Law and Social Work Practice

Professor Raymond Albert, JD, MSW, is Director of the Law and Social Policy Program at Bryn Mawr College Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research, where he has been working with students and colleagues to make sense of socio-legal issues since 1980.Steven M. Albert, PhD, FGSA (Behavioral and Social Sciences), FAAN (Neurology), is Professor in the Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Public Health and has 35 years of research experience in aging, neurologic disease, and interventions to change health behavior.

• An Introduction to Legal Processes Law and the Social Environment The Judicial Process: The Nature of Case Law The Judicial Process: Introduction to Civil Procedure The Legislative Process The Interpretation of Legislation: The Search for Legislative Intent The Implementation of Legislation The Administrative Process The Skills Dimension Social Work Advocacy in Legislative and Administrative Processes Legal Research Resources and Techniques Court Testimony and Evidence Privileged Communications and Worker-Client Relations Social Work Social Work Privilege in Federal Courts: Deconstructing Jaffe v. Redmond Socio-Legal Issues in Social Work Practice Social Worker - Lawyer Partnerships: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives Second Parent Adoptions and Same-Sex Relationships, L. Golay and R. Albert The Civil Rights Remedy of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, C. Bangs and R. Albert Informed Consent to Medical Treatment, R. Long and R. Albert Liability for Neglect in Nursing Homes, I. Warner and R. Albert Imposing the Death Penalty on Juveniles, A. Adson and R. Albert Charitable Organizations and Lobbying, M. Campbell and R. Albert Lobbying Reform and Nonprofit Organizations: Policy Images and Constituent Policy, M.J. Wyszomirski Restrictions to legal Services for the Poort, C. Ormerod and R. Albert