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

Selected Publications

"From Foster Care to Adulthood," The University of Chicago Law School Foster Care Project’s Protocol for Reform (2008).

"Radical Change Through Conventional Means," 12 Virginia Journal of Social Policy & Law 653 (2005).

"Constitutional Fidelity through Children's Rights," 2004 Supreme Court Review 355 (2005).

"Allocating Developmental Control Among Parent, Child, and the State," 2004 University of Chicago Legal Forum 27

"The Speech Enhancing Effect of Internet Regulation," 79 Chicago-Kent L. Rev. 103 (2004).

"Children's Associational Rights? Why less is more," 11 Bill of Rights Journal __ (2003).

"The Missed Opportunity in Gault," 70 University of Chicago Law Review 39 (2003).

"In the Pledge Case, Timing is Everything," Chicago Tribune 9 (June 30, 2002).

"'Parental' Rights," 88 Va. L. Rev. 635 (2002).

"The Parental Rights of Minors," 48 Buffalo L. Rev. 785 (2000).

"The Adolescent's Stake in the Allocation of Educational Control Between Parent and State," 67 U. Chi. L. Rev. 1233 (2000).

"Adrift in the Middle: Parental Rights after Troxel v. Granville," 2000 SCR 279.

"Court is Moving in Wrong Direction on Parents' Rights," Chicago Tribune, § 1, p. 21 (June 7, 2000).

"What does Frieda Yoder Believe?," 2 U. Pa. J. of Const. L. 53 (1999).

"Doomed to Failure, A Child Welfare System That's in No One's Best Interest," Chicago Tribune, § 1, p. 21 (October 26, 1999).

"Too Young to be Rehabilitated? Comments on Lipsey's 'Can Rehabilitative Programs Reduce the Recidivism of Juvenile Offenders?'," 6 Va. J. of Soc. Pol'y & L. 653 (1999).

"Confronting Developmental Barriers to the Empowerment of Child Clients," 84 Cornell L. Rev. 895 (1999).

"The Role of Lawyers in Promoting Juveniles' Competence as Defendants," in Youth on Trial, T. Grisso and R. Schwartz, eds. (2000).

" 'You're My What?' The Problem of Children's Misperceptions of Their Lawyers' Roles," 64 Fordham L. Rev. 1699 (1996).

"Parents' Rights and Parents Wronged," 57 Ohio St. L.J. 431 (1996).

"Getting Beyond Discrimination: A Regulatory Solution to The Problem of Fetal Hazards in The Workplace," 95 Yale L.J. 577 (1986).

Selected Presentations

The Court's Role in Supporting Foster Youth's Transition to Adulthood, Temple University School of Law School (March, 2006).

Turning Best Ideas into Practice, Chicago's Policy Initiative on Foster Care. University of Chicago Law School (November, 2005).

When Children's and Adults' Speech Rights are at Odds, Michigan State University College of Law (February, 2005).

Radical Change Through Conventional Means, University of Virginia, Conference on the State Construction of Families (October, 2004).

Address to the Entering Class (September 22, 2005).

Constitutional Fidelity through Children's Rights, Syracuse University Law School (March, 2004); University of Chicago, Chicago's Best Ideas Series (April, 2004).

The Relationship Between Procreative and Parental Rights under the Constitution, University of Chicago Law and Philosophy Workshop (March, 2004); Syracuse University Law School Faculty Workshop (March, 2004).

Assessing the State's Opportunities for Developmental Influence, University of Chicago Legal Forum Symposium (October, 2003).

Children's Constitutional Rights, International Society of Family Law: North American Conference, Eugene Oregon (June, 2003).

The Child's Constitution, University of Chicago Loop Luncheon (May, 2003).

The Speech Enhancing Effect of Internet Regulation, Association of American Law Schools, Panel Presentation (January, 2003).

Children's Representation, The Achilles Heel of Children's Rights, 12th Annual International Congress on Family Law, Havana, Cuba (September, 2002).

Children's Rights on Children's Terms, University of Chicago Law School Workshop, (July, 2002).

Children's Associational Rights? Why Less is More, William and Mary School of Law Symposium on the Relationship Rights of Children, Sponsored by the Institute of Bill of Rights Law (March, 2002).

The Missed Opportunity in Gault, University of Florida Inaugural Conference on Children and the Law (December, 2001).

In or Out? Imposing Constitutional Constraints on the State's Authority to Allocate Pieces of Parenthood, Brigham Young University Law School Symposium on the ALI Family Dissolution Principles (February, 2001).

Adrift in the Middle: Parental Rights after Troxel v. Granville, Rutgers Law School Symposium on the Supreme Court's decision in Troxel v. Granville (October, 2000).

Ethical Issues in the Representation of Child Clients, Presentation to Cook County domestic relations lawyers and judges (July 6, 2000).

The Parental Rights of Minors, Buffalo Law School Symposium on the Urban Girl (April, 2000).

Children as Parties, Victims and Witnesses, Presentation to Judges at Illinois Judicial Conference's Education Conference 2000, February and March, 2000.

Without Peers? The Missing Piece in the Courts' (and the Philosophers') Analysis of Parental Claims to Educational Control, University of Chicago Law School Faculty Workshop, 1999.

What Does Frieda Yoder Believe? University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law Symposium on the Constitutional Rights of Children, 1999; University of Chicago Law and Philosophy Workshop, 1999.

Confronting Developmental Barriers to the Empowerment of Child Clients, University of Chicago Law School Faculty Workshop, 1998.

Too Young to be Rehabilitated?, Conference on Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice Reform, University of Virginia Center for Children, Families and the Law, 1998.

The Role of Lawyers in Promoting Juveniles' Competence as Defendants, Meeting of authors for Youth on Trial, convened by MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Adolescent Development and Juvenile Justice, 1998.

Whose Religious Autonomy are we Protecting?, Symposium on Religion, Law and the Construction of Identities, 1997.

Parents' Rights and Parents Wronged, Symposium entitled "Meeting the Basic Needs of Children: Defining Public and Private Responsibilities," Ohio State University College of Law, 1995.

Sibling Rights, Symposium entitled "Looking Back, Looking Ahead: The Evolution of Children's Rights," Temple Law Review, (1995).