While in law school, Laurie Levenson was chief articles editor of the UCLA Law Review. After graduation, she served as law clerk to the Honorable James Hunter III of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. In 1981, she was appointed assistant United States Attorney, Criminal Section, in Los Angeles, where she was a trial and appellate lawyer for eight years and attained the position of senior trial attorney and assistant division chief. Levenson was a member of the adjunct faculty of Southwestern University Law School from 1982–’89. She joined the Loyola faculty in 1989 and served as Loyola’s associate dean for academic affairs from 1996–’99. She has been a visiting professor at UCLA School of Law and a D&L Straus distinguished visiting professor at Pepperdine University School of Law. Professor Levenson currently leads the following programs at Loyola Law School: Capital Habeas Litigation Clinic, The Fidler Institute annual symposium, and the Project for the Innocent.
CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLES
What Justice Needs Now
Judge Victoria Pratt’s new book, “The Power of Dignity,” should be mandatory reading for all judges in America....
Semipublic Intellectual Sessions: “Redeeming Justice”
A transcript of the panel discussion “Redeeming Justice” — a conversation in the Semipublic Intellectual Sessions, which took place on October 28....
Time for the Supreme Court to Look in the Mirror
Laurie L. Levenson reviews Erwin Chemerinsky’s new book, “Presumed Guilty.”...
How Bad Is the Criminal Justice System?
Laurie L. Levenson reviews Jason Hardy's new book about the criminal justice system, "The Second Chance Club: Hardship and Hope After Prison."...
That Wacky World of Federal Criminal Laws
Laurie L. Levenson reviews Mike Chase's "How to Become a Federal Criminal: An Illustrated Handbook for the Aspiring Offender."...
“We the People”: A Guide for the Perplexed Liberal
Erwin Chemerinsky's "We the People" is a rallying cry for progressives to get out of their funk....
The Patty Hearst Story: Too Bizarre to Make Up
Laurie L. Levenson on Jeffrey Toobin's "American Heiress."...
The Women Who Worked for the Women Who Work
"Because of Sex" by Gillian Thomas pays tribute to the women who fought for respect and equality in the workplace....
Gerry Spence and His Fight Against Power
Gary Spence hates prosecutors. I’m a prosecutor....
Above Suspicion
Laurie L. Levenson reviews Lisa Bloom’s two-in-one book Suspicion Nation....
When Legislators Actually Mattered
Magliocca reminds us that there was a time in America’s history when statesmen actually did their jobs....
Rebels at the Bar
The story of the founding mothers of the legal profession....
