Marcy Strauss

Marcy Strauss
Professor of Law

Contact Information
Phone: (213) 736-1077
Fax: (213) 380-3769
E-mail: marcy.strauss@lls.edu

919 Albany St.
Los Angeles, CA 90015-1211


Educational and Professional Background

BS, with highest distinction, Northwestern University
JD, Georgetown University

While in law school, Marcy Strauss was a member of the Georgetown Law Journal. After graduation, she served as law clerk to the Honorable James B. Moran of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois from 1981-83. joined the Loyola faculty in 1984. She writes on the freedom of speech and other constitutional issues.


Professional Memberships and Activities

Presenter, "Sexual Harassment and the First Amendment," Federalist Society National Convention, Washington, DC (October 1997)

Presenter, "Sexual Harassment," Anti-Defamation Society in New York, NY


Recent Scholarship

"Understanding Davis," Loyola L.A. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2006)

"The Lessons of Abu Ghaib,"Ohio State L.J., 2005

Panelist on Law and Interrogation in War and Peace, Ohio State Law School, October 29, 2004

"Torture," 48 N. Y. L. Rev. 201 (2003-04)

"Reconstructing Consent," 92 Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 211 (2002)

"Silence," 35 Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review 101 (2001)

"From Witness to Riches: The Constitutionality of Restricting Witness Speech," 38 Arizona Law Review 291 (Spring 1996)

"Sequestration," 24 American Journal of Criminal Law 65 (Fall 1996)


Courses Taught

Constitutional Law, Criminal Procedure, Sexual Harassment, Hate Speech

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