Rebecca Roiphe

Associate Professor of Law

Rebecca Roiphe will teach American Legal History, Criminal Procedure, and Legal Profession. Her current research explores the history of the profession and the changing relationship between government, courts, and the individual. She taught for two years as a visiting assistant professor at Fordham University School of Law.

Prior to joining academia, Professor Roiphe worked in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, where she prosecuted complex financial fraud cases. She also worked as an associate at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP in New York, specializing in white collar criminal defense work. While at the firm she received her Ph.D. in American history from the University of Chicago. Her dissertation, titled Law and the Modern Soul, 1890–1930, addresses changing conceptions of the self in the law.