Susan Elsen joined MLRI’s Family Law Unit in May 2001. She currently focuses on children and family issues including child custody and child welfare issues and directs her advocacy towards ensuring that children grow up in homes that are safe, financially secure, and provide a foundation for a healthy, productive adulthood. Before joining MLRI, she had a private family law practice from 1996–2006, was a staff attorney at Neighborhood Legal Services in Lynn from 1991-1996 and at South Middlesex Legal Services starting in 1988, and was an Assistant Corporation Counsel for the City of New York from 1984-1988. She graduated from Columbia Law School.