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National Honorary Advisory Board Members
The National Honorary Advisory Board is a group of child protection experts in the fields of law and psychology, all of whom share the FDC's mission of advocating justice for families.

Susan L. Brooks Print E-mail

Susan Brooks is the Associate Dean of Experiential Learning at Drexel University Earle Mack School of Law, where she oversees all of the law school's clinical and public service programs. Previously, she spent many years as a Clinical Professor at Vanderbilt Law School, where she directed the Child and Family Law Policy Clinic, and taught other courses related to child and family law and policy.

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Ira Burnim Print E-mail
Ira Burnim is the Legal Director of the Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law in Washington, D.C. He has represented thousands of adults and children diagnosed with psychiatric disabilities in class action suits around the nation and has litigated precedent-setting cases on mental health and child welfare system reform, managed health care, and the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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Annette Ruth Appell Print E-mail

Annette Ruth Appell is the Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs at the Washington University Law School. Prior to joining the faculty at Washington University Law School, she was the Associate Dean of  Clinical Studies at the University of Nevada Las Veags and a Clinical Professor at Northwestern University Law School's Children and Family Justice Center.
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Marty Beyer Print E-mail

Marty Beyer is a nationally-recognized juvenile justice and child welfare consultant. She assisted in the implementation of statewide strengths/needs-based child welfare practice in Alabama and Oregon, served as an expert in Dupuy v. Samuels in Illinois concerning family-centered safety planning techniques, and in Rosie D. in Massachusetts concerning the use of Medicaid funds for intensive, home-based services for children.

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Martin Guggenheim Print E-mail

Martin Guggenheim is the Fiorello LaGuardia Professor of Clinical Law at New York University School of Law. One of the nation's foremost experts on children's rights and family law, Martin Guggenheim has taught at New York University since 1973.

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Issue #12 of the Family Defender is here!

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This letter perfectly expresses what so many of our clients (and thousands of families across the nation) have faced due to wrongful investigations by DCFS and other child welfare agencies.  Even the best of intentions can have serious repercussions!

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In response to legislation introduced in the wake of the recent Penn State scandal, see the Family Defense Center's Analysis of S. 1877 - the "Speak Up to Protect Every Abused Kid Act" (Click Here) and a listing of Child Abuse Misreporting Cases in the Docket of the Family Defense Center (Click Here).
 

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