Lenore F. Horton
Inaugural Fellow, LL.M. Teaching Fellowship Program

Fordham University School of Law
140 West 62nd Street
New York, NY 10023 		Email: lhorton@law.fordham.edu

Experience

Ms. Horton is one of three inaugural fellows selected for the LL.M. Teaching Fellowship Program to teach a seminar of her own design. A former corporate litigator with substantial pro bono experience in issues involving criminal sentencing reform, national security, human rights, and anti-discrimination laws, Ms. Horton now devotes herself full-time to working on International Justice issues.

Teaching

  • Seminar on the Law of Peace & State-building (Fall 2010)

Experience 

  • Associate, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP (recipient of the Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP Pro Bono Service Award) Associate, White & Case LLP

Affiliations

Admissions 

  • New York State Bar
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York

Professional Organizations

  • New York City Bar, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York
 
  • American Society of International Law

  • International Law Association - American Branch

  • ABA Section of International Law
              International Human Rights Committee
              Planning Committee for the Fall 2011 Meeting

Education

  • LL.M., International Law & Justice, Fordham University School of Law Graduated magna cum laude, top 10% 
  • J.D., Howard University School of Law, Merit Scholar and an Associate Editor of the Howard Law Journal; received CJS Award (highest grade in class) in Criminal Law, and in Federal Courts
  • B.A., Howard University, Merit Scholar and President & Head Captain of the Martin Luther King Jr. Mock Trial Team