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Our blog features over 25 articles providing in-depth analysis of issues impacting children’s rights, aimed at advancing meaningful change. Topics include adoption and foster care, child abuse and neglect, juvenile justice, child trafficking and labor, pediatric and reproductive bioethics, education, immigration, child custody and family law, and the intersection of religion and children’s issues. Together, these posts examine the complex legal and social challenges shaping children’s lives.


CENTER FOR CHILDREN, LAW, & ETHICS
Our Center unites students, scholars, and professionals to advance children's rights through scholarship, collaboration, and advocacy.
Articles
Over 25 articles offer in-depth analysis of critical issues impacting children’s rights.
Student Scholars
More than 25 students have been active
in the center during the 2025-26 school year.
Scholarly Topics
Our work covers a broad range of issues shaping children’s rights, from adoption and juvenile justice to bioethics, education, and more.


About Us
Our Mission, Our Work,
Our Commitment.
The Center for Children, Law and Ethics combines the training and participation of students, local, national and international collaborations, and the scholarship and advocacy of Director David Smolin. The center facilitates the production of scholarship and analysis, projects, advocacy, and advice in the field of children’s issues.
The mission of the center is to further the welfare, best interests, and rights of children locally, nationally and internationally, through working collaboratively with organizations and persons engaged in furthering those ends, and by training students to contribute substantively to the field of children’s issues.
Scholars at the Center

At the Center for Children, Law, and Ethics, our scholars are dedicated law students commited to advancing the welfare and rights of children through research, advocacy, and writing. Each brings unique insights and a passion for meaningful change, working collaboratively with faculty and partners to address pressing issues in children's law locally, nationally, and globally.

David M. Smolin
Director
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Yaslin Perez
Coordinator
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Elizabeth Standifer
Assistant Coordinator, Writing & Advocacy Scholar

Constance Hodges
Blog Editor

Kramer Mittendorf
Blog Editor

Milan Rutecki
Public Relations

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