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The inaugural holder of The Darald and Juliet Libby Chair, Professor Emeritus Sanford N. Katz joined the Boston College Law School faculty in 1968 and taught Family Law and Contracts. The Darald and Juliet Libby Chair is in honor of Michael G. Pierce, S.J.

Professor Katz has served as Chairman of the Family Law Section of the American Bar Association, President of the International Society of Family Law and Editor-in Chief of the Family Law Quarterly. He is a member of various editorial boards of journals and, in addition to his published articles and books, has been the chief drafter of model child welfare legislation for the federal government. He is a Special Contributor and Consultant for Law for the Fourth Edition of The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language published by Houghton Mifflin Company.

Professor Katz clerked for Chief Judge Marvin Jones, U. S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, in 1958-59.