CUA Columbus School of Law

Stacy L. Brustin Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Associate Professor

Stacy L. Brustin received her B.A. from Tufts University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. She was awarded a Ferguson Post-Graduate Fellowship from Harvard to study human rights and community legal education in Mexico. Upon her return to the United States, she began working as a staff attorney at Ayuda, Inc., a non-profit legal services agency serving the immigrant and refugee community in Washington D.C. Her practice included domestic violence, domestic relations, immigration, and public benefits matters. In 1991, she founded the Hermanas Unidas (Sisters United) Community Education Project, a program of Ayuda, Inc., designed to help immigrant survivors of domestic violence advocate for themselves and their families.

Professor Brustin came to Catholic University, Columbus School of Law in 1991 where she taught in the General Litigation Clinic. She then taught in the Families and the Law Clinic for four years. In 1997 she began teaching in the General Practice Clinic where she supervises students handling domestic relations, special education and public benefits matters. She has also taught the Immigration/Human Rights Clinical Externship course as well as family law at the Georgetown University Law Center. She has published articles in the areas of family law, professional responsibility, and clinical legal education. She has conducted numerous trainings and presentations on domestic violence/domestic relations law. She is active in the D.C. Bar and the American Association of Law Schools Clinical Section.

BOOK CHAPTERS

Multicultural Communication, The Impact of Domestic Violence on Your Legal Practice: A Lawyer's Handbook, 2nd Edition, American Bar Association, 2004.

Bias in the Legal Profession, Learning from Practice: A Professional Development Text for Legal Externs, edited by J.P. Ogilvy, Leah Wortham, and Lisa G. Lerman, 137-171, 1998.

Teen Dating Violence, The Impact of Domestic Violence on Your Legal Practice, American Bar Association, 1996.

JOURNAL ARTICLES

More Than a Witness: The Role of Custodial Parents in the IV-D Child Support Process, 26 Children's Legal Rights Journal 37 (Winter 2006).

The Intersection Between Welfare Reform and Child Support Enforcement: DC's Weak Link, 52 Catholic University Law Review 621 (2003).

Legal Services Provision Through Non-Profit Multidisciplinary Practice: Encouraging Holistic Advocacy while Protecting Ethical Interests, 73 University of Colorado Law Review 787 (2002).

Testing the Grades: Evaluating Grading Models in Clinical Legal Education, 3 Clinical Law Review 299 (1997)(with David Chavkin).

Legal Responses to Teen Dating Violence, 29 Family Law Quarterly 331 (1995).

Images of Women in U.S. Immigration Policy: The Paradox of Domestic Violence, Proceedings of The American Society of International Law 454 (1994).

Expanding Our Vision of Legal Services Representation:The Hermanas Unidas Project, 1 American University Journal of Gender and the Law 39 (1993).

La Integridad De La Mujer, Women and Human Rights in Mexico City, Internship Report, 1 Harvard Human Rights Yearbook 310 (1988).

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	Stacy L. Brustin Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Associate Professor brustin@law.edu Stacy L. Brustin received her B.A. from Tufts University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. She was awarded a Ferguson Post-Graduate Fellowship from Harvard to study human rights and community legal education in Mexico. Upon her return to the United States, she began working as a staff attorney at Ayuda, Inc., a non-profit legal services agency serving the immigrant and refugee community in Washington D.C. Her practice included domestic violence, domestic relations, immigration, and public benefits matters. In 1991, she founded the Hermanas Unidas (Sisters United) Community Education Project, a program of Ayuda, Inc., designed to help immigrant survivors of domestic violence advocate for themselves and their families. Professor Brustin came to Catholic University, Columbus School of Law in 1991 where she taught in the General Litigation Clinic. She then taught in the Families and the Law Clinic for four years. In 1997 she began teaching in the General Practice Clinic where she supervises students handling domestic relations, special education and public benefits matters. She has also taught the Immigration/Human Rights Clinical Externship course as well as family law at the Georgetown University Law Center. She has published articles in the areas of family law, professional responsibility, and clinical legal education. She has conducted numerous trainings and presentations on domestic violence/domestic relations law. She is active in the D.C. Bar and the American Association of Law Schools Clinical Section. BOOK CHAPTERS Multicultural Communication, The Impact of Domestic Violence on Your Legal Practice: A Lawyer's Handbook, 2nd Edition, American Bar Association, 2004. Bias in the Legal Profession, Learning from Practice: A Professional Development Text for Legal Externs, edited by J.P. Ogilvy, Leah Wortham, and Lisa G. Lerman, 137-171, 1998. Teen Dating Violence, The Impact of Domestic Violence on Your Legal Practice, American Bar Association, 1996. JOURNAL ARTICLES More Than a Witness: The Role of Custodial Parents in the IV-D Child Support Process, 26 Children's Legal Rights Journal 37 (Winter 2006). The Intersection Between Welfare Reform and Child Support Enforcement: DC's Weak Link, 52 Catholic University Law Review 621 (2003). Legal Services Provision Through Non-Profit Multidisciplinary Practice: Encouraging Holistic Advocacy while Protecting Ethical Interests, 73 University of Colorado Law Review 787 (2002). Testing the Grades: Evaluating Grading Models in Clinical Legal Education, 3 Clinical Law Review 299 (1997)(with David Chavkin). Legal Responses to Teen Dating Violence, 29 Family Law Quarterly 331 (1995). Images of Women in U.S. Immigration Policy: The Paradox of Domestic Violence, Proceedings of The American Society of International Law 454 (1994). Expanding Our Vision of Legal Services Representation:The Hermanas Unidas Project, 1 American University Journal of Gender and the Law 39 (1993). La Integridad De La Mujer, Women and Human Rights in Mexico City, Internship Report, 1 Harvard Human Rights Yearbook 310 (1988).
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