New President's Blog, September 2026
Posted: 14 Sep 2026
IAFL President Suzanne Todd shares her priorities for her term and pays tribute to outgoing President, Heather Hostetter.
President's Blog, September 2026
Posted: 8 Sep 2026
In her final President's blog, Heather Hostetter gives an overview of the highlights of the Annual Meeting in Dublin. The largest meeting in the IAFL's 40 year history. The caption photo shows 7 past Presidents (L-R) Rachael Kelsey, Miles Preston, Marlene Eskind Moses, Tom Sasser, Cheryl Hepfer, William Longrigg and Mia Reich Sjogren with founding Fellow Alain Cornec and Heather Hostetter.
Welcome to our new Fellows!
Posted: 6 Aug 2026
Following the 2nd Board of Admissions meeting of 2026, we are delighted to welcome 25 new Fellows to the Academy. Michael Fried (New York, USA), Will Jones (Australia), Cyrstal S Wright (Georgia, USA), Holly A Schaitberger (California, USA), Raphaëlle Svara (Monaco), Meghan Clary (Florida, USA), Matthew Barach (Massachusetts, USA), Christopher W Rumbold (Florida, USA), Diane St. Yves Brewer (Houston, Texas), Alain Devers (France), Ewa Kodymowska Sioła (Poland), Ksenija Kokanovic (Wisconsin, USA), Joanna Grandfield (England & Wales), Mohamed Hassanein (Egypt), Vanessa Duff (Hong Kong, China), Andrew R Wilson (Florida, USA), Hossam ElDeeb (Egypt), Allison W Anders (Virginia, USA), Cynthia Chaing (Virginia, USA), Aaron M Reimer (Texas, USA), Siobhan Stewart (New York, USA), Carlo Bisazza (Malta), Ramadhan Abubakar (Kenya), Keith A Jones (Oklahoma, USA), Sol Elden (Norway) and Alison Shalaby (England & Wales), Judge Meredith Dickson KC (Australia).
President's Blog, July 2026
Posted: 22 Jul 2026
Our President's July blog focuses on the power of IAFL connections and our webinars!
Winner Announced: IAFL European Chapter Young Lawyers' Award 2026
Posted: 26 Jun 2026
Femke Boymans has been announced as the winner of the 14th IAFL European Chapter Annual Award for Young Family Lawyers.
President's Blog, June 2026
Posted: 13 Jun 2026
This month's blog includes a review of the Canadian Chapter meeting in Montreal and the President shares an overview of a presentation given to the Executive Committee by Ms Avril Haines.
President's Blog, May 2026
Posted: 26 May 2026
Hot off the press following the Asia Pacific Chapter meeting in Kuala Lumpur, the President's blog includes a review of the meeting, update on the Annual Meeting in Dublin, news about the new Discovery Working Group and more!
Welcome to our new Fellows!
Posted: 27 Apr 2026
Following the 1st Board of Admissions meeting of 2026, we are delighted to welcome 16 new Fellows to the Academy. Leigh de la Reza (Texas, USA), Brendan Hammer (Illinois, USA), Mark R Arend (Washington, USA), Nadia Shamsi (Illinois, USA), Micaela A Wattenbarger (Minnesota, USA), Mark Hands (England & Wales), Barbara Burr (District of Columbia, USA), Kerri Phillips (Australia), Lindsey Obenhaus (Texas, USA), Pol Martín González Mansilla (Spain), Judge Nataša Plavšić (Serbia), Kristoff Simons (Belgium), Lilla Garayova (Slovakia), Lynn Slaathaug Moen (North Dakota, USA) and Alexander Payne (California, USA).
President's Blog, April 2026
Posted: 1 Apr 2026
The President's blog includes information about Dublin registrations, an update on the recent Global Family Conference in Cape Town and continuing work in Africa and upcoming webinars for the IAFL 40th anniversary.
