Professor Jennifer Baum joined St. John’s University School of
Law in 2008 as an Assistant Professor of Clinical Legal Education
and Director of the Child Advocacy Clinic.
Prior to joining the faculty at St. John's, Professor Baum spent
seven years as a senior staff attorney at The Legal Aid Society’s
Civil Law Reform Unit in New York. During this time, she
litigated impact and class action cases, provided legal support and
technical assistance, and conducted trainings for poverty law
practitioners throughout New York City and New York State.
Before joining the Civil Law Reform Unit, Professor Baum served for
six years in the Legal Aid Society's Juvenile Rights Division,
where she represented children in Family Court dependency,
delinquency, and status offender proceedings, as well as in class
actions and other impact litigation. She co-authored a New
York City Rule ensuring the consistent provision of prescribed
medications for detained children.
Professor Baum was a co-recipient of the first Legal Aid Society
scholarship to the Vera Institute of Justice National Juvenile
Defender Leadership Conference in 1999. She has testified
about poverty law and child welfare issues on many occasions before
the New York City Council and the New York State Assembly, and has
been quoted numerous times in the legal and popular
press. She has also provided trainings and resource
materials to the New York State Bar Association, the Association of
the Bar of the City of New York, the City University of New York
School of Law, The New York State Office of Court Administration’s
Judicial Training Institute, the New York Immigration Coalition,
Fordham University School of Law, and various community based
organizations.
Professor Baum graduated cum laude from Hunter College of the
City University of New York in 1987, and with distinction from
Brooklyn Law School in 1993. She is admitted to practice
before the New York State bar, the Eastern District of New York,
and the Southern District of New York; she is a member of the New
York State Bar Association, the Association of the Bar of the City
of New York, the American Bar Association, and the National
Association of Counsel for Children.
American Bar Association's
Children's Rights Litigation Newsletter, Spring
2009