Sarah Katz
@skatzesq.bsky.social
Clinical Law Professor @templelaw. Senior Fellow @StoneleighFoundation. Mom. Family Policing Abolitionist. Family & Trauma Aware Advocate. 💍 to @davidalove.bsky.social
A delightful few days at the #SEALS2025 conference catching up with wonderful colleagues. Highlights included moderating a dynamic session titled “The Scholarship and Impact of Dorothy Roberts,” & participating in the family law pedagogy workshop. Heading home filled with exciting ideas and seafood!
August 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
A delightful few days at the #SEALS2025 conference catching up with wonderful colleagues. Highlights included moderating a dynamic session titled “The Scholarship and Impact of Dorothy Roberts,” & participating in the family law pedagogy workshop. Heading home filled with exciting ideas and seafood!
What if we practiced living in truth, where we understand family policing as nothing but a modern day plantation—reborn in bureaucracy—where the chains are legal, the overseers wear badges, and the lash is replaced with court orders?
June 10, 2025 at 2:38 AM
What if we practiced living in truth, where we understand family policing as nothing but a modern day plantation—reborn in bureaucracy—where the chains are legal, the overseers wear badges, and the lash is replaced with court orders?
New article drop! Corey B Best & I seek to reveal the death-making nature of termination of parental rights thru #truenarratives, arguing sustainable, positive change cannot occur if TPR reigns as a mainstay threat & tool for decimating familial connection journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
True Narratives: Framing Pain, Punishment, and the Lethality of Termination of Parental Rights - Corey B. Best, Sarah Katz, 2025
This essay is written in the practice of abolitionism, to disentangle controlling myths from reality that overwhelmingly stifle expansive and honest discourse a...
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June 2, 2025 at 3:44 PM
New article drop! Corey B Best & I seek to reveal the death-making nature of termination of parental rights thru #truenarratives, arguing sustainable, positive change cannot occur if TPR reigns as a mainstay threat & tool for decimating familial connection journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
What a joy to discuss Decarceralizing and Decolonizing Family Law at #lsa2025 with such a phenomenal group! I could have chatted all day with Corey B Best, Tianna Gibbs , Emily Poor, Lisa Washington, and Jessica Dixon Weaver !
May 25, 2025 at 10:06 PM
What a joy to discuss Decarceralizing and Decolonizing Family Law at #lsa2025 with such a phenomenal group! I could have chatted all day with Corey B Best, Tianna Gibbs , Emily Poor, Lisa Washington, and Jessica Dixon Weaver !
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May 7, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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May 7, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Sad you can’t make it to the Black Mothers’ March this Sunday? You can still support @movfamilypower.bsky.social in getting Black Mamas there! It’s not too late to buy merch or make a donation!
www.blackmothersmarch.com/shop
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My love for Charm City is part of my lineage, but Bal’more owes me nothing after the magic of these 4 days 🦀 🪄 Panel discussion on how law clinics can leverage the movement to abolish family policing ✅ Co-facilitating 3 discussion groups on family defense ✅
April 30, 2025 at 1:37 AM
My love for Charm City is part of my lineage, but Bal’more owes me nothing after the magic of these 4 days 🦀 🪄 Panel discussion on how law clinics can leverage the movement to abolish family policing ✅ Co-facilitating 3 discussion groups on family defense ✅
This was a fun discussion #aalsclinical2025
Erin Miles Cloud @movfamilypower.bsky.social reminds that different localities are in different places with movement against #familypolicing. With @skatzesq.bsky.social Tarek Ismail @cunylaw.bsky.social Baher Azmy @ccrjustice.org Lisa Sangoi @reproaction.bsky.social
April 28, 2025 at 12:58 PM
This was a fun discussion #aalsclinical2025
As this semester draws to a close, I have such deep gratitude for the law students who have joined me on a journey of imagining, creating and learning, which has resulted in the formation of the new Family Justice Clinic at @templelaw.bsky.social
April 23, 2025 at 1:53 AM
As this semester draws to a close, I have such deep gratitude for the law students who have joined me on a journey of imagining, creating and learning, which has resulted in the formation of the new Family Justice Clinic at @templelaw.bsky.social
More great writing from Steve Volk, and not just because he quotes yours truly
www.inquirer.com/news/child-w...
www.inquirer.com/news/child-w...
Inside Philly’s hidden foster care system, where parents ‘voluntarily’ give up their children
Parents report feeling coerced into accepting the agreements: Place the child here, they’re told, or we’ll take them into foster care.
www.inquirer.com
April 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
More great writing from Steve Volk, and not just because he quotes yours truly
www.inquirer.com/news/child-w...
www.inquirer.com/news/child-w...
