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David Mark Smolin is a professor of law at
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in
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where he is the Harwell G. Davis Chair in Constitutional Law, director for The Center for Children, Law, and Ethics, former director of the Center for Biotechnology, Law, and Ethics, and faculty advisor for the Law, Science and Technology Society. Smolin deals with
international adoption International adoption (also referred to as intercountry adoption or transnational adoption) is a type of adoption in which an individual or couple residing in one country becomes the legal and permanent parent(s) of a child who is a national of ...
scandals (see
child laundering Child laundering is a scheme whereby intercountry adoptions are effected by illegal and fraudulent means. It may involve the trafficking of children and the acquisition of children through payment, deceit and/or force. The children may then b ...
) and is the creator of an informational website on international adoption called Adopting Internationally. He has been interviewed and submitted content on the subject to
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,''Adoption Stories Gone Bad''
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,http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/peopleandpower/2009/06/20096249112454512.html Al Jazeera interview begins at 15:27
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, Adoption scandal has prompted only minor changes, 2-14-09
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, and
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and others. He presented on adoption issues at the Korean Women's Development Institute in Seoul, Korea; the Second International Symposium on Korean Adoption Studies in Seoul, Korea; and (as an independent expert) at
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Special Commission on the Practical Operation of the Hague Adoption Convention. His law review article, ''
Child Laundering Child laundering is a scheme whereby intercountry adoptions are effected by illegal and fraudulent means. It may involve the trafficking of children and the acquisition of children through payment, deceit and/or force. The children may then b ...
'', written in 2005, won Cumberland's inaugural Lightfoot, Franklin and White Faculty Scholarship Award for the most significant scholarly work published during the preceding year, and is consistently listed in the 10 Most Popular Articles in the bepress Legal Series. His own family's
international adoption International adoption (also referred to as intercountry adoption or transnational adoption) is a type of adoption in which an individual or couple residing in one country becomes the legal and permanent parent(s) of a child who is a national of ...
, discovery that their children were stolen, and ultimately successful, though arduous, six year search for the girls' original birth family in
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was featured on NPR's
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titled ''Adoption Stories Gone Bad'', and by
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.


Career

Smolin graduated first in his class and
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from the
University of Cincinnati College of Law The University of Cincinnati College of Law was founded in 1833 as the Cincinnati Law School. It is the fourth oldest continuously running law school in the United States — after Harvard, the University of Virginia, and Yale — and the first in ...
. He is an internationally recognized expert in the field of intercountry adoption, and a nationally recognized expert in
Bioethics Bioethics is both a field of study and professional practice, interested in ethical issues related to health (primarily focused on the human, but also increasingly includes animal ethics), including those emerging from advances in biology, med ...
and
Biotechnology Biotechnology is the integration of natural sciences and engineering sciences in order to achieve the application of organisms, cells, parts thereof and molecular analogues for products and services. The term ''biotechnology'' was first used b ...
;
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Constitutional A constitution is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organisation or other type of entity and commonly determine how that entity is to be governed. When these princip ...
law; Family and Juvenile law; and Law and
Religion Religion is usually defined as a social- cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that generally relates humanity to supernatural, ...
. He has testified before legislative committees in the
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, as well as five states on
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issues. Smolin joined the Cumberland faculty in 1987 after clerking for Senior Judge George Edwards of the
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from 1986-1987. Prior to that Smolin worked in a psychiatric hospital. He has also served as an adjunct professor at the
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. Smolin is the author of over 35 articles, primarily published as
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articles, though some of his works have appeared in journals such as ''
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''.


