Leslie Rose

• BS (magna cum laude), Boston University
• JD, LLM (highest honors), Golden Gate University School of Law

• Appellate Advocacy
• Gender-neutral language
• Legal Writing/Plain Language/Legal Language
• Teaching Methods/Law School Curriculum

• Handled death penalty appeals for Office of the State Public Defender
• Former staff attorney, California Workers Compensation Appeals Board
• Board of Directors, Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute
• Past president, National Lawyers Guild, Bay Area chapter
• Member, Association of Legal Writing Directors
• Member, Legal Writing Institute
• Member, California bar

• The Supreme Court and Gender-Neutral Language: Setting the Standard or Lagging Behind? 17 Duke J. of Gender Law & Policy 81.
• E-Commenting: Pros and Cons, 22 The Second Draft 1 (Legal Writing Institute, 2007).
• U.S. Bombing of Afghanistan Not Justified As Self-Defense Under International Law, 59 Guild Practitioner 65 (2002).
• Issue Editor's Note, 58 Guild Practitioner x (2001)

• Appellate Advocacy