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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.

She also worked as a guardian ad litem in the Office of the Public Guardian in Chicago.  She teaches a child welfare clinic and constitutional law. Her research, academic writing, and community involvement center around child welfare, family rights, and children's advocacy, focusing substantially on the interests of children in maintaining ties with their biological families.

 

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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!

Read: Dear Neighbors

 
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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