Helen Steinbinder

Helen Steinbinder
Born	Helen Elsie Steinbinder 1923 (age 94–95) New York City, New York, United States
Died	July 2, 2015(2015-07-02) (aged 91–92) Butler, New Jersey, United States
Nationality	American
Occupation	Professor of Law
Years active	1957-1988
Known for	First female professor at Georgetown Law School

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

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