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Leslie Ann Reis

 

Leslie Ann Reis 
Assistant Professor and Director,
Center for Information Technology and Privacy Law
The John Marshall Law School
315 South Plymouth Court
Chicago, Illinois 60604
312.987.1425
E-mail: 7reis@jmls.edu
http://www.lesliereis.com/

BS, cum laude, Syracuse University  
JD, The John Marshall Law School

 

 


Publications

Prior to becoming an attorney, Leslie Reis worked for more than 15 years as a broadcast journalist. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including a Chicago Area Emmy Award for outstanding achievement in editing. She has practiced civil rights law in Chicago and is a past director of the American Judicature Society’s Center for Judicial Independence.

Professor Reis recently served as a member of the federal Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board and the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority Privacy Policy Subcommittee, where she worked to develop privacy and security policies in state, county, and local justice information systems. She is a nationally recognized privacy expert and speaks frequently on privacy and information technology law and policy issues.

In 1996, Professor Reis was awarded a legal fellowship with the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. She served as in-house counsel and wrote extensively on media, information, and technology issues for the Committee’s various publications. She co-authored an amicus curiae brief to the US Supreme Court in the Internet indecency case, Reno v. ACLU, and has published articles in legal publications and online.

Professor Reis joined The John Marshall Law School’s faculty in 1997 as an adjunct professor. She was named director of the Center for Information Technology and Privacy Law in 2000. In this role, she directs all aspects of the center’s Master of Laws and Master of Science degree programs as well as extra-curricular and non-curricular programs. She teaches courses in information law and policy, free speech, privacy rights, legal ethics, and legal analysis. Professor Reis also supervises the law school’s distinguished Journal of Computer and Information Law.

Full Curriculum Vitae

Publications

Professor Reis’ publications include Information Convergence: at the Boundaries of Access, 25 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 585 (Winter 2009) (with Long), Protecting Your Personal Privacy: A Self-Help Guide for Judges and Their Families, Chicago Bar Association and Center for Information Technology and Privacy Law (October 2006) (Editor and Lead Author), Encyclopedia of Privacy, Greenwood Press (2006) (Contributing Author), Forward: It's the Counting, E-Voting Symposium, 23 John Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 485 (Spring 2005), Hippocrates to HIPAA: A Foundation for a Federal Physician-Patient Privilege, 77 Temp. L. Rev. 505 (Fall 2004) (with Ruebner), The Rodney King Beating—Beyond Fair Use: A Broadcaster's Right to Use Copyrighted Material as Part of a Newscast, 13 John Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 269 (1995), Tapping Officials’ Secrets: The Door to Open Government (1997) (Editor & Contributing Author), Can We Tape: A Practical Guide to Taping Conversations in the 50 States and D.C. (1996) (Contributing Author), E-FOIA: Introduction to the New & Improved Freedom of Information Act, http://www.rcfp.org/ (1996). 


 


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