Professor Frolik is a national expert on the legal issues facing older Americans. One of the founders of the area  now known as “Elder Law,” he is the author, co-author or editor of over a dozen books. He is the co-author of the treatise, Advising the Elderly or Disabled Client (Warren, Gorham, and Lamont, 2d ed. 1999 with annual Supplements), a work that is widely praised by the practicing bar. He is also the co-author of the first casebook on the legal problems of the elderly, Elder Law: Cases and Materials (4th ed. LexisNexis, 2007). He is also the author of The Law of Later-Life Health Care and Decision Making (ABA 2006) and Residence Options for Older and Disabled Clients (ABA 2008). He is the co-author of Everyday Law For Seniors (Paradigm Press 2010).

He has published widely on law and aging issues as well as legal issues faced by persons with disabilities in such journals as the Stanford Journal of Law and Policy, the Arizona Law Review, the Ohio State Law Review, Notre Dame Law Review and the San Diego Law Review.  He has served as Chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association Elder Law Section, Chair of the American Association of Law Schools Section on Aging and the Law, served on the Executive Council of the Pennsylvania AARP, and is an Academic Fellow of both ACTEC and the Special Needs Alliance. He has been appointed a Fellow on the Academic Advisory Council of TIAA-CREF. He has been honored by being named to the Council of Advanced Practitioners of the National Association of Elder Law Attorneys and in 1995 was a Congressional appointed delegate to the White House Conference on Aging.

He serves as a Visiting Professor at the University of Miami Law School’s LL.M Program in Estate Planning.

From 1996-2000, he was the co-director of the prestigious Gruter Institute’s Conference on Law, Biology and Human Behavior held annually in Squaw Valley, California.

Education

• Literature & the Law Seminar
• Employee Benefits

Specialization

Selected Publications

Books

• Lawrence A. Frolik, Residence Options for Older and Disabled Clients (ABA, 2008).
• Lawrence A. Frolik, The Law of Later-Life Health Care and Decision Making (ABA 2006).
• Lawrence A. Frolik & Richard Kaplan, Elder Law in a Nutshell (West 4th ed. 2006). Authored prior editions: (3rd ed. 2003), (2nd. ed. 1998), (1st ed. 1995).
• Lawrence A. Frolik & Kathryn Moore, The Law of Employee Pension and Welfare Benefits (Matthew Bender 2004). Includes Statutory Supplements.
• Lawrence A. Frolik & Alison Barnes, Elderlaw: Cases and Materials (LexisNexis 3d ed. 2003). Includes Selected Statutes and Regulations Supplements. Authored prior eds.(2d ed. 1999), (Michie 1st ed. 1992).
• Lawrence A. Frolik, The Grapes of Wrath: Can Justice Be Found on Route 66?, in Screening Justice – The Cinema of Law: Significant Films of Law, Order and Social Justice, (R. Strickland, et al. eds., William S. Hein & Co. 2006).

Articles:

• Lawrence A. Frolik, Core Values in Conflict: The United States Approach to Economic Assistance to the Elderly, Phoenix Law Review, Vol. 1, p. 325, 2008. In SSRN.
• Lawrence A. Frolik, An Essay on the Need for Subsidized Mandatory Long-Term Care Insurance, 21 Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policyy 517 (2007).
• Lawrence A. Frolik, Challenges of Estate Planning With a Very Old Client, 34 Est. Plan. 3 (May 2007).
• Lawrence A. Frolik, An Essay on the Need for Subsidized Mandatory Long-Term Care Insurance, 21 Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policyy 517 (2007).
• Lawrence A. Frolik, The Challenges of Estate Planning With a Very Old Client, 34 Est. Plan. 3 (May 2007).
• Lawrence A. Frolik, Issues Facing Elderly Americans, American Association for Justice (Feb. 2007).
• Lawrence A. Frolik Mary F. Radford, "Sufficient” Capacity: The Contrasting Capacity Requirements For Different Documents, 2 NAELA J. 303 (2006). Available on SSRN.
• Lawrence A. Frolik, Paying for Long-Term Care, 17 Experience 35 ( ABA Senior Lawyers Division, Fall 2006).  Available on SSRN.
• Lawrence A. Frolik, 'Old Age with Fears and Ills': Planning for the Very Old Client, 38th Annual University of Miami Philip E. Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning (2004).
• Lawrence A. Frolik, Assuring Nursing Home Quality Care: A Case of "Market Failure," 9 Ethics, L. & Aging Rev. 43 (2003).Available on SSRN.

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Awards and Honors

• Excellence in Teaching Award (2008)

• Excellence in Teaching Award (1996)