Stacey E. Platt

Stacey Platt is a Curt and Linda Rodin Clinical Professor of Law and Social Justice and the associate director of the Civitas ChildLaw Center and Clinic, where she trains law students to represent children in legal proceedings, with a special focus on children involved in private parenting disputes. She serves as a faculty lecturer and trainer in law school courses involving child and family law and trial practice and is a frequent teacher for the American Bar Association’s Commission on Domestic and Sexual Violence.

Professor Platt has dedicated her career to representing low-income children and families. Before joining Loyola, she was a staff attorney with the Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago, where she focused on domestic violence and child protection. She has extensive experience representing survivors in domestic violence matters, as well as parents, caretakers, and children in abuse and neglect proceedings and private parenting matters. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Professor Platt was a caseworker in the New York City child welfare system.

Professor Platt is the president (2023-2024) and a long-time member of the board of directors of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, an international and interdisciplinary membership organization focused on best policies and practices in family law matters. She serves on the editorial board of Family Court Review, a widely read, peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal. She speaks nationally and frequently on child and family law issues.

Professor Platt is a recipient of the Chicago Bar Association’s Leonard Jay Schrager Award of Excellence for contributions to improving access to justice and the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts President’s Award.