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Mission

The Center for Law, Brain & Behavior puts the most accurate and actionable neuroscience in the hands of judges, lawyers, policymakers and journalists—people who shape the standards and practices of our legal system and affect its impact on people’s lives. We work to make the legal system more effective and more just for all those affected by the law.

Silda Wall Spitzer, JD, is the Managing Director of Metropolitan Capital Advisors and the Founding Chair (emerita) and Board member of non-profit Children for Children, now called generationOn, the youth service arm of the Points of Light Institute. Ms. Wall-Spitzer is also a founding Co-Chair of Project Cicero, the annual New York City book drive building classroom libraries for under-resourced students. She served on the 2008 ServiceNation Leadership Council, and from 2004-06 she was a member of the New York State Blue Ribbon Commission on Youth Leadership. Wall-Spitzer served as Chair of the New York State Commission on National and Community Service in 2007/08. With a law degree from Harvard Law School and ten years as a practicing corporate attorney, she was honored to serve as First Lady of the State of New York. Her initiatives included: working to grow volunteering and service throughout in the state as Chair of the State Commission; Greening the Mansion to promote green buildings, alternative energy and local foods; and I Live New York to attract and retain the next generation by building economic opportunity and livable communities. Wall-Spitzer also created the related Young Leader’s Congress and reconstituted the New York Empire Plaza Art Commission to enhance and expand the state art collection, and served as a driving force behind The Eleanor Roosevelt Legacy Committee’s Women’s Vote Project in 2006 and as ERLC Honorary Co-Chair in 2007.

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Events

Publications

Resources

  • Harvard Catalyst announces pilot funding for adolescent mental health

    The Child Health Program put out an RFA for research on mood dysregulation and violence in the second decade of life. »

    admin2 - October 9, 2014

  • Elder Justice Initiative

    The Elder Justice website intends to be a resource for victims of elder abuse and financial exploitation and their families, practitioners, law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, and researchers. »

    US Department of Justice and admin2 - October 7, 2014