I am always amazed at my Michigan Law School students who enter uncomfortable spaces and stand up for those left behind. Today, @sarahmlbender rocked it at the Court of Appeals on behalf of a young adult in foster care with severe cognitive delays who the State wanted to make homeless.

Way to go @Bridgette_Carr. Designing a fulfilling life in the law can involve joy and rigor, play and hard work, and impact and a life outside the law.

So disappointed this is the first Vivek to run for president in the U.S. Vivek Murthy would have been my choice. nytimes.com/2023/02/21/us/…

The legal community can and must do better. Being a lawyer is hard enough without the system making it unnecessarily harder.

So exciting to think about all of the individuals and families that will be served by these Michigan Law School students! Yes, learning will take place. But so many lives will be helped.

The dream is when you get to work with friends, produce a great book, and do something that might help those in need. Thank you ⁦NACC⁩ for this amazing opportunity!

So proud of this article I co-wrote with Christopher E. Church. We need to stop the unnecessary destruction of families and let children have relationships with those they love. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.11…

Y'all! Thx Wiley Politics & Policy for limited time access (read only) of the Special issue on Race, Racism and Child Welfare, including "Why abolition" by Dorothy Roberts, a piece by me /w Joyce McMillan, & Ericka François Vivek Sankaran & Christopher E. Church Shanta Trivedi Daniel L. Hatcher

In addition to the L. Hart Wright teaching award, this year the #UMichLaw Law School Student Senate has created three additional teaching awards. Congratulations to the winners of this year's awards, Professors Gil Seinfeld, @mch_tweets, Emily Prifogle, JD/PhD, & Vivek Sankaran! 1/9

The winner of the Inaugural Faculty Award for Dedication to World-Class Clinical & Experiential Teaching, Students, and the Spirit of #UMichLaw is Professor Vivek Sankaran (Vivek Sankaran)! 8/9

Thanks to John Kelly at the The Imprint for giving us the space to share why we believe relationships matter more to children than legal dispositions and why our current approach to child welfare is harming families.

Opinion: COVID-19 changed Michigan juvenile court hearings. They need consistent rules. rssfeeds.freep.com/~/741498116/0/…

Training for the Bergstrom Child Welfare Law Fellowship began today in Jeffries Hall. Led by child welfare law expert, Prof Vivek Sankaran, the training focuses on building community & relationships, learning about the child protection system, and how to serve families within it

Thank you Chief Justice Clement of the MI Supreme Court for sharing your wisdom with the Bergstrom Child Welfare Fellows Michigan Law School. When the best and brightest future child welfare lawyers learn from the best and brightest current leaders, only good things happen!

Thanks for the invitation. The fellows are impressive!

Thanks to the NACC for organizing today’s career panel at the Bergstrom Child Welfare Law Training Michigan Law School. So many ways we can serve families and so many paths to explore. As the panel taught us, the unexpected journey is the gift.

Chief Elizabeth Clement speaking to the Bergstrom Child Welfare Fellows at Michigan Law School about how the Michigan Supreme Court and State Court Administrative Office address child welfare issues. The Chief Justice was invited by Professor Vivek Sankaran.

New 5Qs: Professor Vivek Sankaran on the Courts’ Overuse of Terminating Parental Rights michigan.law.umich.edu/news/5qs-sanka…

Hot off the law review presses -- how the number of kids in foster care in New Orleans dropped 90% without endangering children. (besides the substance, great to work with amazing co-authors Christopher E. Church Vivek Sankaran Melissa Carter and Andy Barclay.) law.lclark.edu/live/files/348…

#EveningRead Professor Vivek Sankaran offers an initial evaluation of one reformed child protection system—New Orleans, Louisiana—and describes how a system that dramatically reduces the number of children in foster care might look. Read: bit.ly/3YtSVdZ