Abusers are gaming the legal system and children are paying the price — their lives. Why are so many children still murdered by parents and/or family with histories of domestic violence when the red flags are right in front of us? The case of 8-year old Autumn Hallow in Minnesota was anything but justice: “The last call made to police regarding suspected abuse and neglect…

THANK YOU for writing about this, you are courageous, which is hard to find amongst lawyers. I too am a lawyer just 2 years out and have already been advised to "keep my head down" about my brother's abusive guardianship case because "they" will go after my license. I don't care to practice in a field where abuse is encouraged, so if they take my license away for defending people's rights, then so be it.

Welcome! My name is Paola Rossetti and I am new to many worlds — law, writing, and advocacy. I am fortunate to have a job where I can work from home as a Law Clerk for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. My passion for health law and disability advocacy sparked my…

How? Guardianship. In the mid 19th century, the Thirteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution abolished slavery. Child labor was legal until the late 1930s. The 1960s ended the accepted practice of women sharing their husband’s or father’s identity. …

If you’re reading this, you’ve been there before — you have so much to do and are so overwhelmed that you freeze. Ironically, you get nothing done, and more “to-dos” pile up. And the cycle repeats. The good news is that after experiencing this cycle myself, I have found ways…

Imagine that you are a young adult with a developmental or intellectual disability — you are minimally verbal (but have been labeled non-verbal) yet you understand a lot more than people think you do. You have been given an antipsychotic medication for a few months and have just started getting…