Richard Barinbaum

Rick Barinbaum, LMSW, is a clinical social worker, educator,and practitioner. He teaches at the U-M School of Social Work, co-teaches in the Child Advocacy Law Clinic (CALC) and Human Trafficking Lab at the U-M Law School, and consults across several clinics at the law school. Rick provides both local and national consulting on interdisciplinary approaches for families involved with the child welfare system, team building and resilience. His experience spans residential treatment, preventive services, interdisciplinary legal advocacy, integrated health and overnight summer camps. Rick spent 11 years at the Center for Family Representation in New York City, advocating for the rights of parents and youth through holistic, interdisciplinary legal and social work representation.