Emily Buss
Mark and Barbara Fried Professor of Law and Kanter Director of Chicago Policy Initiatives
1111 East 60th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
phone: 773-834-0007
email: e-buss-doss@uchicago.edu

Emily Buss received her B.A. summa cum laude from Yale University in 1982 and her J.D. from Yale Law School in 1986. After graduating from law school, Ms. Buss clerked for Judge Louis H. Pollak of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and Justice Harry A. Blackmun of the U.S. Supreme Court. From 1989 to 1990, Ms. Buss worked as a staff attorney in the Child Advocacy Unit of the Maryland Legal Aid Bureau. In 1990, Ms. Buss joined the Juvenile Law Center in Philadelphia, and from 1993 to 1996 she served as the Center's deputy director.  

Ms. Buss's research interests include children's and parents' rights and the legal system's allocation of authority and responsibility for children’s development among parent, child, and state. She teaches civil procedure, evidence, and courses addressing the law's treatment of children. As Kanter Director of Policy Initiatives, she has worked with students to develop reforms that would improve the legal system’s treatment of youth aging out of foster care.