Date Chartered:  1/1/1973

Purpose

The Section on Family and Juvenile Law promotes the development and exchange of information relating to teaching and research in the fields of family and juvenile law and promotes collaborative action among those individuals having an interest in these fields.

Bylaws
Leadership
Section Members
Awards

Section on Family & Juvenile Law Achievement Award

Aimed at recognizing outstanding professionals who have made significant or long-term contributions to the fields of Family and/or Juvenile Law.

Specifically, the Award will recognize those who have made such contributions through any combination of the following:

  1. Assumption of leadership roles in the scholarly community;
  2. Support to and mentoring of colleagues; service to institutions, including but not limited to schools and professional organizations, both academic and practice-oriented;
  3. Provision of legal services to underserved segments of society; teaching and presenting;
  4. Scholarship, broadly and inclusively defined.

Emerging Scholars Paper Award

This award is open to junior scholars with under five years of teaching experience. To be considered, please submit your entire paper (not just an abstract.)

We welcome articles published in the current year (and not before), forthcoming articles, and works-in-progress. The recipient will present their work at the main panel and will be honored during the Section’s awards ceremony.

Recipients

YearAward NameRecipientLaw School
2026Emerging Scholars Paper AwardDanielle WingfieldUniversity of Richmond School of Law
2026Emerging Scholars Paper AwardAnna AronsSt. John’s University School of Law
2026Section on Family and Juvenile Law Achievement AwardRobin A. LenhardtGeorgetown University Law Center
2025Section on Family & Juvenile Law Achievement AwardNancy E. DowdUniversity of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law
2025Emerging Scholar AwardLisa WashingtonUniversity of Wisconsin Law School
2025Emerging Scholar AwardEmily StolzenbergVillanova University Charles Widger School of Law
2024Section on Family & Juvenile Law Achievement AwardDorothy RobertsUniversity of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
2023Section on Family & Juvenile Law Achievement AwardElizabeth ScottColumbia Law School
2022Section on Family & Juvenile Law Achievement AwardBarbara Bennett-WoodhouseEmory University School of Law
2021Section on Family & Juvenile Law Achievement AwardAndrew SchepardMaurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
2021Section on Family & Juvenile Law Achievement AwardSusan Frelich AppletonWashington University in St. Louis School of Law
Newsletters
Photo Album

Section on Family and Juvenile Law | Flickr