2026 Virtual MCLE Luncheon

Professor Laurie L. Levenson is a nationally recognized expert in criminal law, criminal procedure, and legal ethics, who currently holds the David W. Burcham Chair in Ethical Advocacy at LMU Loyola Law School. She earned her A.B. from Stanford University and her J.D. from UCLA School of Law, where she served as Chief Articles Editor of the UCLA Law Review, before clerking for Judge James Hunter III on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Professor Levenson spent nearly a decade as a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California, ultimately serving as Assistant Chief of the Criminal Division, where she handled complex criminal trials and appeals. Since joining the Loyola Law School faculty in 1989, she has taught Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Evidence, White Collar Crime, Ethical Lawyering, and Advanced Trial Advocacy, shaping generations of trial lawyers. She is also the Founding Director of the Loyola Project for the Innocent and the Loyola Center for Ethical Advocacy, reflecting her deep commitment to wrongful conviction work and ethical trial practice. In addition to her extensive scholarship, Professor Levenson is widely sought after as a national commentator and lecturer on criminal justice issues, due process, and trial procedure.