Leslie Reis is a journalist/lawyer turned professor whose primary professional interests include information technology, privacy, media and First Amendment law and policy.

 

Leslie is currently the Director of The John Marshall Law School’s Center for Information Technology and Privacy Law where she oversees all aspects of the Center’s Master of Laws and Master of Science programs.  She has designed curricula, developed courses and course materials and teaches classes in information law and policy, First Amendment, free speech in cyberspace, privacy rights and legal analysis. She has also conducted seminars in various aspects of privacy law and policy including workplace privacy.

 

In addition to her academic and administrative duties, Leslie is a member of the federal Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board whose mission is to advise Congress and the U.S. Department of Commerce about issues affecting the security and privacy of information in government computer and telecommunications systems. She was recently appointed to the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority Privacy Policy Subcommittee.  Leslie speaks frequently on information privacy and related issues.

 

Leslie joined The John Marshall Law School’s faculty in 1997 as an Adjunct Professor.  She has practiced civil rights law in Chicago and is a past Director of the American Judicature Society’s Center for Judicial Independence.

 

In 1996 - 1997, Leslie served as a legal fellow with the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.  There, she wrote extensively on media, information and technology issues for the Committee’s various publications.  She co-authored an amicus curiae brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in the Internet indecency case, Reno v. ACLU.  Her comments opposing the World Intellectual Property Organization’s proposed copyright protection for databases were published in the Government Information Quarterly.

 

Prior to becoming an attorney, Leslie 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 continues to serve as a consultant for media organizations and recently produced several segments for Chicago Public Broadcasting’s “Chicago Tomorrow” program on science and technology. 

 

Leslie received her B.S., cum laude, from Syracuse University and her J.D. from The John Marshall Law School.  Her publications include Hippocrates to HIPAA: A Foundation For a Federal Physician-Patient Privilege, 77 Temp. L. Rev. 505(2004) (coauthored with Ralph 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, www.rcfp.org (1996),

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