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Juvenile court; delinquency; child welfare law; adoption; marriage law
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Janet Mason joined the School of Government (then the Institute of Government) in 1982. Prior to that, she practiced law for seven years with legal services programs in North Carolina. Before law school she worked as a social worker in Baltimore and as a juvenile court counselor in Orange County. She works in the area of juvenile law with district court judges and attorneys who practice in juvenile court. Her publications include a book on the child abuse reporting law and articles and bulletins relating to juvenile delinquency; child abuse and neglect; termination of parental rights; and North Carolina marriage law. She has served on a variety of university committees. Mason earned a JD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Legislative education; social services law; animal control law
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Aimee Wall joined the School of Government in 2001 to work in the public health law field, where her research areas included confidentiality of health information, environmental health inspection and permitting programs, regulation of smoking in public places, and the responsibilities and authority of local boards of health. She also developed expertise in animal control law, including rabies, dangerous dogs and animal cruelty. In 2011, Wall shifted her research focus from public health law to social services law and is in the process of developing her work in this new field. She also coordinates educational programs for new legislators and serves as a faculty liaison with legislators and other state level policymakers. Prior to joining the School, she practiced health care law with Powell, Goldstein, Frazer and Murphy in Washington, DC, and served as a health policy analyst in the Office of the Secretary in the US Department of Health and Human Services. She is a member of the North Carolina State Bar and the District of Columbia Bar. Wall earned a BA in English, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, from the Ohio State University and a JD/MPH, with honors, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Jessica O'Sullivan joined the School of Government in 2008. In her role as program manager, she works with Superior Court judges, District Court judges, clerks and assistant clerks of Superior Court, and district attorneys, as well as DSS attorneys and new social services board members. O'Sullivan earned a BA from the State University of New York (SUNY) at New Paltz.
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