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Prior to becoming an attorney, Leslie Reis worked for more than 15 years as a broadcast journalist. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including a Chicago Area Emmy Award for outstanding achievement in editing. She has practiced civil rights law in Chicago and is a past director of the American Judicature Society's Center for Judicial Independence.
In addition to her academic and administrative duties, Professor Reis serves as a member of the federal Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board and the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority Privacy Policy Subcommittee, where she is working to develop privacy and security policies in state, county, and local justice information systems. She speaks frequently on privacy and information technology law and policy issues.
In 1996, Professor Reis was awarded a legal fellowship with the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. She served as in-house counsel and wrote extensively on media, information, and technology issues for the Committee's various publications. She co-authored an amicus curiae brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in the Internet indecency case, Reno v. ACLU, and has published articles in legal publications and online.
Professor Reis joined The John Marshall Law School's faculty in 1997 as an adjunct professor. She teaches courses in information law and policy, First Amendment, free speech and privacy rights. Professor Reis also supervises the law school's distinguished Journal of Computer and Information Law.
Professor Reis' publications include Protecting Your Personal Privacy: A Self-Help Guide for Judges and Their Families, The Chicago Bar Association and The Center for Information Technology and Privacy Law (October 2006) (Editor and Lead Author), Encyclopedia of Privacy, Greenwood Press (2006) (Contributing Author), Forward: It's the Counting, E-Voting Symposium, 23 John Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 485 (Spring 2005), Hippocrates to HIPAA: A Foundation For a Federal Physician-Patient Privilege, 77 Temp. L. Rev. 505 (Fall 2004) (with Ruebner), The Rodney King Beating - Beyond Fair Use: A Broadcaster's Right to Use Copyrighted Material as Part of a Newscast, 13 John Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 269 (1995), Tapping Officials' Secrets: The Door to Open Government (1997) (Editor & Contributing Author), Can We Tape: A Practical Guide to Taping Conversations in the 50 States and D.C. (1996) (Contributing Author), E-FOIA: Introduction to the New & Improved Freedom of Information Act, http://www.rcfp.org/ (1996).
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