Biography

• Clinical Associate Professor of Law & Director of the Master of Science in Law (MSL) program, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law.
• Website: Northwestern Law Profile, LinkedIn Profile
• Recent News: ASEE’s Prism Magazine Highlights MSL Engineers in Winter Issue, Leslie Oster Being named a 2023 Notable Woman in STEM with Crain's Chicago Business

Experience

Leslie Oster is a Clinical Associate Professor of Law at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law. Before joining Northwestern in 2012, she worked in various administrative and academic positions in legal education. She served as the Dean of Students at Berkeley Law for eleven years and held roles such as Special Assistant to the Dean at the University of San Diego School of Law and Assistant Dean for Strategic Planning at the University of Texas at Austin.

Leslie has taught a variety of skills classes and courses on the courts, including positions as an instructor at UC Hastings, Director of Legal Writing at UC Berkeley, Director of Lawyering Skills at the University of San Diego, and Senior Lecturer at UT-Austin. Prior to her career in legal education, she worked as a city attorney and clerked in the California Court of Appeal. She holds both her law and undergraduate degrees from UC Berkeley.

At Northwestern, Leslie teaches Medical Innovation and works on new academic initiatives, including the Master of Science in Law (MSL) degree, a one-year master’s program for STEM-trained students.

Prior Appointments

• Senior Lecturer, University of Texas School of Law
• Assistant Dean for Strategic Planning, University of Texas School of Law
• Special Assistant to the Dean, University of San Diego School of Law
• Director, Lawyering Skills I Program, University of San Diego School of Law
• Assistant Dean and Dean of Students, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law
• Of Counsel Attorney, Municipal Law, Meyers, Nave, Riback & West
• Judicial Law Clerk, California Court of Appeal

Education

AB, University of California, Berkeley

JD, University of California, Berkeley

Keywords:

Law and Technology, Medical Innovation, Legal Education