Biography
Rebecca Roiphe is Professor of Law and Dean for Faculty Development at New York Law School where she teaches Professional Responsibility, Criminal Procedure, Ethics in Criminal Practice, and American Legal History. She runs the Institute for Professional Ethics and is a co-director of the Criminal Justice Center at NYLS. Professor Roiphe holds a JD from Harvard Law School and a PhD from the University of Chicago in American History. She writes on the history of the legal profession and prosecutorial ethics. Her opinion pieces have appeared in Slate, the New York Review of Books Daily, the Hill, among other popular press on questions related to prosecutors and legal ethics. She has also appeared as an expert on MSNBC Live with Katy Tur, the Beat with Ari Melber, CNN, and CBS News. Before going into academia, she worked as an Assistant District Attorney in the New York County District Attorney’s Office where she prosecuted white collar crime. She is currently serving as reporter for the New York State Bar’s Committee on the Standards of Attorney Conduct, as the liaison from the AALS to the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility, and as a subject matter expert for the MPRE.