Professor Michael A. Saini is a full professor at the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work and cross-appointed with the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto (Associate Professor). He holds the endowed Factor-Inwentash Chair in Law and Social Work and is the Co-Director of the combined J.D. / M.S.W. program. Prof. Saini has over 200 publications, including books, published articles, and book chapters that address the well-being of children and their families in systems governed by law, especially family law and child welfare. In 2022, he was contracted by the Department of Justice Canada to explore child support and related matters across Canada. Professor Saini is the President of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC), a Board Member of Access for Parents and Children of Ontario (APCO), Family Mediation Canada (FMC), and the Canadian Coalition of the Rights of the Child (CCRC). He is also an Associate Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers. In 2019, he was awarded the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts’ Stanley Cohen Distinguished Research Award, sponsored by the Oregon Family Institute, and he was awarded the Meyer Elkin Essay from the Family Court Review in 2018 and 2024.