Intercountry adoption

Much of Smolin's academic work regards
international adoption International adoption (also referred to as intercountry adoption or transnational adoption) is a type of adoption in which an individual or couple residing in one country becomes the legal and permanent parent(s) of a child who is a national of ...
,
child trafficking Trafficking of children is a form of human trafficking and is defined by the United Nations as the "recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring, and/or receipt" kidnapping of a child for the purpose of slavery, forced labour and exploitation. ...
and
child laundering Child laundering is a scheme whereby intercountry adoptions are effected by illegal and fraudulent means. It may involve the trafficking of children and the acquisition of children through payment, deceit and/or force. The children may then b ...
. Two articles gaining attention are available for download at bepress legal repository.


Al Jazeera interview - Stolen Babies - People and Power segment

On June 24, 2009 Smolin appeared in an interview with
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on the subject of stolen babies from
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, (see
Human trafficking Human trafficking is the trade of humans for the purpose of forced labour, sexual slavery, or commercial sexual exploitation for the trafficker or others. This may encompass providing a spouse in the context of forced marriage, or the extrac ...
;
Child laundering Child laundering is a scheme whereby intercountry adoptions are effected by illegal and fraudulent means. It may involve the trafficking of children and the acquisition of children through payment, deceit and/or force. The children may then b ...
) after both the
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and the
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at the
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declined to be interviewed and declined to comment on the subject. Smolin referred to his own situation involving his stolen adopted daughters and said that there is no easy solution to
child laundering Child laundering is a scheme whereby intercountry adoptions are effected by illegal and fraudulent means. It may involve the trafficking of children and the acquisition of children through payment, deceit and/or force. The children may then b ...
because it is usually successful and is too often the
perfect crime Perfect crimes are crimes that are undetected, unattributed to an identifiable perpetrator, or otherwise unsolved or unsolvable as a kind of technical achievement on the part of the perpetrator. The term is used colloquially in law and fiction (es ...
. He went on to say that the
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at the
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should immediately facilitate
DNA testing Genetic testing, also known as DNA testing, is used to identify changes in DNA sequence or chromosome structure. Genetic testing can also include measuring the results of genetic changes, such as RNA analysis as an output of gene expression, or ...
of the children and mothers who claim their children were stolen. He said adoptive parents should attempt to acquire DNA testing of their adoptive children so that they can form partnerships with the birth family.


Celebrity adoptions and the subsidiarity principle

Smolin has said that celebrity adoptions highlight the problems with intercountry adoption. While not being expressly opposed to celebrity adoption or international adoption, Smolin believes in the need for an implementation of the
subsidiarity principle Subsidiarity is a principle of social organization that holds that social and political issues should be dealt with at the most immediate or local level that is consistent with their resolution. The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' defines subsidi ...
as it relates to
international adoption International adoption (also referred to as intercountry adoption or transnational adoption) is a type of adoption in which an individual or couple residing in one country becomes the legal and permanent parent(s) of a child who is a national of ...
because the huge amount of money channelled into adopting a child pales in comparison to the relatively small amount of money that could, in many circumstances, be used to reunite broken families and improve conditions within the child's culture and country of origin. He states the need to:
Reform international adoption by putting a priority on keeping children in their original family and within their community.
Smolin also believes that without a safe adoption system, comparatively wealthy families seeking to adopt children from impoverished nations are in a position to exploit that poverty, and where $20–30,000 may be spent to adopt a child, several hundred dollars may be all that is needed to reunite a child with that child's family and substantially improve conditions within the child's community. In general he believes that one major problem with international adoption is that the adoptions system is corrupted by far too much money and that there are no real consequences for violating adoption regulations.


=Debate with Jane Aronson

= On June 16, 2009 Smolin debated
Jane Aronson Jane Aronson, D.O. (born November 10, 1951, Brooklyn, New York) is an osteopathic physician, with expertise in pediatric infectious diseases and adoption medicine. Life and career Jane Aronson grew up on Long Island, New York. After graduati ...
on the topic of celebrity adoptions for
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. Both showed appreciation for one another with Smolin stating he admired Aronson's work in helping orphanages and improving international communities which are the sources for adoptive children, and Aronson stating "I'm glad to be on the program with you David because you're a smart and warm human being." Aronson stated the issue is poverty and that there is no social services network to provide for the families. Smolin's views are, in part, stated above.


