Helen Steinbinder

Helen E. Steinbinder (1923 – 2 July 2015) was the first female professor of Law at the Georgetown University.[1]

Helen Steinbinder
Born
Helen Elsie Steinbinder

1923 (age 97–98)
New York City, New York, United States
DiedJuly 2, 2015(2015-07-02) (aged 91–92)
Butler, New Jersey, United States
NationalityAmerican
OccupationProfessor of Law
Years active1957-1988
Known forFirst female professor at Georgetown Law School

Life

She was born as Helen Elsie Steinbinder in New York City, New York, to a middle class family. Her parents were Charles Steinbinder, an upholsterer and Mary Benis. They came from Hungary to the United States.[2]

She graduated in Manhattanville College. After that she continued her education at the Columbia University where she achieved a Masters of Library Science degree. Then she graduated with a Doctorate of Law from Georgetown University Law School in 1954.[3] [4] [5] She was part of the first female class where she and Katherine Rutherford Keener were the first women in the so called "afternoon class" 1952-1953 to receive a Juris Doctor degree.[6][7] Helen Steinbinder and Mabel Dole Haden were the first women to receive a Master of Law (LL.M.) degree in 1956.[8] [9][10]

She then went on to be the first female Law Professor at Georgetown Law School teaching her first course in 1957.[11][12] [13] [14] [15] She taught classes in real estate and property and worked also as a faculty adviser for Res Ipsa Loquitur (since 1994 as Georgetown Law Journal)[16] - a student newspaper and alumni magazine of Georgetown University.[17][18][19] She retired in 1988 and died on 2 July 2015.[20]

Personal life

She lived most of her life in Butler, New Jersey, where she was a supporter of St. Anthony Church School.

Sources
  • U.C. Davis law review (2002), Volume 36, Edition 1-3 - University of California
  • Alumni Notes (1947), Volumes 8-9 - University of Michigan. Dept. of Library Science

References
  3. [http://wlh.law.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/small-womtimeline.pdf WOMEN & THE LAW TIME LINE (1619 - 1998) - Women's Legal History
  4. 15 Years of Advocacy for Women: Women & the Law, COHEN, MILSTEIN, HAUSFELD & TOLL, P.L.L.C., nd.
  5. FALL/WINTER 1993 Res Ipsa Loquitur - The Georgetown University Law Center Magazine
  6. A Laboratory for Legal Education: The Graduate Program at Georgetown Law
  7. Georgetown Law School Magazine - In Memoriam Helen Steinbinder (L'55, LL.M.'56)
  8. GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER (1870-2010) - Georgetown University
  9. FALL/WINTER 1993 Res Ipsa Loquitur - The Georgetown University Law Center Magazine
  10. A Laboratory for Legal Education: The Graduate Program at Georgetown Law
  11. A Laboratory for Legal Education: The Graduate Program at Georgetown Law
  12. Georgetown Law School Magazine - In Memoriam Helen Steinbinder (L'55, LL.M.'56)
  13. [http://wlh.law.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/small-womtimeline.pdf WOMEN & THE LAW TIME LINE (1619 - 1998) - Women's Legal History
  14. FALL/WINTER 1993 Res Ipsa Loquitur - The Georgetown University Law Center Magazine
  15. A Laboratory for Legal Education: The Graduate Program at Georgetown Law - Georgetown University
  16. Res Ipsa Loquitur - About the collection
  17. Georgetown Law School Magazine - In Memoriam Helen Steinbinder (L'55, LL.M.'56)
  18. Res Ipsa Loquitur Vol. 7 No. 2, April 1955, Georgetown University
  19. Res Ipsa Loquitur Vol.7 No. 1, December 1957
  20. Georgetown Law School Magazine - In Memoriam Helen Steinbinder (L'55, LL.M.'56)
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