Annette R. Appell
Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs and
Professor of Law
Office: Anheuser-Busch Hall, Room 573
Phone: (314) 935-7912
E-mail: arappell@wulaw.wustl.edu
Assistant: Pam Finnigan - (314) 935-6419
- Curriculum Vitae [view]
(For the most recent list of publications and activities, please see the current CV.) - Activities [view]
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Courses Taught
Civil Justice Clinic
Constitutional Law I
Education
J.D., 1986, Northwestern University School of Law
B.A., 1982, Cornell University
Profile
Dean Appell earned her J.D. in 1986 from Northwestern University School of Law and her B.A. from Cornell University in 1982. At Northwestern, she was a member of the Northwestern Journal of International Law and Business. Before entering academia, she practiced law in Chicago as an associate of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal and Meites, Frackman, Mulder, Burger & Mollica and as an attorney and guardian ad litem at the Office of the Public Guardian of Cook County. She then taught at the Northwestern University School of Law, the University of South Carolina School of Law, and the William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. At the Boyd Law School, Dean Appell held a William S. Boyd Professorship from 2005-2008 and served as Associate Dean for Clinical Studies from 2004-2007. Dean Appell’s areas of expertise include child welfare, adoption, child advocacy, and the rights of children and parents.In the past several years she has been teaching a Child Welfare Clinic and Constitutional Law I.
Dean Appell’s research and advocacy centers on and is informed by the experiences of vulnerable children, marginalized families, and the state regulation of the lives and legal, social and economic conditions of families. This work examines the child welfare system, adoption, mothering, race, and children’s rights, representation and justice. She is particularly engaged in exploring the construction of childhood and the role of children in the distribution of social, economic and legal justice. She also has special interest and expertise in open adoption and adoption with contact.
