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 an assistant professor of law and 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 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. Leslie also supervises the law school’s distinguished Journal of Computer and Information Law.

Leslie 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 - 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. 

Leslie received her B.S., cum laude, from Syracuse University and her J.D. from The John Marshall Law School.

Her publications include: Information Convergence: at the Boundaries of Access, 25 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 585 (Winter 2009) (with Long), Toward a 21st Century Framework for Federal Government Privacy Policy (May 2009) (Subcommittee Chair, Project Designer, Contributing Author), Protecting Your Personal Privacy: A Self-Help Guide for Judges and Their Families, The Chicago Bar Association and The 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 (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, www.rcfp.org (1996)