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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. He joined the Bazelon Center's legal staff in 1988 and is now legal director. Formerly, Mr. Burnim served as legal director of the Children's Defense Fund and prior to that as a senior attorney of the Southern Poverty Law Center. He is a member of the board of directors of the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland.

 

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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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