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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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