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| Parent(s) | Anne Roiphe (mother) Herman Roiphe (father) |
| Relatives | Emily Carter (sister) Katie Roiphe (sister) |
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| Alma mater | Columbia University Harvard Law School University of Chicago |
| Doctoral advisor | Amy Dru Stanley |
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| Discipline | Legal ethics and history |
| Institutions | New York Law School |
Rebecca Roiphe is an American lawyer and legal historian specializing in ethics and the history of the legal profession.
Roiphe was born to novelist Anne Roiphe and psychoanalyst Herman Roiphe. [1] She completed a B.A. in American literature and history from Columbia University in June 1993. [2] She was a summer associate at Hill and Barlow,Paul,Weiss,Rifkind,Wharton &Garrison,and Debevoise &Plimpton in 1998,1999,and 2000 respectively. She earned a J.D.,cum laude,from Harvard Law School in June 2000. [2] From 2000 to 2001,she clerked for Bruce M. Selya of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. [2] From January to July 2002,Roiphe was an associate in the litigation department at Wilmer Cutler,&Pickering. [2]
In June 2002,Roiphe completed a Ph.D. in American history from the University of Chicago. [2] Her M.A. thesis was titled Reforming Women:Science,Maternalism,and the Treatment of Delinquent Girls in the 1920s. [2] Roiphe's dissertation was titled Law and the Modern Soul,1870–1930. [2] Amy Dru Stanley,Jan Goldstein,George Chauncey served on her dissertation committee. [2]
From July 2002 to July 2005,Roiphe was an assistant district attorney in the securities fraud unit at the New York County District Attorney's office. [2] In 2004,she married Benjamin Gruenstein,an assistant United States attorney for the District Court for the Southern District of New York. [1] Roiphe was a visiting assistant professor at the Fordham University School of Law from 2005 to 2007. [2] She joined the faculty of the New York Law School in 2007. [2] She is the Joseph Solomon Distinguished Professor of Law and co-dean for faculty scholarship. [3] She specializes in ethics and the history of the legal profession. [3]
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