Laurie L. Levenson
Laurie Levenson is a Professor of Law, William M. Rains Fellow and Director of
the Center for Ethical Advocacy at
Loyola Law School in Los Angeles.
Educational and Professional Background
AB, Stanford University
JD, University of California Los Angeles
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.
Professional Memberships and Activities
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Attorney Representative to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth
Circuit and the United States District Court for the Central District of
California
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LA County Bar Assoc. Judiciary and Judicial Appointments Committees
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Bet Tzedek Legal Services
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Board Member, UCLA Hillel Council
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Special Master, Los Angeles County Superior Court and United States District
Court
Recent Scholarship
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Roadmap on Criminal Law (2d Edition)
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California Criminal Law (2006 Edition)
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California Criminal Procedure (2006 Edition)
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Federal Criminal Rules of Procedure Handbook (2006 Edition)
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"RICO Gangs," Nat'l L. J. (July 2006)
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"Rebirth of the Polygraph," Nat'l L. J. A 9 (June 5, 2006)
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"A Delicate Balance: The Exigent-Cricumstances Exception," L.A.
Daily J. A9 (June 20, 2006)
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California Criminal Procedure (2003)
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Handbook On Federal Criminal Rules (2003)
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Detention, Material Witnesses & the War on Terrorism, 35 Loyola of Los
AngelesLaw Review 1217 (2002)
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"Drug Experts," National Law Journal at B11 (June 10, 2002)
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"Stun Belts," National Law Journal at B11 (September 9,
2002)
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"Character Evidence," National Law Journal at B11 (November
2002)
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"Unconscionable Searches," LA Daily Journal at A7 (December
23, 2002)
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"Searches 2002," 24 National Law Journal at B10 (January
21, 2002)
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"Native Son: Prosecution of John Walker Lindh," LA Daily Journal
at A7 (January 28, 2002)
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"Guilty Plea Advice & Ineffective Assistance of Counsel," LA
Daily Journal at A7 (April 22, 2002)
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"Prison Rehabilitation Program Can Require Confession," LA Daily
Journal at A7 (August 26, 2002)
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"Police Corruption and New Models for Reform," 35 Suffolk Law
Review 1 (2001)
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"Unnerving the Judges: Judicial Responsibility for the Rampart Scandal," 34
Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review 787 (2001)
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"Executive Summary: An Independent Analysis of the Los Angeles Police
Department's Board of Inquiry Report on the Rampart Scandal," 666
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PLI/Lit 169 (2001)
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"Cases of the Century," 33 Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review
585 (2000)
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"Working Outside the Rules: The Undefined Responsibilities of Federal
Prosecutors," 26 Fordham Urban Law Journal 553 (1999)
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"The Ethics of Legal Commentators III,I 50 Mercer Law Review 737
(Spring 1999)
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"Sentencing," National Law Journal B21 (December 7, 1998)
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"Redefining the Way Grand Juries Work," LA Daily Journal 7
(August 28, 1998)
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"Battered Woman's Syndrome Used to Argue Traditional Defenses,"
LA Daily Journal 7 (June 26, 1998)
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Free Press/Fair Trial, Chapter in Supplement II of the Encyclopedia of the
American Constitution (1998)
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1998 Treatise Updates, Levenson on California Criminal Procedure
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Roadmap Of Criminal Law (Aspen 1997)
Courses Taught
Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, White Collar Crime, Ethical
Lawyering, Evidence, Advanced Trial Advocacy
