Biography
Melissa Friedman is the Director of Child Welfare Training at The Legal Aid Society's Juvenile Rights Practice where she trains and oversees staff representing children in family court across New York City. Ms. Friedman also serves as the former Chair of the Children & the Law Committee of the New York City Bar Association. Ms. Friedman started her career as a Skadden Fellow and later a Staff Attorney at the Legal Aid Society's Juvenile Rights Practice representing children in both child welfare and juvenile delinquency proceedings. She then joined the law firm WilmerHale as a Senior Associate in the Business Trial Group before returning to Legal Aid. Ms. Friedman earned her bachelor's degree in Latin American Studies and Spanish at Washington University in St. Louis and her J.D. at Harvard Law School.