Susan V. Mangold

It is a privilege to be able to engage with the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine to ensure that adolescent developmental science is central to policies and litigation that impact youth in the justice and child welfare systems. Continuing to serve as the co-editor of Children and the Law allows me to introduce a wide range of materials for law students to study while also furthering a part of Juvenile Law Center’s mission to grow the field of children’s rights attorneys.” PROFESSOR EMERITA CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE JUVENILE LAW CENTER

JD, Harvard Law School BA, Harvard College

svm@buffalo.edu

AREAS OF INTEREST

CHILD WELFARE LAW CHILDREN AND THE LAW JUVENILE JUSTICE

BOOKS Children and the Law in a Nutshell (with Douglas E. Abrams & Sarah H. Ramsey) (West Academic Publishing, 7th ed., 2021).

Children and the Law: Doctrine, Policy, and Practice (with Douglas E. Abrams & Sarah H. Ramsey) (West Academic, 7th ed., 2020).

A Succinct Look at Child Welfare Doctrine and Policy

The seventh edition of Children and the Law in a Nutshell (West Academic Publishing, 2021) complements the authors’ casebook Children and the Law: Doctrine, Policy, and Practice and explores the status, rights, and obligations of children throughout American law. This latest edition, co-authored by Susan Vivian Mangold with Douglas E. Abrams and Sarah H. Ramsey, gives particular focus to the meaning of “parent,” civil and criminal abuse and neglect, the foster care system, adoption, medical decisionmaking, protective legislation, delinquency, and support and other financial responsibilities.

International law issues are also explored for comparative purposes including the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, international child labor, and U.S. tobacco exports. The more recent impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on child protection, foster care, and juvenile justice systems is brought into light for the benefit of all whose work contributes to the well-being of our children.