Professor of Law & David W. Burcham Chair in Ethical Advocacy
Professor Laurie Levenson is the David W. Burcham Chair in Ethical Advocacy at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, California, where she teaches evidence, criminal law, criminal procedure, ethics, white collar crime, and trial advocacy.
She earned her undergraduate degree from Stanford University and her law degree from UCLA School of Law, where she served as Chief Articles Editor of the UCLA Law Review. After graduation, she clerked for the Honorable James Hunter III of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
From 1981 to 1989, Professor Levenson served as an Assistant United States Attorney, where she held several leadership roles, including Chief of Appeals, Chief of Training, and Assistant Division Chief.
At Loyola Law School, Professor Levenson has authored over 250 articles and 13 books. She is the founder of Loyola’s Project for the Innocent, which works to exonerate wrongfully convicted individuals. She has also lectured for the Federal Judicial Center and served on numerous legal reform commissions.
