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Stacey Steinberg

steinberg@law.ufl.edu

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Stacey Steinberg

Master Legal Skills Professor
Director, Gator TeamChild Juvenile Law Clinic
Director, Program on Children and Families

Stacey Steinberg is the supervising attorney for the Gator TeamChild Juvenile Law Clinic and Director of the Program on Children and Families. Her scholarship examines how children’s privacy and welfare are shaped by both parents and the platforms that profit from family sharing online — from her foundational work on “sharenting” to her current research on holding social media companies accountable for the harms their design choices foreseeably cause children.

Steinberg is an internationally recognized voice on children’s digital rights, working alongside researchers and policymakers across the U.S., U.K., Europe, and beyond, including collaborations tied to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child’s General Comment on the Digital Environment. Her work has been cited by news and research organizations including NPR, the New York Times, the Washington Post, CNN, and UNICEF, and published in venues spanning law, pediatrics, and communication studies — including JAMA Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Pediatrics Open Science, and the Journal of Consumer Affairs, alongside leading law reviews. She has presented her research to audiences including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Association of American Law Schools, the University of Geneva, the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law, and events affiliated with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Prior to joining the law faculty, Professor Steinberg served as a felony prosecutor handling crimes involving child abuse, child sexual abuse material (CSAM), domestic violence, and rape. She has served as lead counsel in hundreds of contested hearings. As a practitioner, Steinberg routinely provided training to lawyers, police officers, and social workers on matters relating to child abuse, neglect, and trial procedure. Professor Steinberg has also worked as a Senior Attorney for Children’s Legal Services.

Education

J.D., University of Florida
B.A., University of Florida


Expertise

Appellate Advocacy, Child Abuse and Neglect, Child Welfare, Children's Privacy, Children's Rights, Digital Citizenship, Family Law, Legal Writing, Sharenting, Social Media


Courses

  • Child, Parent, and State
  • Gator TeamChild Juvenile Law Clinic

Teaching & Scholarship

Legal Writing & Appellate Advocacy
Juvenile Law


Publications

ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS

BOOK

SELECT MEDIA INTERVIEWS / QUOTES