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Careers in Family Defense Panel
Monday, April 6, 2026 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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![Dark blue background with gold border and white text: "The Family Defense Project, Center for Reproductive Rights & Justice, Abolitionist Collective at Berkeley, and Defenders at Berkeley Law invite you to Careers in Family Defense: Combating the Family Policing System. The family policing system disproportionately punishes and separates families of color, poor families, and families with disabilities under the guise of “child welfare.” Please join us to learn why family defense is public defense and how it offers meaningful work fighting to keep families together. April 6, 2026 | 1-2 PM at RM 297, Goldberg Room." The bottom half of the poster features photos of four panelists: Kavya Parthiban, Staff Attorney Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund; Martin Guggenheim, Professor Emeritus and Founder of NYU’s Family Defense Clinic NYU Law; Allie Goodman, Associate Director of Training Bronx Defenders Family Defense Practice; and Zabrina Aleguire, Dependency Representation Program Manager SF Bar Association. Logos for the Family Defense Project, the Abolitionist Collective at Berkeley, Defenders at Berkeley Law, and the Center for Reproductive Rights and Justice are visible next to the text and in the bottom right and left corners. A QR code with the text "RSVP here!" is in the upper right corner [Link to RSVP here: https://forms.gle/NiuGYtVQjGUCGnXA8]](https://www.law.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/FDP-Flyer-1.jpg)
Please join the Family Defense Project, the Center for Reproductive Rights and Justice, Abolitionist Collective at Berkeley, and Defenders at Berkeley Law on April 6th from 1-2 pm in Goldberg Room 297 for a panel about careers in family defense! Learn why family defense is public defense and how it offers meaningful justice work focused on keeping marginalized families together.
The family policing system disproportionately surveils, punishes, and separates families of color, poor families, and parents/children with disabilities under the guise of “child welfare.” Panelists will discuss the current state of family policing in both New York and California, and the important role of family defense in fighting state intervention and unnecessary family separation.
Space is limited, so please RSVP for the panel here to reserve your spot. Panelists will include Martin Guggenheim from NYU Law, founder and director of NYU’s Family Defense Clinic and leading expert on family law; Allie Goodman, Associate Director of Training, Bronx Defenders Family Defense Practice; Zabrina Aleguire, Dependency Representation Program Manager of the SF Bar; and Kavya Parthiban, Staff Attorney at DREDF. Read full panelist bios here.
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