
Sarah Besnoff is an Associate at Paul Hastings LLP in their Employment Law group. Previously, Sarah completed a clerkship in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Sarah is a Lecturer at the Penn Law and the Fels Institute of Government.
She formerly served as the Executive Director of the Fels Public Policy Challenge, a competition she won as a student with her team Closing Schools, Opening Opportunities. In 2015, Governing Magazine named Sarah a "Rising Star" in its Women in Government Program.
Sarah was awarded a J.D. from Penn Law, where she served as the Comments Editor of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review. Her article "May Contain: Allergen Labeling Regulations" was published in the Law Review. She is licensed to practice law in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Sarah also earned a Master of Public Administration degree from the Fels Institute of Government. Sarah graduated phi beta kappa from Barnard College.
A native Philadelphian, Sarah can frequently be spotted giving tours of historic Philadelphia to friends and family.