Faculty & Staff
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Barbara
Bennett Woodhouse David H. Levin Chair in Family Law Director, Center on Children and Families Box 117625 / Gainesville, FL 32611-7615 e-mail: woodhouse@law.ufl.edu 352.273.0969 / Fax: 352.392.3005 |
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Education
J.D., Columbia University
B.S., Regent's College, University of the State of New York
Diploma Superiore, Universita per Stranieri (Perugia, Italy)
Teaching and Scholarship
Adoption, Child Welfare Law, Children's Rights, Constitutional Law, Family Law, The Supreme Court and The Family, and Child/Parent and State.
Professional Activities
- University of Florida: Joined faculty in 2001 as David H. Levin Chair in Family Law and Director, Center for Children and Families
- University of Pennsylvania: Professor of Law (1994 - 2001), Assistant Professor (1988 - 1994), Co-founder and Co-Director of Center for Children's Policy Practice and Research (1998 - 2001), National Center for Fathers and Families (advisory board), Grievance Commission (1997-2000)
- Clerkships: U.S. Supreme Court, Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor (1984-85); U.S. District Court for Southern District of New York, Hon. Abraham D. Sofaer (1983-84).
- Organizations: Bar of the Supreme Court of the U.S., American Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, Association of American Law Schools (Program Chair of Women in Legal Education and Family and Juvenile Law Chair), International Society of Family Law (executive council), American Society for Comparative Law (reporter, Family Law), Journal of Law, Psychology and Public Policy (editor).