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Robert Schwartz is the co-founder and, since 1982, the Executive Director of the Juvenile Law Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Schwartz has represented dependent and delinquent children in individual and systemic reform cases and has testified in Congress before House and Senate Committees.

He has chaired several state and national committees, including the American Bar Association's Juvenile Justice Committee; he co-authored the major ABA report, America's Children At Risk. He has been appointed by the Governor of Pennsylvania to numerous committees as well. Schwartz is the recipient of many prestigious awards, including the ABA's Livingston Hall Award and the Stephen M. Cahn Award of the National Association of Counsel for Children for career achievement. He has authored over a dozen articles and has spoken in over 25 states on matters involving children and the law.

 

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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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