Jeffrey Leslie

Commercial real estate, Affordable housing law, Policy, negotiations, and transactional lawyering skills

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Professional Experience

Clinical Professor of Law: The University of Chicago Law School; 2008 - Current; Director of Clinical and Experiential Learning, 2013-present; Paul J. Tierney Director, Housing Initiative, 2008-presentFaculty Director of Curriculum, 2008-present; Co-Director of the Kreisman Initiative on Housing Law and Policy, 206-2019; Acting Associate Dean for Clinical and Experiential Learning, 2011-2013; Associate Clinical Professor of Law, 2005-2008; Director, Chicago Project on Animal Treatment Principles, 2004-2007; Assistant Clinical Professor of Law, 2002-2005.

Assistant Corporation Counsel, Finance and Economic Development Division: City of Chicago Department of Law; 1998 - 2002

Law Clerk to Judge Joel M. Flaum: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit; 1997 - 1998

Research Assistant in Medical Ethics & Health Policy, Chicago, IL: American Medical Association; 1992 - 1994

Education

Yale Law School: J.D.; Honors: Margaret Gruter Prize for best paper on law and ethology, biology, and related behavioral sciences.; Activities: Notes editor, Yale Law Journal; Articles Selection Committee, Yale Law and Policy Review; Student Director, Housing & Community Development Clinic.