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Papers by Andrew Schepard
Fam. LQ, 1998
Twenty-first century family courts need better ways to help divorcing and separating parents mini... more Twenty-first century family courts need better ways to help divorcing and separating parents minimize the impact of conflict on their children. Social attitudes towards marriage, divorce, and separation have changed radically in the last half-century. What were once comparatively rare, fault-based events discouraged by convention are today predictable stages in the lifecycle of an American child. Family court caseloads arising from divorce and separation spiral ever upward with no stopping point in sight. Evidence continues to accumulate that a child's future welfare depends on her parents' ability to help her navigate the experience without lasting scars caused by parental bickering and instability. Traditionally, family courts take the view that their responsibility is to decide specific disputes between parents after an adversary hearing. Evidence continues to accumulate, however, that this traditional adversarial approach to divorce and separation drives parents further apart, rather than encouraging them to work together for the benefit of their child. Overall, adversary procedure usually does children more harm than good. The family court must reinvent its role to serve children of divorce * Professor of Law, Hofstra University School of Law; co-founder of Parent Education and Custody Effectiveness (P.E.A.C.E.), a court-affiliated educational program for divorcing and separating parents described infra at 115-16 & 118-19. Editor, Family and Conciliation Courts Review sponsored by the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts. My thanks to Peter Salem, Hugh Mclsaac and Catherine Ross for their valuable comments on an earlier draft. My research assistants, particularly Debra Clement and Maurice Goldman, Hofstra Law School class of 1999, provided research help for which I am grateful.
Symposium, Kramer vs. Kramer Revisited: A Comment on The Miller Commission Report and the Obligation of Divorce Lawyers for Parents to Discuss Alternative Dispute Resolution With Their Clients
Pace Law Review, 2007
Family Court Review, 2005
Family courts are underfunded and overwhelmed, and the quality of representation provided by coun... more Family courts are underfunded and overwhelmed, and the quality of representation provided by counsel in family court cases is problematic. This article discusses what role law schools can play in promoting family court reform. It argues that law school involvement in family court is consistent with the law school's core missions of education, research, and public service. The article illustrates how law schools can he involved in family court reform by discussing interdisciplinary projects of the Center for Children, Families and the Law of Hofstra University and North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health Systems. Finally, the article identifies some lessons to be learned if law schools want to he involved in family court reform.
Family Law Quarterly, 1998
Family Law Quarterly, 1989
January 2006
Family Court Review, 2006
Child Support Enforcement in the Twenty-First Century
Family Court Review, 2005
Family Court Review, 2008
January 2009
Family Court Review, 2009
... 1. With this backdrop, it is not surprising that foster youth find it difficult to keep up. N... more ... 1. With this backdrop, it is not surprising that foster youth find it difficult to keep up. National studies report that 75% of children in foster care are working below grade level in school, almost half do not complete high school, and as few as 15% attend college. ... Isolina Ricci. ...
January 2011
Family Court Review, 2011
... He received his BA from Brown University in 1974 and his Ph.D. from the State University of N... more ... He received his BA from Brown University in 1974 and his Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1982. ... Connie JA BeckPsychology, Policy and Law Program Psychology Department, University of Arizona. Laura Backen JonesAssociate Scientist ...
January 2010
Family Court Review, 2010
... At Hofstra, Randi is a Child and Family Advocacy Fellow. ... Doneldon M. Dennis. Paul Melle... more ... At Hofstra, Randi is a Child and Family Advocacy Fellow. ... Doneldon M. Dennis. Paul Meller. Jessica Pearson. Daniel Pollack. John Wade. I hope that readers will agree that Volume 48 is off to a good start. Get PDF (42K). More content like this. ...
Family Court Review, 2005
Each issue of FCCR is a small historical milestone, as befits the professional journal of a const... more Each issue of FCCR is a small historical milestone, as befits the professional journal of a constantly evolving and vibrant interdisciplinary association promoting humane resolution of family conflict. This is an especially important issue with many "firsts" for FCCR.
