News and Events

• 2008
  • June 9 - 13, 2008: Training the Lawyer to Represent the Whole Child presented by the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) and Hofstra Law School (PDF)
  • February 1, 2008: Jaclyn Jenkins, 3L Child and Family Advocacy Fellow, will be a speaker at the New York State Bar Association program titled “Children in the Court: Concerns, Challenges and Benefits of Youth Participation in Court Proceedings”
  • January 2008: Hon. Elaine Jackson Stack, J.S.C. (Ret.) joins Hofstra Law School as the Director of the Family Law LL.M. Program.
• 2007
  • December 14, 2007: Laura Daly, 3L Child and Family Advocacy Fellow, is awarded a fellowship to advocate for the educational needs of children living in foster care in New York City. | more |
  • November 2, 2007: The Center hosts Youth at Risk Conference and Nassau County Community Roundtable.
• 2006
  • December 19, 2006: Center's Director named Reporter of Drafting Committee on Collaborative Law Act.
  • Hofstra co-sponsors Matrimonial Reform Conference, October 6, 2006
  • PBS Special, "Kids and Divorce: For Better or Worse" features Andrew Schepard, Director of the Center for Children, Families and the Law and Hofstra Law students.
  • ABA Planning Conference for Youth at Risk Initiative, February 4-6, 2006