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Sarah Perry

 Sarah Parshall Perry is Vice President and Senior Legal Fellow at Defending Education. Former Senior Counsel at the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, and former Senior Legal Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, she focuses on parental rights, civil rights, and constitutional law. Perry chairs the Federalist Society’s Education Law executive committee, is a Trustee of Florida Gulf Coast University, and is the mother of 3 children.

Articles by Sarah Perry

Jun 19, 2026 ·

From Courtrooms to Classrooms

For most Americans, the American Bar Association is merely a professional guild that publishes ethics opinions, hosts conferences, and occasionally weighs in on public policy. But in legal education, the…