Sarah Rigdon Bensinger
Clinical Professor of Law
BA, cum laude, Yale University
MA, University of California Los Angeles
JD, University of California Los Angeles
Background
After Professor Bensinger earned a joint degree in urban planning and law from University of California Los Angeles, she moved to Chicago, where she practiced mainly in the areas of fair housing and employment law with the firm of Robinson, Curley & Clayton. In 1993, she joined the faculty of Chicago-Kent School of Law, where she taught Legal Research and Writing, Family Law and Legal Rights of Children. She moved back to Los Angeles and joined the Loyola Law School faculty in 1997.
Clinical Achievements
- Speaker, CLE sponsored by the Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law, July 2012 “Interviewing and Writing Declarations for the Family Law Client.”
- Panel Moderator, Legal Writing Institute One-Day Conference, December 2011 “Writing Problems: Reflections from the Pros.”
- Presenter, Rocky Mountain Regional Legal Writing Conference, March 2011 “Making Your Writing Diagnostic Do Double Duty.”
- Speaker, CLE sponsored by Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, January 2011 “Clear and Effective Legal Writing.”
- Speaker, CLE sponsored by the Harriett Buahi Center for Family Law, Family Law/Domestic Violence Project of Black Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Bar Association, and Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles, June 2010 “Declaration Writing.”
Public Service
- Volunteer, Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law
Contact Information
Sarah Bensinger
Burns 316
919 Albany St.
Los Angeles, CA 90015