Director of Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation
Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Law and Social Policy
University of California, Berkeley School of Law
2850 Telegraph Avenue, Suite 500
Berkeley, CA 94705-7220
Tel: 510-643-9963
Fax: 510-643-7095
Email Address: slawrence@law.berkeley.edu
Sarah Lawrence is the Director of Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation for the Warren Institute. Prior to joining the Warren Institute, she was the Director of Programs at the Berkeley Center for Criminal Justice. She previously served as the Director of Research for the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety, where she established a research and policy analysis department that provided state-level strategic and analytical support on public safety and criminal justice issues. Before her work in Massachusetts, Lawrence served as a Research Associate in the Justice Policy Center at the Urban Institute. In that capacity she worked to link criminal justice research with policymakers and practitioners. Her primary areas of interest include corrections, prisoner reentry, and community supervision.
Sarah graduated from Cornell University in 1993 and then received a Masters in Public Policy from the UC Berkeley, Goldman School of Public Policy in 2000.
EDUCATION:
B.S., Cornell University (1993)
M.P.P., UC Berkeley, Goldman School of Public Policy (2000)