A better way to teach in law school
What if all lawyers had a chance to experience the legal system as the
unjustly accused do?
Laurie L. Levenson, 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 Loyola Law School. She teaches evidence, criminal law, criminal
procedure, ethics, anti-terrorism, and white collar crime. She served as
Loyola's Associate Dean for Academic Affairs from 1996-1999. In addition to
her teaching responsibilities, Professor Levenson is also the Director of the
Loyola Center for Ethical Advocacy. Professor Levenson was the 2003 recipient
of Professor of the Year from both Loyola Law School and the Federal Judicial
Center.
Prior to joining the Loyola Law School faculty in 1989, Professor Levenson
served for eight years as an Assistant United States Attorney in Los Angeles.
While a federal prosecutor, Professor Levenson 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. Additionally, she received commendations from
the FBI, IRS, U.S. Postal Service, and DEA.
Professor Levenson lectures regularly throughout the country and
internationally for the Federal Judicial Center, National Judicial College,
international bar associations, bar review courses, community groups and legal
societies. She also testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee and the
California Legislature regarding SB 490 (Death Penalty). Professor Levenson
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 O.J. Simpson murder
trial, Rodney King beating trial, Menendez murder trials, Michael Jackson
molestation case, Scott Peterson murder trial, Bernard Madoff investigation,
Clinton impeachment, Robert Blake murder trial, trial of Illinois Governor Rod
Blagojevich, prosecution of Anna Nicole Smith's physicians, UCI Medical
Scandal, and prosecution of Dr. Conrad Murray.
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SOURCE: A Better Way to Teach Law School: Laurie Levenson at
TEDxUCLA. TEDx Talks. Published on December 14,
2012. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZldeXyTP3RU