Family attorney Liberty Aldrich has spent decades pioneering pushes to expand access to justice in NY’s courts

Attorney and former judge Liberty Aldrich has spent nearly three decades at the forefront of fixes in New York’s Family Court system. Now the Executive Director of nonprofit firm Children’s Law Center, Aldrich says she’s ensuring children’s voices are heard in divorce and custody cases, something she’s long been working to direct her natural passion for expanding access to justice in the courts towards.  “My name is Liberty. I have always been interested in justice, and I often say that this was clearly a little bit preordained,” Aldrich said with a light laugh. “Family Law is an under-resourced and underappreciated driver of inequity and also a place where you can make positive change long-term, which attracted me to it.” Aldrich has inarguably created lasting change in the state’s Family Courts. During her first few years as an attorney working at nonprofit firm Mobilization for Youth (MFY) Legal Services, she represented parents in child abuse and neglect proceedings before the