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About Leslie S. Newman

Professor Newman is the director of Cardozo’s Lawyering & Legal Writing Center. She teaches several courses including Elements of Law, Introduction to U.S. Law and Remedies of the Law. Prior to teaching at Cardozo, Professor Newman was managing attorney at Greater Boston Legal Services. While there, she also held the position of senior attorney for housing, responsible for housing law reform litigation. She was lead counsel for the plaintiff class of more than 50,000 public housing tenants in a major institutional litigation case against the Boston Housing Authority.

Positions

2014 - Present Faculty, Writing Program, Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York
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1998 - Present Professor, Yeshiva University, Rabbi Isaac Elchanon Rabbinic Seminary
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1985 - Present Director, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law ‐ Lawyering and Legal Writing
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1985 - Present Professor of Law, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
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1988 - 1989 Administrative Law Judge, New York State Department of Health
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1981 - 1985 Lead Counsel, Greater Boston Legal Services
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1982 - 1984 Managing Attorney, Greater Boston Legal Services
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1981 - 1982 Senior Attorney, Greater Boston Legal Services
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1980 - 1981 Senior Attorney/Counsel, Greater Boston Legal Services
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1978 - 1981 Staff Attorney, Greater Boston Legal Services
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Disciplines

Law
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Professional Service and Affiliations

2015 - Present Reviewer, Writing Competition, Wexner Legacy Heritage Foundation
2004 - Present Communications Chair, Pembroke Associates Council, Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
1995 - Present Vice President, Metropolitan Area Directors of Legal Writing
2010 - 2018 Member, Chilmark Town Affairs Council
2011 - 2015 Mentor, NYC Generation Citizen Civics Education Program
2008 - 2015 Trustee, Teachers and Writers Collective
2003 - 2015 Member, Program Committee, Chilmark Community Center
2012 - 2014 Treasurer, Board of Directors, Teachers and Writers Collective
2008 - 2012 Mentor, Women's Leadership Program Council, Brown University
2010 - 2011 Vice President, Pembroke Associates Council, Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
2009 - 2011 Legal and Community Organizing Consultant, Hunts Point Alliance for Children
1998 - 2007 Member, Employment Committee Board, Enterprise Institute Foundation
2004 - 2005 Consultant, Wexner Foundation International Fellows Program
2002 - 2005 Principal for a Day, PENCIL Program, New York City Department of Education
2002 - 2005 Consultant, Open Society Institute, Program on Law & Society Academic Working Group: Project on Community Lawyering in the Legal Academy
2002 - 2003 Consultant, Anesthesiology Department Writing Program, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
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Honors and Awards

  • Monrad G Paulsen Award (Benjamin Cardozo School of Law, 2017)
  • Point of Light Award (Yeshiva University, 2016)
  • Cardozo Public Service Award (Benjamin Cardozo School of Law, 2011)

Education

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AB, Brown University
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MA, Brown University
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JD, Boston University
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