Leonard Rubinowitz

Professor of Law

Phone: (312) 503-8381
E-mail: l-rubinowitz@law.northwestern.edu

Curriculum Vitae (pdf)

Related Links: Institute for Policy Research | Center for Legal Studies

Leonard Rubinowitz served as a reporter for the American Bar Association's Task Force on Minorities in the Legal Profession. He is currently completing a book on the impact of the Gautreaux v. Chicago Housing Authority public housing desegregation case.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Civil Rights
Criminal Law
Constitutional Law
Land Use Planning

Law and Social Science
Local Government
Public Housing

COURSES

PUBLICATIONS

Recent Publications

Race and Gender in the Law Review, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW, 2006
Social Movements and Social-Change Litigation: Synergy in the Montgomery Bus Protest, LAW & SOCIAL INQUIRY, 2005
A Missing Piece: Fair Housing and the Civil Rights Act, HOWARD LAW JOURNAL, 2005
Crimes Without Punishment: White Neighbors' Resistance to Black Entry, Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology, 2002
Crossing the Class and Color Lines: From Public Housing to White Suburbia, 2000

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EDUCATION

BA with honors, University of Wisconsin-Madison
LLB, Yale University

PRIOR APPOINTMENTS

Harry B. Reese Teaching Professor, 1993-94
Research Faculty, Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research, 1980-92
Associate Professor of Law and Urban Affairs, 1975-80
Research Associate, Center for Urban Affairs, 1972-75
Special Assistant to the Regional Administrator, Attorney in the Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 1968-72