, are gail prudenti, the new executive director of ccfl, and eric lane, who's the dean of the maurice deane school of law. nice to have you both with us. >> thanks for having us. >> so, tell us what the need was that presented itself, if you will, to require this be set up. >> well, from my point of view, system and looking for my next challenge, it was clear to me that there are so many families in crisis who come to the courts at some of the most difficult times in their lives that the center for children, families and the law at hofstra was doing new, different, exciting, innovative things that could help families and could add to and hopefully make it a more bearable experience. >> so, by "bearable," give me an example, for instance. now they have someplace to turn? >> oh, families will come to us or they'll call us and they'll say that they don't want to go to the court system, their best interest is in their children, and they want to get this resolved. and what we do is -- an interdisciplinary with the psychologist from our school of psychiatry and psychology. also, if we need someone from the bus