Lara Bazelon

Lara Bazelon
Bazelon photographed in a garden in November 2015
Bazelon in 2015
Born (1974-02-14) February 14, 1974 (age 50)
EducationColumbia University (BA) New York University (JD)
Occupation(s)Law professor, journalist, essayist
EmployerUniversity of San Francisco
Notable credit(s)The New York Times
Slate
The Atlantic
OfficeBarnett Chair in Trial Advocacy
RelativesDavid L. Bazelon (grandfather)
Emily Bazelon (sister)

Lara Bazelon (born February 14, 1974) is an American academic and journalist. She is a law professor at the University of San Francisco School of Law where she holds the Barnett Chair in Trial Advocacy and directs the Criminal & Juvenile and Racial Justice Clinics.[1] She is the former director of the Loyola Law School Project for the Innocent in Los Angeles.[2] Her clinical work as a law professor focuses on the exoneration of the wrongfully convicted.[3]

She is the author of two nonfiction books: Rectify: The Power of Restorative Justice After Wrongful Conviction (Beacon Press 2018)[4] and Ambitious Like a Mother: Why Prioritizing Your Career is Good For Your Kids (Little Brown 2022),[5][6] and the author of the novel A Good Mother (Hanover Sq. Press 2021).[7][8]

  1. ^ "Lara Bazelon". University of San Francisco School of Law. University of San Francisco. 26 May 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Loyola Project for the Innocent Client Finds New Life Helping Other Exonerees". Loyola School of Law. Loyola Marymount University. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  3. ^ Gross, Terry (July 8, 2021). "An Innocent Man Walks Free From A 60-Year Sentence With Help From A Journalist". Fresh Air. NPR. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  4. ^ Armour, Marilyn (November 19, 2018). "Book Review: 'Rectify: The Power of Restorative Justice After Wrongful Conviction to Find a Way Back'". Juvenile Justice Information Exchange. The Center for Sustainable Journalism at Kennesaw State University. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  5. ^ Bazelon, Lara (April 19, 2022). Ambitious Like a Mother: Why Prioritizing Your Career Is Good for Your Kids. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 978-1-5491-8574-8. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  6. ^ Wright, Jennifer (May 31, 2022). "Millennial men want 1950s housewives after they have kids". New York Post. NYP Holdings. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  7. ^ Bazelon, Lara (May 11, 2021). A Good Mother. New York, NY: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-1-335-91609-9. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  8. ^ Lyall, Sarah (27 May 2021). "Nail-biting, Nerve-shredding Novels That Will Keep You Up at Night". The New York Times. Retrieved 31 May 2022.