Laurie L. Levenson is the David W. Burcham chair in ethical advocacy at Loyola Law School, where she teaches evidence, criminal law, criminal procedure, ethics, antiterrorism, and white-collar crime. She served as Loyola’s associate dean for academic affairs from 1996 to1999. In addition to her teaching responsibilities, Professor Levenson is the director of the Loyola Center for Ethical Advocacy.

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.

Professor Levenson attended law school at the University of California at Los Angeles School of Law and received her undergraduate degree from Stanford University. In law school, she was the chief article editor of the law review. After graduation, she clerked for the Honorable James Hunter III of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Professor Levenson is the author of numerous books and articles, including Police Corruption and New Models for Reform, 35 Suffolk L. Rev. 1 (2001).

Professor Levenson has served as a volunteer counsel for the "Webster Commission" and as a special master for the Los Angeles Superior Court and United States District Court. She has served as a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association Judicial Appointments Committee and Judiciary Committee. She has also served on the board of directors of many community organizations, including Bet Tzedek Legal Services and Levitt & Quinn Family Center.

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. Professor Levenson has been a legal commentator for CBS, CNN, ABC, NBC, and NPR. She has commented on a wide range of high-publicity trials and investigations, including the O.J. Simpson murder trial, the Rodney King beating trial, the Menendez murder trials, the Michael Jackson molestation case, the Scott Peterson murder trial, the Bernard Madoff investigation, the Clinton impeachment, the Robert Blake murder trial, and the investigation of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. Professor Levenson was the 2003 recipient of Professor of the Year from both Loyola Law School and the Federal Judicial Center. In 1988, she received the Attorney General’s Director’s Award for Superior Performance. Additionally, she received commendations from the FBI, the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Postal Service, and the Drug Enforcement Administration.

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