Madelyn Freundlich
Ms. Freundlich, the Executive Director of the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption
Institute, is a social worker and lawyer whose work has focused on child
welfare policy and practice for the past decade. She formerly served as
General Counsel for the Child Welfare League of America and Associate
Director of Program and Planning for the Massachusetts Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Children. She is the author of a number of books
and articles on child welfare law, policy and financing. Her most recent
writing has focused on the impact of welfare reform on foster care and
special needs adoption; interstate adoption law and practice; genetic
testing in adoption evaluations; wrongful adoption; and confidentiality in
adoption law and practice. Ms. Freundlich holds masters degrees in social
work and public health and holds a JD and LL.M.
|