundtable, Jan. 27,
2009)
Immigrant Access to Government Benefits(co-presenter,
New York State Bar Association Legal Partnership Conference,
Albany, New York, Sept. 24, 2008)