Important piece by Steve Volk
www.inquirer.com/news/dhs-chi...
www.inquirer.com/news/dhs-chi...
Philly removes neglected children from homes to keep them safe. But they often face worse abuse in foster care placements.
Since the city established Community Umbrella Agencies, or CUAs, they've been sued nearly 70 times for allowing kids in their care to be killed, assaulted, and injured.
www.inquirer.com
April 10, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Important piece by Steve Volk
www.inquirer.com/news/dhs-chi...
www.inquirer.com/news/dhs-chi...
Oh hey, it’s publication day. A pleasure to collaborate with Taleed El-Sabawi on this piece.
www.yalelawjournal.org/forum/deinst...
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Deinstitutionalizing Family Separation in Cases of Parental Drug Use
Through an institutional theory lens, this Essay examines how the family policing system’s historical emphasis on punishment and surveillance resists even well-intentioned legislative changes. D...
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March 31, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Oh hey, it’s publication day. A pleasure to collaborate with Taleed El-Sabawi on this piece.
www.yalelawjournal.org/forum/deinst...
www.yalelawjournal.org/forum/deinst...
Shame on Columbia University Fascism wins. They can have the degree back. Signed, 1 enraged alum
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Columbia University Caves After Threats From Trump
Columbia University agreed to implement a suite of policy changes Friday, including overhauling its rules for protests.
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March 22, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Shame on Columbia University Fascism wins. They can have the degree back. Signed, 1 enraged alum
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Pro-tip for university administrators: when the government illegally cancels your grants, your first response shouldn't be "you kind of have a point."
Email from Columbia President Armstrong makes clear that admin still has no idea what it’s dealing with. No amount of “serious action to combat antisemitism” (read: punish Palestine activists) will satisfy the Nazis. They see universities as an enemy institution to crush underfoot.
March 8, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Pro-tip for university administrators: when the government illegally cancels your grants, your first response shouldn't be "you kind of have a point."
Hot off the press from @davidalove.bsky.social
February 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Hot off the press from @davidalove.bsky.social
Today was the most amazing day. Kudos to April Lee & Yalonda Houston on a phenomenal launch event for Philly Voice for Change! Such amazing energy & so ready for the work ahead.
February 22, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Today was the most amazing day. Kudos to April Lee & Yalonda Houston on a phenomenal launch event for Philly Voice for Change! Such amazing energy & so ready for the work ahead.
Care about building community power & radical change to how systems impact families? Come see what April Lee & Yalonda Houston are building here in Philly at the official launch of Philly Voice. Not too late to join us Friday!
www.eventbrite.com/e/its-our-ti...
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It's Our Time: How The Community Overcomes Systemic Injustices
Our Community has a sense of urgency and ownership although, we show resiliency, It is important to join us on our journey toward justice!
www.eventbrite.com
February 18, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Care about building community power & radical change to how systems impact families? Come see what April Lee & Yalonda Houston are building here in Philly at the official launch of Philly Voice. Not too late to join us Friday!
www.eventbrite.com/e/its-our-ti...
www.eventbrite.com/e/its-our-ti...
Writing this piece in solidarity with Corey B Best was more than a collaborarive writing exercise, it was a deep and demonstrative dive into the practice of abolitionism, and a clarion call for naming family policing as a structural expression of anti-Blackness.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
True Narratives: Framing Pain, Punishment, and the Lethality of Termination of Parental Rights
This essay is written in the practice of abolitionism, to disentangle controlling myths from reality that overwhelmingly stifle expansive and honest discourse a
papers.ssrn.com
February 12, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Writing this piece in solidarity with Corey B Best was more than a collaborarive writing exercise, it was a deep and demonstrative dive into the practice of abolitionism, and a clarion call for naming family policing as a structural expression of anti-Blackness.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Have you made plans to join us in just 11 days at @templelaw.bsky.social for Philly Voice for Change’s official launch? You won’t want to miss this.
www.eventbrite.com/e/its-our-ti...
www.eventbrite.com/e/its-our-ti...
It's Our Time: How The Community Overcomes Systemic Injustices
Our Community has a sense of urgency and ownership although, we show resiliency, It is important to join us on our journey toward justice!
www.eventbrite.com
February 10, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Have you made plans to join us in just 11 days at @templelaw.bsky.social for Philly Voice for Change’s official launch? You won’t want to miss this.
www.eventbrite.com/e/its-our-ti...
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