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Adoption
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Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
President Obama Addresses Abortion in Commencement Speech at Notre Dame
NY Times: At Notre Dame, Obama Calls for Dialogue on Abortion, by Peter Baker & Susan Saulny: President Obama directly confronted America’s deep divide over abortion on Sunday as heappealed…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Barnard Scholarship and Feminist Conference
Barnard Center for Research on Women: The Politics of Reproduction: New Technologies of LifeIncreased demand for assisted reproductive technology (ART) andtransnational adoption has been propelled by a number of factors,including…
Family Law Prof Blog
Conferences — Adoption and Child Welfare
By Family Law
According to the Children's Bureau of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the following conferences about adoption and child welfare are scheduled to occur in the next few…
Pennsylvania Family Law
STARTING A FAMILY, PART II
Last month, I blogged about starting a family the old fashioned way in the face of infertility and/or other impediments. Adoption, whether domestic (US) or foreign, is the most popular way…
Family Law Prof Blog
Florida Bar Association votes to file amicus in favor of adoption by gay couples
By Family Law
The National Law Journal reports that Florida Bar's board of governors voted unanimously to file an amicus brief before the 3rd District Court of Appeal supporting a Miami-Dade circuit judge's…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Conference on ART and the Politics of Reproduction
Via the Barnard Center for Research on Women:The Scholar & Feminist Conference XXXIVTHE POLITICS OF REPRODUCTION:New Technologies of LifeSaturday, February 28, 2009 Barnard College3009 Broadway (at 117th St)New York, NY…
Legal Writing Prof Blog
Brief Judges Needed (Briefly)
By legalwriting
Capital University Law School and the National Center for Adoption Law and Policy are sponsoring the Child Welfare and Adoption Law Moot Court Competition. Several volunteer brief judges are needed…
Pennsylvania Family Law
ADOPTION IN PENNSYLVANIA
I frequently blog about custody issues. However, at the start of the new year, I thought it apt to blog about beginnings, especially beginning a family. Many people want a…
Family Law Prof Blog
2008 in Review/ Predictions for 2009
By Family Law
A trip around the web reveals a number of lists looking back to 2008 and forward to 2009 in family law: Carrie Craft's Adoption Blog on About.com has a poll…
Pennsylvania Fiduciary Litigation
Is an Adopted Adult a Descendant?
When I draft wills and trusts I always include definitions of "child" and "descendant:" "For purposes hereof, the term "child," however expressed, shall refer to any descendant in the first…