Oh, Canada
Family Court Review, 2005
Family Court Review, 2005
When completed, the Model Standards of Practice for Divorce and Family Mediation (Model Standards... more When completed, the Model Standards of Practice for Divorce and Family Mediation (Model Standards) which follows aims to perform three major functions: (a) to serve as a guide for the conduct of family mediators, (b) to inform the mediating parties, and (c) to promote public confidence in mediation as a process for resolving disputes.
Family Court Review, 2005
Family courts are underfunded and overwhelmed, and the quality of representation provided by coun... more Family courts are underfunded and overwhelmed, and the quality of representation provided by counsel in family court cases is problematic. This article discusses what role law schools can play in promoting family court reform. It argues that law school involvement in family court is consistent with the law school's core missions of education, research, and public service. The article illustrates how law schools can he involved in family court reform by discussing interdisciplinary projects of the Center for Children, Families and the Law of Hofstra University and North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health Systems. Finally, the article identifies some lessons to be learned if law schools want to he involved in family court reform.
Family Court Review, 2005
Family Court Review, 2005
January 2012
Family Court Review, 2012
... Joe Pesci's Vinny Gambini in My Cousin Vinny, and Jimmy Stewart's Paul Biegler in Ana... more ... Joe Pesci's Vinny Gambini in My Cousin Vinny, and Jimmy Stewart's Paul Biegler in Anatomy of A Murder showed me how to do cross ... And you can imagine how delighted I was when one of the most notable of these law and popular culture scholars, David Ray Papke ...
April 2011
Family Court Review, 2011
... When I was fortunate to follow Woody and receive the ABA ADR Lawyer as Problem Solver Award l... more ... When I was fortunate to follow Woody and receive the ABA ADR Lawyer as Problem Solver Award last year, I thanked Woody for his years of collegiality and support by stating that he: introduced me to the importance of ADR and family law and persuaded me how much more ...
Family Court Review, 2007
A wide variety of important and diverse topics await the reader of this second issue of Volume 45... more A wide variety of important and diverse topics await the reader of this second issue of Volume 45 of FCR .
Fam. LQ, 1998
Twenty-first century family courts need better ways to help divorcing and separating parents mini... more Twenty-first century family courts need better ways to help divorcing and separating parents minimize the impact of conflict on their children. Social attitudes towards marriage, divorce, and separation have changed radically in the last half-century. What were once comparatively rare, fault-based events discouraged by convention are today predictable stages in the lifecycle of an American child. Family court caseloads arising from divorce and separation spiral ever upward with no stopping point in sight. Evidence continues to accumulate that a child's future welfare depends on her parents' ability to help her navigate the experience without lasting scars caused by parental bickering and instability. Traditionally, family courts take the view that their responsibility is to decide specific disputes between parents after an adversary hearing. Evidence continues to accumulate, however, that this traditional adversarial approach to divorce and separation drives parents further apart, rather than encouraging them to work together for the benefit of their child. Overall, adversary procedure usually does children more harm than good. The family court must reinvent its role to serve children of divorce * Professor of Law, Hofstra University School of Law; co-founder of Parent Education and Custody Effectiveness (P.E.A.C.E.), a court-affiliated educational program for divorcing and separating parents described infra at 115-16 & 118-19. Editor, Family and Conciliation Courts Review sponsored by the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts. My thanks to Peter Salem, Hugh Mclsaac and Catherine Ross for their valuable comments on an earlier draft. My research assistants, particularly Debra Clement and Maurice Goldman, Hofstra Law School class of 1999, provided research help for which I am grateful.
Symposium, Kramer vs. Kramer Revisited: A Comment on The Miller Commission Report and the Obligation of Divorce Lawyers for Parents to Discuss Alternative Dispute Resolution With Their Clients
Pace Law Review, 2007
Family Court Review, 2005
Family courts are underfunded and overwhelmed, and the quality of representation provided by coun... more Family courts are underfunded and overwhelmed, and the quality of representation provided by counsel in family court cases is problematic. This article discusses what role law schools can play in promoting family court reform. It argues that law school involvement in family court is consistent with the law school's core missions of education, research, and public service. The article illustrates how law schools can he involved in family court reform by discussing interdisciplinary projects of the Center for Children, Families and the Law of Hofstra University and North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health Systems. Finally, the article identifies some lessons to be learned if law schools want to he involved in family court reform.
