Panelist on two panels: Social Science on Trial, Panel on the Varnum v. Brien Litigation; and Standards for Social Science Briefs in Family and Child Law Cases, Panel on The Use of Social Science in Marriage Rights Litigation. Symposium: As Iowa Goes, So Goes the Nation: Varnum v. Brien and its Impact on Marriage Rights for Same-Sex Couples, Iowa City, Iowa, February 2009.
Speaker, Families and Children: How Complex Structures Are Challenging the
Law, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Human Environmental Studies, Columbia, Missouri, November 2007.
Panelist, Forensic Child Custody Evaluations: Using Scientific Research for Assessment and Improvement (with Robert Kelly), Panel on The Necessary and Natural Intersection of Family Law and Mental Health, 30th International Congress on Law and Mental Health, Padua, Italy 2007.
Panelist, Child Well-Being: A Beneficial Advocacy Framework for Improving
the Child Welfare System? Panel on Child Well-Being in American, Conference on Looking Ahead to the Next 30 Years of Child Advocacy, Ann Arbor, 2007.
Speaker, Child Well-Being: An Advocacy Model for Improving
the Child Welfare System? Syracuse University/SUNY Upstate Medical University Department of Pediatrics, Center for Children’s Health Policy Seminar Series, April 2007.
Co-Leader, Workshop on Lawyers and Doctors: A Collaborative Model for Legal Advocacy and Training, 2007 Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada 2007.
Co-author, paper/poster, Unmet Legal Needs in a Clinic Population (with Steven Blatt, Suzette Melendez, Wendy Broton, S. Krishna & L. Gresens. Annual Meetings of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association, Society for Pediatric Research, American Pediatric Society, and American Academy of Pediatrics. Toronto, Canada. May 6, 2007;
this was also presented at the Medical-Legal Partnership National Summit. Kansas City, Mo, March 12, 2008.
Organizer and Presenter, AFCC Institute on "The Research Says...": Effective Use of Social Science Research in Family Law Cases, Tampa Bay, May, 2006.
Panelist and Moderator, Adding Facts to Family Law: Empirical Work in Family Law, Family and Juvenile Law Section, Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., 2006.
Panelist, Legal Aspects of Open Adoption, Panel on Strengths and Challenges of Open Adoption in the Black Community, Conference on A Child Is Waiting: One Church--One Child Has an Answer, sponsored by The Dunbar Association Inc., November, 2005, Syracuse.
Panelist, Law Making through the Adversarial Process: The Need for Standards
for Social Science Briefs in Family Law Cases, International Society of Family Law 12th World Conference, Salt Lake City, 2005.
Speaker, Same-Sex Marriage and Civil Unions in New York, 2005 Spring Institute “As Close as It Gets: The Law and Your (Very) Private Life,” Association of Law Libraries of Upstate New York, Syracuse, NY May 2005.
Panelist, Legal Issues in Adoption and Foster Care, sponsored by Students United
for Child Advocacy, April 12, 2005, Syracuse University.
Interview, No Fault Divorce, Channel 9, Syracuse, February 14, 2005
Speaker, Foster Care: The Many Challenges to Reform, Symposium on Children & the Law, Missoula, Montana, September, 2004.
Panelist, Custody, Visitation, and Child Support, Program on Same Sex Marriage/Civil Unions: The Changing National/International Legal Landscape, New York State Judicial Institute, White Plains, NY September, 2004
Panelist, Symposium on Marriage: Does It Really Matter?, Syracuse Stage, September, 2004.
Panelist, Marriage, CNY Live, PBS, September 16, 2004.
Panelist, Adoption Dilemmas and Social Science, Conference on Adoption and the Family System , September 2003, Brigham Young University.
Speaker, Governmental Regulation of Marriage: Means and Ends, Healthy Marriage Coalition of Central New York, January 2004.
Speaker, Seminar on Lecturing, Syracuse University, November 2003.
Courts and Social Science: A Family Law Perspective (with Robert F. Kelly), presentation for the Nova Scotia Education Seminar All Courts Program, Halifax, 2002.
Panelist, The Impact of the Law on Child Welfare—A Case for the Application of a Therapeutic Jurisprudence Model, Conference on The Judge, the Attorney and the Social Worker: Joining Forces for Children & Families, sponsored by the Children’s Aid Society and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, NYC, 2002.
Panelist, Family Law and Socioeconomics, Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting, New Orleans, 2002.