Cumberland School of Law Symposium on International Adoption

On April 15, 2005 Smolin, with the cooperation of
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, hosted a Symposium on
International adoption International adoption (also referred to as intercountry adoption or transnational adoption) is a type of adoption in which an individual or couple residing in one country becomes the legal and permanent parent(s) of a child who is a national of ...
. The purpose was to "take advantage of the gathered expertise to explore the question of how international adoption can be reformed to ensure respect for the rights and dignity of birth families, children and adoptive families he adoption triad". Richard Cross, a senior special agent for
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CEassigned to the ICE Human Trafficking Unit in Seattle, Washington, spoke at the event. His entire lecture and audio file from the lecture are available for download on Cumberland's website.
Richard Cross, the lead federal investigator for the prosecution of Lauryn Galindo for visa fraud and money laundering involved in Cambodian adoptions, estimated that most of the 800 adoptions Galindo facilitated were fraudulent--either based on fraudulent paperwork, coerced/induced/recruited relinquishments, babies bought, identities of the children switched, etc.


Adopting Internationally website

Smolin and his wife launched Adopting Internationally website, a website meant to provide information regarding "the complex issues associated with international adoption." The site includes personal stories and academic analysis. The site is also based, in part, on the Smolin's personal experience in the field of international adoption, and the Smolins are unabashedly dedicated to reforming intercountry adoption "so that it may consistently and reliably assist all members of the adoption triad (birth families, adoptees, and adoptive families)."


Biotechnology, law and ethics

Smolin heads Cumberland Law School's Center for Biotechnology, Law, and Ethics, a center unlike any other of its kind in the United States.Center for Biotechnology, Law and Ethics Research focuses on contemporary bioethical dilemmas and issues related to the Center's Annual
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, which is typically co-sponsored by the Cumberland Law Review. The Center has attracted numerous experts including ethicist
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, atmospheric scientist
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, and
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. Each year the Cumberland Law Review typically publishes an issue featuring articles by visiting speakers.


Human rights

Smolin is a
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advocate but approaches the international movement with concerns, which can be summed up in the conclusion to his paper ''Will International Human Rights Be Used as a Tool of Cultural Genocide? The Interaction of Human Rights Norms,
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,
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, and
Gender Gender is the range of characteristics pertaining to femininity and masculinity and differentiating between them. Depending on the context, this may include sex-based social structures (i.e. gender roles) and gender identity. Most cultures u ...
'' published by the Journal of Law and Religion. Smolin's basic view regarding the scope of the international movement is that not all worthy human causes deserve to be labeled or acted upon as a right. He believes that doing so could erode or destroy the most basic human rights if the international movement gained enough power to enact all of its goals.


Background


Education

* BA Applied Psychology,
New College of Florida New College of Florida is a public liberal arts college in Sarasota, Florida. It was founded in 1960 as a private institution known simply as New College, spent several years merged into the University of South Florida, and in 2001 became an aut ...
1980 * JD
University of Cincinnati College of Law The University of Cincinnati College of Law was founded in 1833 as the Cincinnati Law School. It is the fourth oldest continuously running law school in the United States — after Harvard, the University of Virginia, and Yale — and the first in ...
1986 (1st in class) * Clerk Senior Judge George Edwards,
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, 1986–87 * Fellow of the Southern Center for Law and Ethics


Personal life

Smolin was born in New York City, USA. His mother was the playwright Pauline Smolin, and his father was Michael Smolin, an environmental and process engineer. His brother
Lee Smolin Lee Smolin (; born June 6, 1955) is an American theoretical physicist, a faculty member at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, an adjunct professor of physics at the University of Waterloo and a member of the graduate faculty of the ...
is a
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. His wife is Desiree Smolin. They have eight children, two of whom were adopted from India in 1998.


