Participant(s) Bio
Steven T. Wax is in his seventh term as the Federal Public Defender for the District of Oregon. A cum laude graduate of Colgate University and Harvard Law School, he was a key part of the Brooklyn, N.Y. District Attorney's prosecution of David Berkowitz, a.k.a. "Son of Sam." Wax and his team are representing seven men held as "enemy combatants" in Guantánamo. He has taught at the Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College, serves as an ethics prosecutor for the Oregon State Bar, and lectures throughout the country.
Laurie L. Levenson is Professor of Law, William M. Rains Fellow, and Director for the Center for Ethical Advocacy at Loyola Law School. She teaches ethics, criminal law, criminal procedure, trial advocacy and evidence. Professor Levenson served as Loyola's Associate Dean for Academic Affairs from 1996-1999. Prior to joining the LoyolaLaw School faculty in 1989, Professor Levenson served for eight years as an Assistant United States Attorney in Los Angeles. She was Chief of Training and Chief of the Criminal Appellate Sections of the U.S. Attorney's Office. In 1988, she received the Attorney General's Director's Award for Superior Performance.
Professor Levenson received her J.D. from UCLA School of Law and her A.B. from Stanford University. She was Chief Article Editor of the UCLA Law Review and clerked for the Honorable Judge James Hunter, III, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit after graduation.
Professor Levenson is the author of numerous books and articles, including California Criminal Procedure (West 2007) and California Criminal Law (West 2007). She has provided legal commentary on several high profile cases, and worked as an expert legal consultant for CBS News, ABC, NBC, CNN and NPR. Professor Levenson lectures regularly throughout the country and internationally for the Federal JudicialCenter, National Judicial College, international bar associations, bar review courses, community groups and legal societies.
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