About the Center for Children, Law & Policy
The mission of the Center for Children, Law & Policy is to engage in legal and interdisciplinary scholarship, advocacy and teaching to advance the interests of children through public policy.
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Directors
ELLEN MARRUS
Co-Director, Center for Children, Law & Policy
George Butler Research Professor of Law
University of Houston Law Center
LL.M. Georgetown University Law Center
J.D. University of San Francisco
B.A. Kean College
LAURA E. OREN
Co-Director, Center for Children, Law & Policy
Law Foundation Professor of Law
University of Houston Law Center
J.D. University of Houston Law Center
Ph.D. Yale University
B.A. Queens College
Staff
MALIKAH D. MARRUS
Research Fellow
Southwest Juvenile Defender Center (SWJDC)
Ph.D. Candidate, Case Western Reserve University
MSW, University of Houston Graduate School of Social Work
B.A. Fisk University
LUKE J. GILMAN
Program Manager
Center for Children, Law & Policy
J.D. Candidate, University of Houston Law Center
B.A., University of Houston
Distinguished Fellows
SACHA M. COUPET
Assistant Professor, Director of Research, Civitas ChildLaw Center
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
A.B., Washington University
M.A. (Psychology), Michigan
Ph.D. (Psychology), Michigan
J.D., Pennsylvania
BARRY FELD
Centennial Professor of Law
University of Minnesota Law School
B.A., University of Pennsylvania
J.D., University of Minnesota
Ph.D., Harvard University
MICHAEL LINDSEY
B.A., Johnson C. Smith University
J.D., Villanova Law School
Ph.D., Hahnemann University
Student Interns
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Jeanice Dawes, J.D. Graduate Fellow |
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Anne Litsey Social Work Intern |
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Danielle Raffield, J.D. Candidate Law Student Intern |
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Lija Shah Social Work Intern |