Dale S. Margolin
Associate Clinical Professor of Law
Director, Jeanette Lipman Family Law Clinic
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Professor Margolin teaches and is the Director of the Jeanette Lipman Family Law Clinic, which represents low-income families in the city of Richmond. A recognized leader in family law and foster care issues, most recently Professor Margolin was awarded the FACES of Virginia Empowerment Award. Her scholarship focuses on youth aging-out of foster care as well as the constitutional rights of parents in child protective proceedings, particularly mentally disabled parents. Professor Margolin graduated with honors from Stanford University and received her J.D. from Columbia Law, where she was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.

Courses Taught: Family Law Clinic
Publications
Articles

Every Adolescent Deserves a Parent, __ Cap. U. L. Rev.___ (forthcoming 2011). 

Where are the Records? Handling Lost/Destroyed Records in Child Welfare Tort Litigation, 30 A.B.A. Child Law Prac. 1 (2011).

Empowerment, Innovation, and Service: Law School Programs Provide Access to Justice and Instill a Commitment to Serve, 48 Fam. Ct. Rev. 672 (2010).
What Every Lawyer Must Know for Clients Aging Out of Care, The American Bar Association Children's Rights Litigation, Vol. 12, Issue 4 ( Fall 2009).
Opening Remarks to Professor Margolin’s National Symposium, “No Chance to Prove Themselves: The Housing Crisis Facing Youth Aging-Out of Foster Care” (March 2008), St. John's J. Legal Comment., (Forthcoming, 2008)

Securing Housing in Rough Times: Seeking Shelter for Youth Who Age Out of Foster Care, The American Bar Association Child Law Practice, Vol. 27, No. 5, July 2008.

Advocating for Yourself from Day One, Represent Magazine, May 2008.
No Chance to Prove Themselves: The Rights of Mentally Disabled Parents Under the Americans with Disabilities Act and State Law, 15 Va. J. Soc. Pol'y & L. 112 ( 2007).
What You Should Know Before You Leave the System, Represent Magazine, January 2007.
Pregnant and Parenting Teenagers in Foster Care, Practicing Law Institute Curriculum Book (2005).
Biographical Information
Awards
FACES of Virginia Empowerment Award 2009
Presentations
Presentation on Legal Services for Indigent Clients, 19th Annual Bench-Bar Conference, Richmond, October 2010
"The American with Disabilities Act and Mental Health: Exploring Public Benefits and Child Welfare Law" Presentation to the Urban Justice Center, New York, NY, April 2010
“Teens in Foster Care” Presentation to the Stafford County Best Practice Court Team Training, August 2009
Organizer and speaker, Greater Richmond Housing Summit: Youth Aging out of Foster Care, March 2009
Organizer and speaker, National Symposium: The Housing Crisis Facing Youth Aging of Foster Care, New York, March 2008
AALS Section on Clinical Education Annual Meeting, presenter, 2008 and 2009
Memberships
Board of Directors, In the Spirit of the Children, Inc. New York, N.Y.
Advisory Council, Campaign for Youth Justice, Washington, DC
New York State Bar Association Committee on Children and the Law (Appointed member)
Advisory Board, Resilience Law and Advocacy Project, New York, N.Y.
Bar Admissions
New York
Virginia
Professional Experience
Associate Clinical Professor of Law & Director, Family Law Clinic (2011-present)
University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond, Va.
Assistant Clinical Professor of Law & Director, Family Law Clinic (2008-2011)
University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond, Va.
Interim Director, Child Advocacy Clinic (2007-2008)
St. John’s University School of Law, New York, NY
Clinical Teaching Fellow (2006-2008)
St. John’s University School of Law, New York, N.Y.
Skadden Fellow, representing adolescents in foster care (2004-2006)
The Legal Aid Society, Juvenile Rights Division, New York, N.Y.
Education
B.A., Stanford University 1999
Honors
J.D., Columbia Law School 2004
Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar; Human Rights Internship Fellow
Contact Information
B1-D School of Law
(804) 955-4011