Commentator, Children in Poverty: Reconciling Children’s Interests with Child Protective and Welfare Policies, Conference on Welfare Reform Ends in 2002: What’s Ahead for Low- and No-Income Families, University of Maryland School of Law, Baltimore, October, 2001.
Moderator, High Conflict Custody Cases: Building on the Wingspread
Conference—Part 1, Family Law Section, American Bar Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, August, 2001.
Panelist, Identification of High-Conflict Custody Cases and the Need for Special Treatment, International Society of Family Law, North American Regional Conference, Kingston, Ontario, June, 2001.
Panelist, Principles and Practice of Therapeutic Jurisprudence in High-Conflict Custody Case Resolution, Second International Conference on Therapeutic Jurisprudence, Cincinnati, May, 2001.
Speaker, Children and Domestic Violence, Community Forum on Racism and Domestic Violence, Thompkins County Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Ithaca, Feb., 2001.
Chief Reporter, Wingspread Conference on High-Conflict Custody Cases:
Reforming the System for Children, Racine, September, 2000.
Paper, The United States Child Welfare System: A Triangle of Tensions, International Society of Family Law, 10th World Conference, Brisbane, July, 2000.
Panelist, The Impact of Parental Separation on Children, Children 1st Conference, Syracuse, April 2000.
Panelist, Inside Our Institutions: Keeping Sane and Making Change, Association of American Law Schools, Workshop for Women in Legal Education, New York City, Oct. 1999.
Panelist, Are the Poor Subsidizing the Rich? Welfare Reform and Public Policy, Straight to the Source Television Program, Channel 13, Syracuse, November 1997.
Speaker, Welfare Reform, Association of Law Libraries of Upstate New York, Syracuse, May 1997.
Panelist, Federal Welfare Law and New York's Children: Impact, Options and Choices, New York State Bar Association Annual Meeting, New York City, January 1997
Paper, Children in Poverty in the United States: Family Income Support and
Limits on State Intervention, (with Daan Braveman), International Society of Family Law, North American Regional Conference, Quebec, June 1996.
Moderator, Panel on Welfare Reform and Its Impact on Children, Syracuse University College of Law, May 1996.
Paper, Let Them Starve: Government’s Obligation to Children in Poverty, (with Daan Braveman), Looking Back, Looking Ahead; The Evolution of Children’ Rights, Temple Law School, September 1995.
Paper, Functional and Formal Definitions of the Family: Consideration of
Foreign Law in Domestic Custody and Access Disputes (with Robert F. Kelly), International Society of Family Law, 8th World Congress, Cardiff, Wales, 1994
Paper, Stepfamilies and Law Reform: Goals and Compromises; Chair, Panel on Children’s Rights and Needs; International Society of Family Law, North American Conference, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, 1993.
Speaker, Stepfamily Law: Suggestions for Reform, Wingspread VI, Orlando, 1992.
Speaker, Social Workers Testifying in Court, Continuing Education Program, University College, Syracuse, Fall 1992.
Speaker, Current Stepfamily Law: The Dialogue Between Research and Policy, Wingspread V, Denver, 1991.
Moderator, Panel on Child Advocacy; Diverse Strategies for a Common Goal, Stanford Public Interest Law Conference, Stanford (1990).
Panelist, Teaching Ethics in Family Law, Mini-Workshop on Teaching the Law and Ethics of Lawyering Throughout the Law Curriculum, AALS Annual Meeting, San Francisco (1990).
Paper, A Piece in the Puzzle of Providing Adequate Housing: Court Effectiveness
in Code Enforcement (with Frederick Zolna), Law and Society Annual Meeting, Madison, Wisconsin (1989).
Family Law (speaker); Forensic Fellows Program on the Foundation of Law, Department of Psychiatry, Health Science Center, SUNY at Syracuse, annual lecture, 1986-1992, 1996, 1997.
Chair, Panel on Research on Legislation Regulating Adolescents: Problems and Surprises and Panel on Enforcement and Compliance: Legal Controls and
Individual Behavior, Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, Vail, Colorado 1988.
Lecture, Adolescent Decision-Making and the Law, Syracuse University Civic Seminar Series, December 1987.
Participant, Wingspread Conference on the Remarried Family, Johnson Conference Center, Racine, Wisconsin, September 1987.
Chair, Panel on Evaluation of Attorney Performance: Attorneys for Children in
Cases of Child Abuse and Neglect, Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., June 1987.
The Role of the Law Guardian, and Advisory Committee Guidelines for Law Guardians (speaker); Law Guardian Training Program, Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department; Syracuse - September, 1986; Utica - November, 1986; Utica - November 1987.