“He opened my eyes to the power that the social sciences have to influence public policy in ways that improve people’s lives.”īronfenbrenner’s Ecological Systems Theory, explored in his seminal book, The Ecology of Human Development, maintains that human development unfolds within a system of cultural, social, economic, and political systems. Urie Bronfenbrenner when I was a graduate student at Cornell University before going on to attend Cornell Law School,” she said. “I had the tremendous privilege to work with Dr. As CFCC’s founder, she also has carried her message of and advocacy for a caring family justice system to thousands of judges, attorneys and professionals who work with children and families involved in family law matters.īabb credits her own teachers and mentors for nurturing her interest in blending social science theory and systems with the law. In Babb’s 32-year career as a law professor at the University of Baltimore School of Law, she has influenced thousands of law students like Floyd. Keep doing the great work for your students and for all those families you’ve helped.įor a teacher, there is no greater reward than making a difference in a student’s life. Thank you to someone who had such a positive impact on my education and my career. Today, Judge Floyd is a magistrate hearing family law cases in Sarasota County, Florida.
Professor Babb taught Floyd in the Family Law Clinic in the late 1990s. Mary Ann Diez Floyd, Senior Court Counsel/General Magistrate in Florida’s Twelfth Judicial Circuit. In late January 2021, CFCC Founder and Director and UB Associate Professor of Law Barbara Babb received an email from someone she had not heard from in 24 years.
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