Background
Boudin, Leonard B. was born on July 20, 1912 in New York City. Son of Joseph and Clara (Hessner) Boudin.
Boudin, Leonard B. was born on July 20, 1912 in New York City. Son of Joseph and Clara (Hessner) Boudin.
BSS, City College of New York, 1933. Bachelor of Laws, St. John's University, 1935. Postgraduate (honorary), University Pennsylvania Law School, 1974.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Colby College, 1989.
Bar: New York 1936, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1949, United States Court Appeals (1st circuit) 1951, (2d circuit) 1944, District of Columbia 1951, all other federal circuits, United States District Court (southern district) New York 1939, United States District Court (eastern district) New York 1964, District of Columbia 1957, United States Court Claims 1953, United States Court Military Appeals 1973, United States Customs Court 1956, United States Treasury Department.1962. Legal counsel, Labor Board Mems. War Labor Board, 2nd region, New York.1944.
Visiting professor Harvard Law School, 1970-1971, Yale School Law, 1974, University of California-Berkeley, 1975.
Professor of University Southern California, Los Angeles, 1976. Distinguished visiting professor Hofstra School Law, 1978.
Visiting lecturer U. Colorado, Boulder, 1979. Visiting professor U. Washington, Seattle, 1980.
Visiting professor constitutional and international litigation Stanford Law School, 1985.
Regents lecturer Boalt Hall University of California Law School, 1986. Beijing, Shanghai Universities, 1987. Senior member firm Rabinowitz Boudin, Standard, Krinsky & Lieberman, New York City, 1948.
General counsel Bill of Rights Foundation, National Emergency Civil Liberties Committee, National Emergency Civil Liberties Foundation.
Senior member firm Rabinowitz Boudin, Standard, Krinsky & Lieberman, New York City, 1948. General counsel Bill of Rights Foundation, National Emergency Civil Liberties Committee, National Emergency Civil Liberties Found. Member of American Foreign Law Association, American Society International Law, American Law Institute, National Lawyers Guild, Association Bar City New York, American Law Institute, Marshal Chess Club, Harvard Club.
Married Jean Roisman Boudin, February 28, 1937. Children: Michael, Kathy.