Leslie Denice Labertew
Lecturer

Brief Biography

Professor Labertew is a CSUN alumna whose undergraduate studies at CSUN profoundly influenced her professional and academic career. As a Sociology and Women's Studies major she became interested in the diverse experiences of women and began exploring and working to address systemic discrimination on a local, national and international level, leading her to pursue a law degree. Her work has been focused on issues related to violence against women, women's experiences with victimization and the intersection between victimization and criminalization. She has worked directly with advocates around the world including Scotland, Mexico and India, teaching at the National Law University, Odisha (India) as a Fulbrighter and has testified at the United Nations on the criminalization of survivors of gender based violence. She advised the film makers of the Oscar nominated documentary film "The Hunting Ground" as an expert on campus responses to sexual assault and has worked with policy makers, criminal and civil justice systems, educational institutions and community organizations to engage in the community driven development of laws and policies that impact the lives and safety of women. She uses Critical Race and Feminist Theory as a foundation for her work, and is influenced by Critical Legal Scholars in her exploration of legal systems and their impact on diverse communities. Her teaching philosophy is that classrooms are a place to explore and critique ideas.

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