Naomi Oberman-Breindel Joins Northeastern Law’s LSSC/Legal Writing Program as a Social Justice Teaching Fellow

Naomi Oberman-Breindel has joined Northeastern Law’s Legal Skills in Social Context program as a Social Justice Teaching Fellow. Oberman-Breindel previously served for eight years as a public defender in New York City criminal courts.

07.25.23 — Naomi Oberman-Breindel has joined Northeastern Law’s Legal Skills in Social Context program as a Social Justice Teaching Fellow. Oberman-Breindel previously served for eight years as a public defender in New York City criminal courts. For the past two years, she has worked in the Criminal Defense Practice at the Neighborhood Defender Service (NDS) of Harlem; before joining NDSl, Oberman-Breindel spent six years with the Criminal Defense Practice at the Bronx Defenders. As a public defender, Oberman-Breindel has represented hundreds of individuals in misdemeanor and felony cases from arrest to resolution. In this capacity she has extensively litigated various Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Amendment issues in addition to trying numerous cases to verdict.

Oberman-Breindel received her JD from New York University School of Law, where she was a member of the NYU Defender Collective, the Coalition on Law and Representation and a publication editor for Review of Law and Social Change. While in law school, Oberman-Breindel represented children facing criminal charges in delinquency proceedings through the Juvenile Defender Clinic and students facing suspension and expulsion from New York City public school’s through the Suspension Representation Project. Prior to law school, Oberman-Breindel taught academic enrichment and conflict resolution to elementary school students in Brooklyn through the Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility.

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The nation’s leader in experiential legal education since 1968, Northeastern University School of Law offers the longest-running, most extensive experience-based legal education program in the country. Northeastern guarantees its students unparalleled practical legal work experiences through its signature Cooperative Legal Education Program. More than 1,000 employers worldwide in a wide range of legal, government, nonprofit and business organizations participate in the program. With a focus on social justice and innovation, Northeastern University School of Law blends theory and practice, providing students with a unique set of skills and experiences to successfully practice law.

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