Dedicated to transforming the family justice system, improving family courts, and connecting courts to communities
Associate Professor of Law Barbara Babb Named Director of Nation’s First Post-J.D. Certificate in Family Law
University of Baltimore School of Law Dean Ronald Weich named Associate Professor of Law Barbara Babb the director of the nation’s first Post-J.D. Certificate in Family Law, which began in fall 2017. This innovative program is designed to meet a critical need for an enhanced and in-depth family law curriculum. It exemplifies the UB School of Law’s commitment to cutting-edge offerings in family law and to family law education reform.
CFCC Director Barbara Babb publishes journal entries as Editor-in-Chief of the Family Court Review
In the January issue of the Family Court Review, a quarterly journal published by Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, CFCC Founder & Director Barbara Babb writes her first “Editorial Notes” as Editor-in-Chief of the publication. In addition, Professor Babb has published an article in the January issue, “Another Look at the Need for Family Law Education Reform: One Law School’s Innovations.” The piece examines how the University of Baltimore School of Law has implemented many reforms in family law education, including the development of its new Post-J.D. Certificate in Family Law.
Welcome to the Sayra and Neil Meyerhoff Center for Families, Children and the Courts. We are committed to ensure that the practice of family law in Maryland, nationally, and around the world improves the lives of families and the health of communities.
CFCC advocates the use of therapeutic jurisprudence, the understanding that the law has an effect on behavior, emotions and mental health. We support a holistic approach to problem-solving in family law matters.
CFCC primary goals are to:
- Deliver cutting-edge family law education by engaging law students in real-life learning opportunities
- Promote the development of unified family courts to provide children and families with a single court system with comprehensive subject-matter jurisdiction
- Improve the delivery of legal, social, judicial, administrative and other services within the family justice system, including evaluating family court systems
- Develop training programs and tools for judges, court staff and attorneys to build their understanding of the complex issues underlying family law proceedings
- Support school success for children by bringing together judges, attorneys, law students and other members of the legal community to improve school attendance, reform school discipline practices and protect legal rights for children in school
We invite you to learn more about what we are, what we do, and how you can get involved with our work.