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About Judge Lebovits as Professor, Mentor, Author & Leader

Teaching

Adjunct Professor of Law, New York University School of Law (2012-Present)
Adjunct Professor of Law, Fordham University School of Law (2011- Present)

Teacher of the Year
Fordham Moot Court (Chief Justice)

Adjunct Professor of Law, Columbia Law School (2010- Present)‍

Faculty Advisor, Frederick Douglass Moot Court Competition National Champion

Adjunct Professor of Law, St. John’s University School of Law (2007-2011)‍

Adjunct Professor of the Year
Dean’s Teaching Award

Faculty Member, NYS Judicial Inst./OCA Office Educ. & Training (1994-Present)‍

Adjunct Professor of Law, New York Law School (1989-2007)

Award-Winning Professor

‍New York State Bar Association (1998-Present)‍

“There is no more prolific writer in the State Bar’s history and no member has contributed more to our continued legal education.”

‍‍CUNY Moot Court (Chief Justice)
Lectured to Judges and Bar Associations (Through 2010)
Lectured in China (Remotely) (2020-Present)
Lectured in Qatar (2015-2019)
Lectured in Kenya (2010)
Lectured in Mexico (2013)
Writing for Litigators (Practicing Law Institute) (2023)
Moot Court Chief Justice in Canada

Publications

SSRN World Author Rank: 170/1,689,660 (May 9, 2024)
Commercial Landlord-Tenant Law for New Judges: Written Materials
Small Claims Court for New Judges
‍The Legal Writer: The Last Word (2023) (Book)
New York Objections (2024) (Book)
Improving Civil Justice (2023) (Article)
Small Claims Manual (2022) (Book)
Canada’s Subjugation of Indigenous Communities (2022) (Book Review)
The Legal Writer: Writing it Right (2016) (Book)
Litigating in Qatar International Court (2015) (Article)
The Legal Writer: Drafting New York Civil-Litigation Documents (2015) (Book)
N.Y. Rules of Professional Conduct (2010) (Book) (Contributing Editor)
Ethical Judicial Opinion Writing (2008) (Article)
Introductory Guide to the New York City Family Court (2006)
Advanced Judicial Opinion Writing (2004) (Book)
New York State Suppression Law and Procedure: Mapp, Huntley, and Wade (1999) (Book Chapter)
Judicial Ethics, Law Clerks and Politics (1996) (Article)
Guide à l’intention des accusés (Guide for the Accused) (1999) (Translated Book-Pamphlet into French)

For a complete list of Judge Lebovits' publications, click here

Associations

President, NYS Association of Acting Supreme Court Justices (2017-Present)
President, Board of Judges, NYC Civil Court (2014-2016)
President, NYC Association of Housing Court Judges (2009-2010)
Co-Chair, Landlord-Tenant Committee, NYS Bar Association (2006-2010)
Secretary, Civil Court Committee, NY Bar Association (1999-2001)
First Vice President, Secretary & Treasurer, NY Network of Bar Leaders (1998-2001)
President, NYC Association of Small Claims Arbitrators (1996-1998)