Family Law Quarterly, 1998
Family Law Quarterly, 1989
January 2006
Family Court Review, 2006
Child Support Enforcement in the Twenty-First Century
Family Court Review, 2005
Family Court Review, 2008
January 2009
Family Court Review, 2009
... 1. With this backdrop, it is not surprising that foster youth find it difficult to keep up. N... more ... 1. With this backdrop, it is not surprising that foster youth find it difficult to keep up. National studies report that 75% of children in foster care are working below grade level in school, almost half do not complete high school, and as few as 15% attend college. ... Isolina Ricci. ...
January 2011
Family Court Review, 2011
... He received his BA from Brown University in 1974 and his Ph.D. from the State University of N... more ... He received his BA from Brown University in 1974 and his Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1982. ... Connie JA BeckPsychology, Policy and Law Program Psychology Department, University of Arizona. Laura Backen JonesAssociate Scientist ...
January 2010
Family Court Review, 2010
... At Hofstra, Randi is a Child and Family Advocacy Fellow. ... Doneldon M. Dennis. Paul Melle... more ... At Hofstra, Randi is a Child and Family Advocacy Fellow. ... Doneldon M. Dennis. Paul Meller. Jessica Pearson. Daniel Pollack. John Wade. I hope that readers will agree that Volume 48 is off to a good start. Get PDF (42K). More content like this. ...
Family Court Review, 2005
Each issue of FCCR is a small historical milestone, as befits the professional journal of a const... more Each issue of FCCR is a small historical milestone, as befits the professional journal of a constantly evolving and vibrant interdisciplinary association promoting humane resolution of family conflict. This is an especially important issue with many "firsts" for FCCR.
Oh, Canada
Family Court Review, 2005
Family Court Review, 2005
When completed, the Model Standards of Practice for Divorce and Family Mediation (Model Standards... more When completed, the Model Standards of Practice for Divorce and Family Mediation (Model Standards) which follows aims to perform three major functions: (a) to serve as a guide for the conduct of family mediators, (b) to inform the mediating parties, and (c) to promote public confidence in mediation as a process for resolving disputes.
Family Court Review, 2005
Family courts are underfunded and overwhelmed, and the quality of representation provided by coun... more Family courts are underfunded and overwhelmed, and the quality of representation provided by counsel in family court cases is problematic. This article discusses what role law schools can play in promoting family court reform. It argues that law school involvement in family court is consistent with the law school's core missions of education, research, and public service. The article illustrates how law schools can he involved in family court reform by discussing interdisciplinary projects of the Center for Children, Families and the Law of Hofstra University and North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health Systems. Finally, the article identifies some lessons to be learned if law schools want to he involved in family court reform.
Family Court Review, 2005
Family Court Review, 2005
January 2012
Family Court Review, 2012
... Joe Pesci's Vinny Gambini in My Cousin Vinny, and Jimmy Stewart's Paul Biegler in Ana... more ... Joe Pesci's Vinny Gambini in My Cousin Vinny, and Jimmy Stewart's Paul Biegler in Anatomy of A Murder showed me how to do cross ... And you can imagine how delighted I was when one of the most notable of these law and popular culture scholars, David Ray Papke ...
April 2011
Family Court Review, 2011
... When I was fortunate to follow Woody and receive the ABA ADR Lawyer as Problem Solver Award l... more ... When I was fortunate to follow Woody and receive the ABA ADR Lawyer as Problem Solver Award last year, I thanked Woody for his years of collegiality and support by stating that he: introduced me to the importance of ADR and family law and persuaded me how much more ...
Family Court Review, 2007
A wide variety of important and diverse topics await the reader of this second issue of Volume 45... more A wide variety of important and diverse topics await the reader of this second issue of Volume 45 of FCR .