Meredith Schalick founded law school's Child and Family Advocacy Clinic in 2008. She is a consultant for the Child Abuse Research and
Services (CARES) Institute and coaches the law school's team for the National
Adoption and Child Welfare Law Moot Court Competition.
Professor Schalick teaches Child Abuse and Neglect, Family Law, Children and the Law, Legislative Process, Domestic Violence, Professional Responsibility, and Legal Writing. She has won
several teaching awards. At Rutgers, she received the New Professor of the Year Award in 2008 and the Adjunct Professor of the Year Award in 2001.Professor Schalick regularly speaks in New Jersey and nationally on
issues related to child abuse, the child welfare system, childhood
disabilities, clinical legal education, and legal writing. She appeared as a family law expert in an episode of
the genealogy show Who Do You Think You Are? in 2013.
Prior to joining the Rutgers faculty in 2007, she served as special counsel for Child Welfare Policy at the New Jersey Department of Human
Services. Professor Schalick also was the assistant counsel for the
Democratic Majority Office of the New Jersey General Assembly, where she
focused on legislation and policy involving children, families, civil
rights, and law and public safety. She began her career as an
Independence Foundation Public Interest Law fellow representing abused
and neglected children at the Support Center for Child Advocates in
Philadelphia. She served as an adjunct professor at the law school
beginning in 2000.
