Leonard S. Rubinowitz

Rubinowitz, Leonard S.

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

Areas of Expertise

  • Law and Social Science
  • Public Housing
  • Local Government
  • Constitutional Law
  • Civil Rights
  • Criminal Law
  • Land Use Planning

Courses

Selected Publications

  • Crossing the Class and Color Lines: From Public Housing to White Suburbia (University of Chicago Press, 2000) (with James E. Rosenbaum).
  • The entry for Earl Burrus Dickerson in Yale Biographical Dictionary of American Law 162-163 (Yale University Press, 2009). (with Marcus Shepard )
  • Non-Violent Direct Action and the Legislative Process: The Chicago Freedom Movement and the Federal Fair Housing Act in 41 indiana law review 663-715 (2008). (with Kathryn Shelton )
  • Race and Gender in the Law Review in 100 northwestern university law review 27-70 (2006). (with Cynthia Grant Bowman, and Dorothy Roberts)
  • Social Movements and Social-Change Litigation: Synergy in the Montgomery Bus Protest in 30 law & social inquiry 663 (2005). (with Christopher Coleman, and Laurence D. Nee)
  • A Missing Piece: Fair Housing and the Civil Rights Act in 48 howard law journal 841-911 (2005). (with Ismail Alsheik)
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Education

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

Prior Appointments

  • Harry B. Reese Teaching Professor, 1993-1994, Northwestern School of Law
  • Research Faculty, 1980-1992, Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research
  • Associate Professor of Law and Urban Affairs, 1975-1980, Northwestern School of Law
  • Research Associate, 1972-1975, Center for Urban Affairs
  • Special Assistant to the Regional Administrator, 1968-1972, Attorney in the Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development