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Sarah Katz '93 Receives Pro Bono Impact Award
Congratulations to Sarah Katz '93 who will receive the Pro Bono Impact Award at the Philadelphia VIP Annual Awards on September 17. Philadelphia VIP is an organization whose mission is to “provide quality volunteer legal services and ensure access to justice for low-income Philadelphians.” You can learn more about the evening here.
Sarah is an Associate Clinical Professor of Law at Temple University's Beasley School of Law. She directs and teaches the Family Law Litigation Clinic, where her students handle custody, child and spousal support, adoption and other family law matters in Philadelphia Family Court. She researches and writes about trauma-informed legal practice, the child welfare system, child custody, intimate partner violence, and other family law topics. She also frequently speaks on these topics at scholarly conferences and trainings for attorneys.
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Sarah is an Associate Clinical Professor of Law at Temple University's Beasley School of Law. She directs and teaches the Family Law Litigation Clinic, where her students handle custody, child and spousal support, adoption and other family law matters in Philadelphia Family Court. She researches and writes about trauma-informed legal practice, the child welfare system, child custody, intimate partner violence, and other family law topics. She also frequently speaks on these topics at scholarly conferences and trainings for attorneys.
Prior to her arrival at Temple, Sarah was a supervising attorney in the Family Advocacy Unit at Community Legal Services in Philadelphia, Pa. There, she was responsible for direct representation of parents in civil child abuse and neglect cases; management and training of new attorneys, paralegals and certified law students; policy and advocacy work at the city and state levels; and community and continuing legal education. She also served as an adjunct professor at Temple Law and a Lecturer in Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, teaching “Parent, Child, and the State.” She began her legal career as a law clerk to the Honorable Norma L. Shapiro, Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
