Sarah Lorr is an associate professor at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. Her research focuses on disability and family law, specifically studying the role of disability in the family regulation system, the right to marry, the imposition of guardianship, and broader conceptions of the American Family. She teaches courses in disability law, family law, and torts.
Professor Lorr’s recent scholarship has appeared or is forthcoming in the Stanford Law Review, the Columbia Law Review, the California Law Review, the Oklahoma Law Review, and the Columbia Journal of Race & the Law. For her article Disabling Families, Lorr received honorable mention in the Association of American Law Schools 2024 Scholarly Papers Competition. Professor Lorr is a member of the Academic Advisory Board of the Family Justice Law Center and the chair of the AALS Section on Disability Law.
Prior to joining Maryland Carey Law, Professor Lorr clerked for Judge Joan N. Ericksen, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, and for Judge Boyce F. Martin III, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Subsequently, she was a supervising attorney at Brooklyn Defender Services Family Defense Practice in Brooklyn, N.Y., providing free legal representation to parents at risk of losing their children to foster care. In that capacity, she also represented parents in a wide range of matters related to family law, including termination of parental rights, custody, and family offense proceedings. She has also represented adults seeking to avoid the imposition or continuation of guardianships. Professor Lorr previously taught at Brooklyn Law School where she co-directed the Disability and Civil Rights Clinic and taught doctrinal law.