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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

Jeanice Dawes, J.D.
Graduate Fellow
Anne Litsey
Social Work Intern
Danielle Raffield, J.D. Candidate
Law Student Intern
Lija Shah
Social Work Intern