Articles

* ''Overcoming Religious Objections to the
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'',
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* ''Child Laundering'', Wayne Law Revie

* ''Religion, Education, and the Theoretically Liberal State: Contrasting Evangelical and Secularist Perspectives'', 44 Journal of Catholic Studies 99 (2005

* ''Does Bioethics Provide Answers? Secular and Religious Bioethics and Our Procreative Future'', 35 Cumberland Law Review 473 (2005). * Nili Luo and David Smolin, ''Intercountry Adoption and China: Emerging Questions and Developing Chinese Perspectives'', 35 Cumberland Law Review 597 (2005). * ''The Two Faces of Intercountry Adoption: The Significance of the Indian Adoption Scandals'', 35 Seton Hall Law Review 403 (2005

* ''Intercountry Adoption as Child Trafficking'', 39 Valparaiso Law Review 281 (2005

* ''A Tale of Two Treaties: Furthering Social Justice Through the Redemptive Myths of Childhood'', Emory International Law Review, 17 Emory International Law Review 967 (2003). * ''Nontherapeutic Research with Children: The Virtues and Vices of Legal Uncertainty'', 33 Cumberland Law Review 621 (2003)

* ''Should a Ban on Reproductive Cloning Include a Ban on Cloning for Purposes of Research or Therapy?,'' 32 Cumberland Law Review 487 (2002). * ''Strategic Choices in the International Campaign Against Child Labor'', 22
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942 (2000) * ''Conflict and Ideology in the International Campaign Against Child Labour'', 16 Hofstra Labor and Employment Law Journal 383 (1999) * ''The Future of Genocide: A Spectacle for the New Millennium?'' 23
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460 (1999) * Review,
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(August/September 1999): 56-58.: ''The Problematics of Moral and Legal Theory'',
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(Belknap/Harvard University Press)

* ''Will International Human Rights Be Used as a Tool of Cultural Genocide? The Interaction of Human Rights Norms, Religion, Culture and Gender'', Journal of Law and Religion, Vol. 12, No. 1 (1995–1996), pp. 143–17


Recent works

The first article won
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's first annual Lightfoot award for most significant scholarly paper published during the preceding year and is consistently listed in the 10 Most Popular Articles in the bepress Legal Series:Bepress 10 most popular
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Child Laundering: How the Intercountry Adoption System Legitimizes and Incentivizes the Practices of Buying, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Stealing Children
also published by the Wayne Law Review. * Unpublished
Child Laundering As Exploitation: Applying Anti-Trafficking Norms to Intercountry Adoption Under the Coming Hague Regime
* ''The Two Faces of Intercountry Adoption: The Significance of the Indian Adoption Scandals'', Seton Hall Law Review

and * ''Intercountry Adoption as Child Trafficking'', Valparaiso Law Revie


Conferences

* Organizer and presenter, "The Baby Market: The Future of High-Tech and Low-Tech Markets in Children", February 14, 2008. * Speaker, Adoption Ethics and Accountability Conference, October 15–16, 2007, The Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute and Ethica, Inc., Arlington, Virginia. * The Cultural Contexts of the
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Debate; Stem Cells: Diffusing the Rhetoric.
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,
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, April 13, 2007. Sponsored by Durham's Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Law Institute and the North Carolina Research Campus. * Speaker, Emory Law School, "What's Wrong With Rights for Children?" Oct. 20-21, 200
Emory Law School Conference


References


External links


Cumberland School of Law

Selected Works of David Smolin

Rushton Distinguished Lecture Series: Reforming Intercountry Adoption

Child Laundering: How the Intercountry Adoption System Legitimizes and Incentivizes the Practices of Buying, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Stealing Children


with
Jane Aronson Jane Aronson, D.O. (born November 10, 1951, Brooklyn, New York) is an osteopathic physician, with expertise in pediatric infectious diseases and adoption medicine. Life and career Jane Aronson grew up on Long Island, New York. After graduati ...
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