Professor of Law
A.B., City University of New York
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center
LL.M., Georgetown University Law Center
E-mail Address:
Phyllis@ryahyogaandhealth.com Phone: 302.477.2129
Phyllis T. Bookspan is Professor of Law and former Director of the Juvenile Advocacy Clinic at Widener University School of Law, Delaware campus. Professor Bookspan received an A.B. from Lehman College, City University of New York in 1976; a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center in 1983, and an LL.M. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1987.
Following graduation from law school, Professor Bookspan served as E. Barrett Prettyman Fellow and supervising attorney in the Georgetown Juvenile Justice Clinic, from 1983-85. Professor Bookspan then served as Assistant Professor of Law at Delaware Law School from 1985-88; Associate Professor, Widener University School of Law, 1988-1995; Professor of Law, Widener University School of Law since 1995. Professor Bookspan has taught in Widener's International Program in Geneva, Switzerland, and has co-directed that program as well.
Professor Bookspan is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Professor Bookspan teaches and writes in the areas of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Juvenile Rights, Gender and the Law, International Women's Human Rights, and Juvenile Advocacy. She is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Commission on Gender and the Profession, and the Delaware County Juvenile Court Rules Committee.
Professor Bookspan is active in a number of professional and civic organizations, including the Pennsylvania Bar Commission on Women in the Profession, the ABA Committee on Juvenile Justice, and American Civil Liberties Union, Common Cause, Jewish Family and Children's Service of Philadelphia (Board Member and Chair, Adoption Task Force). She is a former member of the Board of Directors of the ACLU of Delaware, and is a recognized expert and media commentator on legal affairs.
Selected Recent Publications Articles
- & Maxine Kline, On Mirrors and Gavels: A Chronicle of How Menopause Was Used as a Legal Defense Against Women, 32 Ind. L. Rev. 1267 (1999).
- A Delicate Imbalance-Family and Work, 5 Tex. J. Women & L. 37 (1995).
Other
- What's So Special About the Fourth Amendment?, Del. Capitol Rev., Sept. 13-19, 1999, at 6; and in Del. State News, Sept. 9, 1999, at 5.
- In the U.S. Supreme Court: Can States Require Drug Tests for Office-Seekers?, West's Legal News, January 13, 1997, available in 1997 WL 8494.