Writing in the Law with Lebovits

Judge Lebovits has lectured at the New York City Bar Association many times over the years and is delighted to lecture here again on March 13, 2014.

He has been a New York City judge since 2001. Currently in the New York City Civil Court, he previously served in Criminal Court and Housing Court. He is also an adjunct professor of law at Columbia Law School, Fordham University School of Law, and New York University School of Law.

He previously taught for five years at St. John’s University School of Law, where he won the Dean’s Teaching Award for 2007–2008 and was elected Adjunct Professor of the Year for 2009-2010. For 18 years before that, he was an adjunct professor at New York Law School, where he also earned Adjunct Professor of the Year honors.

A faculty member of the New York State Judicial Institute and the New York City Administrative Judicial Institute, he has taught opinion writing to judges, administrative law judges, and law clerks since 1993. He has authored the New York State Bar Association Journal’s Legal Writer column since 2001 and has written Advanced Judicial Opinion Writing (7th ed. 2004) for the New York State Unified Court System.

Judge Lebovits lectured at dozens of bar associations, government organizations, and law schools. Among other honors for his lectures, he received the New York State Bar Association’s award for “Exceptional Contributions to Continuing Legal Education.” He graduated from the Ottawa (LL.L.), Tulane (M.C.L.), and New York University (LL.M.) law schools.