Laurie Levenson

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Laurie Levenson
Born
Laurie Lou Levenson[1]

(1956-12-07) December 7, 1956 (age 67)[2]
Los Angeles County, California, U.S.[2]
EducationUCLA School of Law (JD)
Stanford University (BA)
Scientific career
FieldsLaw
InstitutionsLoyola Law School

Laurie Lou Levenson (born December 7, 1956) is a professor of law, William M. Rains Fellow, the David W. Burcham Chair in Ethical Advocacy, and Director of the Center for Legal Advocacy at

white collar crime
. She served as Loyola's Associate Dean for Academic Affairs from 1996 to 1999. In addition to her teaching responsibilities, she is the Director of the Loyola Center for Ethical Advocacy. She received the 2003 Professor of the Year awards from both Loyola Law School and the Federal Judicial Center.

Education

Levenson was born on December 7, 1956, and is a native of Los Angeles. She graduated with a B.A. from Stanford University in 1977, and a Juris Doctor (J.D.) from UCLA School of Law in 1980, where she was the chief article editor of the UCLA Law Review.[3]

Career

Levenson clerked for Judge

Central District of California
, where she rose to the position of assistant division chief.

While a federal prosecutor, she tried a wide variety of federal criminal cases, including violent crimes, narcotics offenses, white collar crimes, and immigration and public corruption cases. She served as Chief of the Training Section and Chief of the Criminal Appellate Section of the U.S. Attorney's Office. In 1988, she received the Attorney General's Director's Award for Superior Performance. She also received commendations from the FBI, IRS, U.S. Postal Service, and DEA.[3]

She joined the

Senate Judiciary Committee
and the California Legislature regarding SB 490 (Death Penalty).

She has served as a volunteer counsel for the "

Bet Tzedek Legal Services - The House of Justice
.

Along with Erwin Chemerinsky, she has argued that a "meaningful public trial in the 1990s requires that it be broadcast because few people realistically can attend court proceedings."[4]

Publications and television commentary

Levenson has written books on California criminal law and is a frequent television commentator on criminal legal issues, first coming to fame as a frequent commentator for CBS in the O. J. Simpson trial.[5][6][7] She has written about the ethics of being a television commentator.[8][9]

She has been a legal commentator for CBS, CNN, ABC, NBC and NPR. She has commented on a wide range of high-publicity cases, including the

the prosecution of Dr. Conrad Murray
.

References

  1. ^ "Laurie Lou Levenson Profile | Los Angeles, CA Lawyer | Martindale.com". www.martindale.com. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Laurie L Levenson, Born 12/07/1956 in California | CaliforniaBirthIndex.org". www.californiabirthindex.org. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
  3. ^
    San Jose Mercury News
    . January 26, 2006. Retrieved February 12, 2009.
  4. ^ Cohn, supra, p. 40.
  5. Knight-Ridder
    /Tribune Media Service.
  6. ISBN 0-521-62468-1
    .
  7. ISBN 0-465-03074-2
    .
  8. ^ Erwin Chemerinsky & Laurie Levenson, The Ethics of Being a Commentator, 69 S. Cal. L. Rev. 1303 (1996)
  9. ISBN 0-7864-0502-3
    .

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