Frank Vandervort is a clinical professor of law in the 1L Advocacy Clinic and the Child Advocacy Law Clinic at the University of Michigan. His primary interests include juvenile justice, child welfare, and interdisciplinary practice.
Featured Scholarship
"Commentary: The Legal System Response to Child Maltreatment"
Child Maltreatment
Preventing Child Abuse: Critical Roles and Multiple Perspectives
- Children and the Law
"'Of Sound Mind and Body': A Call for Universal Drug Screening for All Newborns"
The Oxford Handbook of Children and Law
- Children and the Law
"The Law and Policy of Child Maltreatment"
Handbook of Interpersonal Violence and Abuse Across the Lifespan
- Children and the Law
Activities
Presented “Writing Defensible Court Reports” at the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children’s 25th Annual Colloquium, New Orleans.
Presented “Overview of Federal Child Welfare Legislation” at the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children’s 25th Annual Colloquium, New Orleans.
Co-presented “Drug Exposed Infants” at the 17th National Citizen Review Panel Conference, Mackinac Island, Michigan.
Gave a plenary presentation on “The Federal Role in Child Protection” at the 17th National Citizen Review Panel Conference, Mackinac Island, Michigan.
Presented “Child Welfare: The Intersection of Child Maltreatment and Parental Substance Abuse” to the Child Advocacy Program’s Art of Social Change Seminar, Harvard Law School.
Roundtable discussant for “Raise the Age and Juvenile Life Without Parole” at the NFL Tour on Bail Reform and Juvenile Life Without Parole, Detroit.
Presented “The History of Juvenile Justice” as part of a panel discussion on “Raising the Age and Legal Challenges” at the Fedele F. Fauri and Iris M. Fauri Memorial Conference, University of Michigan School of Social Work.
Co-presented “Developing a Trauma-Informed Juvenile Justice System: Changing Paradigms Through New Research” at the National Association of Counsel for Children 40th National Child Welfare, Juvenile Justice, and Family Law Conference, New Orleans.
Facilitated a daylong Advanced Training Institute on Abusive Head Trauma at the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children’s Advanced Training Institute, Portland, Maine.
Co-presented “Working Effectively in the Legal System” to a multidisciplinary audience at the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children’s Advanced Training Summit, Portland, Maine.
Co-presented “APSAC Position Paper on Allegations of Child Maltreatment and Intimate Partner Violence in Divorce/Parental Relationship Dissolution” at the One Child, Many Hands Conference, University of Pennsylvania.