Sayra and Neil Meyerhoff Center for Families, Children and the Courts

Dedicated to creating family justice system reform, improving family courts, and connecting courts to communities.

CFCC has been instrumental in the development of the unified family court system in Maryland and throughout the nation.

Robert M. Bell, Chief Judge, Maryland Court of Appeals

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.

To accomplish this goal, CFCC works to:

• integrate communities, families, and the justice system through community-based programs and partnerships
• promote the concept of a Unified Family Court system
• improve the delivery of legal, social, judicial, administrative, and other services to families within the family justice system

  Latest at CFCC: CFCC's New Name and New Home

  We at the University of Baltimore School of Law Center for Families, Children and the Courts (CFCC) are happy to announce that we now bear a new name in honor of a distinguished and generous alumna. CFCC now is known as:

  The University of Baltimore School of Law Sayra and Neil Meyerhoff Center for Families, Children and the Courts

  The name recognizes and expresses our gratitude to Sayra Meyerhoff, J.D. ’78, M.S. ’04, and her husband, Neil Meyerhoff, for their extraordinary support of the University of Baltimore (UB) and its School of Law. The Meyerhoffs have made a $1 million gift to the capital campaign for the stunning new John and Frances Angelos Law Center. As visionaries, the Meyerhoffs see the new building as an exceptional opportunity to create a state-of-the-art learning environment that can give UB students every educational advantage. We at CFCC also value the ongoing time and expertise Ms. Meyerhoff contributes to the university community. She currently serves on the UB Foundation Board of Directors and the School of Law Advisory Council.

  CFCC will move into the new John and Frances Angelos Law Center in early June. CFCC’s suite will boast state-of-the-art offices for faculty and staff, a beautiful conference room, and fabulous work space for CFCC’s Student Fellows. For more information on the new law building, visit the School of Law’s building site.

• train judges and court staffs in the core competencies of a problem-solving, therapeutic, and holistic family justice system
• educate the next generation of family lawyers through practical experience and interdisciplinary scholarship and courses 

We invite you to learn more about what we are, what we do, and how you can get involved with our work.