JUSTICE AS TRAUMA SUMMIT

April 7-9, 2026 at The Westin Bayshore | Vancouver, BC

Professor Sarah Katz

Professor Sarah Katz (she/her) is a Clinical Professor of Law at Temple University Beasley School of Law and a Senior Fellow with the Stoneleigh Foundation. She directs the Family Justice Clinic, advocating for families affected by state intervention. Her scholarship focuses on family policing abolition, anti-racist, trauma-aware legal education, and family law.

Previously, she was a supervising attorney at Community Legal Services and has taught at Temple Law and the University of Pennsylvania Law School. She served as a law clerk to Judge Norma L. Shapiro. Katz is active in legal organizations and is Vice-Chair of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s Juvenile Court Rules Committee. She earned her J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 2003 and her B.A. from Columbia University in 1997.

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