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Gerry Glynn has represented children and families for twenty years. He has been involved in non-profit serving on numerous boards of directors. In this role, he has lead numerous organizations through strategic planning processes and provided guidance to leadership on fundraising, risk management and policy development. He has also a nationally renowned lecturer on children's law topics.
Mr. Glynn was an associate Professor and Director of Clinical Programs at Barry University School of Law, before that he was Director of Clinical Programs at University of Arkansas at Little Rock and Clinical Instructor at Florida State University School of Law Children's Advocacy Center. Mr. Glynn took an eighteen month leave of absence from his position as Professor at Barry in 2003-2004 to be the founding Executive Director of Florida's Children First, a statewide child advocacy organization. He serves on numerous bar committees including the Board of National Association of Council for Children, ABA Juvenile Justice Committee, Florida Bar Standing Committee on the Legal Needs of Children, Florida Bar Juvenile Rules Committee and the Executive Council of the Florida Bar Public Interest Law Section.
The Clinical Programs Professor Glynn directed at Barry University included a Children and Families Clinic, Earth Advocacy clinic, Immigration clinic and thirty-six externship sites. Each semester over sixty third year law students received experiential education through these programs. In addition to these opportunities, Professor Glynn oversaw the Barry University Juvenile Justice Center which is a statewide training and resource center for juvenile public defenders in the state. He also oversaw the Barry University Juvenile Life Without Parole Defense Resource Center that coordinates defense resources for the 117 inmates serving life sentences for non-homicide offenses committed as a child. Under his leadership, Barry University Clinical Programs received funding from The Florida Bar Foundation, Eckerd Family Foundation and the MacArthur Foundation amongst others for its creative reform work.
Professor Glynn has published several articles and chapters of books. His most recent publications include: What States Should Do To Provide a Meaningful Opportunity For Review and Release: Recognize Human Worth and Potential, 24 ST. THOMAS L. REV. 310 (2012)(coauthored with Ilona Vila); When Things Go Wrong in the Clinic: How to Prevent and Respond To Serious Student Misconduct, 41 U. BALT. L. REV. 441 (2012), coauthored with Robert Jones and John Francis; Foster Care: Disasters Complicate an Already Bad Situation (Chapter 2 – Children, Law and Disasters, What We Have Learned from Katrina and the Hurricanes of 2005 – ABA Publication 2008); The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act – Promoting the Unauthorized Practice of Law 9 J. Law and Fam. Studies 53 (2007); The Child's Representation under CAPTA: It is Time for Enforcement, 6 Nev. L. J. 1250 (2006); Rights, Disabilities and Property of Minors, in the Adoption, Paternity & Other Florida Family Law Practice ( 8th Edition 2009); Disposition in Dependency Cases, in the Florida Juvenile Law and Practice (11th Edition 2009); Commentary on Community Resources – Model Children's Law Office Guidebook, National Association of Counsel for Children (2005).
Professor Glynn received his undergraduate degree in 1985 from St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO and his law degree in 1989 from American University, Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C. where he graduated cum laude. In 1991, Mr. Glynn received his Masters in Justice also from American University, and in 1993 he received his LLM, Masters in Legal Advocacy, from Georgetown University Law Center. Mr. Glynn is admitted to practice law in Florida, District of Columbia, Maryland and Arkansas.
He loves representing children as a lawyer. Like his three children at home, his child clients teach him something new every day.
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