Helen Steinbinder Explained

Helen Steinbinder
Birth Name:	Helen Elsie Steinbinder
Birth Place:	New York City, New York, United States
Death Place:	Butler, New Jersey, United States
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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Helen Steinbinder Obituary (2015) the Record/Herald News. Legacy.com.
2. Web site: Helen Steinbinder in the 1940 Census | Ancestry®. Ancestry.com.
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. https://repository.library.georgetown.edu/bitstream/handle/10822/1041950/res_ipsa_v07_n02_1955_apr.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y FALL/WINTER 1993 Res Ipsa Loquitur - The Georgetown University Law Center Magazine
6. http://www.law.georgetown.edu/academics/academic-programs/graduate-programs/upload/alaboratoryforlegaleducationthegraduateprogramatgeorgetownlaw.pdf A Laboratory for Legal Education: The Graduate Program at Georgetown Law
7. https://www.law.georgetown.edu/news/georgetown-law-magazine/alumni/in-memoriam.cfm Georgetown Law School Magazine - In Memoriam Helen Steinbinder (L'55, LL.M.'56)
8. https://www.law.georgetown.edu/library/collections/archives/upload/Georgetown-Law-Timeline-1870-2010-Final.pdf GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER (1870-2010)
9. https://repository.library.georgetown.edu/bitstream/handle/10822/1041950/res_ipsa_v07_n02_1955_apr.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y FALL/WINTER 1993 Res Ipsa Loquitur - The Georgetown University Law Center Magazine
10. http://www.law.georgetown.edu/academics/academic-programs/graduate-programs/upload/alaboratoryforlegaleducationthegraduateprogramatgeorgetownlaw.pdf A Laboratory for Legal Education: The Graduate Program at Georgetown Law
11. http://www.law.georgetown.edu/academics/academic-programs/graduate-programs/upload/alaboratoryforlegaleducationthegraduateprogramatgeorgetownlaw.pdf A Laboratory for Legal Education: The Graduate Program at Georgetown Law
12. https://www.law.georgetown.edu/news/georgetown-law-magazine/alumni/in-memoriam.cfm 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. https://repository.library.georgetown.edu/bitstream/handle/10822/1041950/res_ipsa_v07_n02_1955_apr.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y FALL/WINTER 1993 Res Ipsa Loquitur - The Georgetown University Law Center Magazine
15. http://www.law.georgetown.edu/academics/academic-programs/graduate-programs/upload/alaboratoryforlegaleducationthegraduateprogramatgeorgetownlaw.pdf A Laboratory for Legal Education: The Graduate Program at Georgetown Law
16. https://repository.library.georgetown.edu/handle/10822/1041875 Res Ipsa Loquitur - About the collection
17. https://www.law.georgetown.edu/news/georgetown-law-magazine/alumni/in-memoriam.cfm Georgetown Law School Magazine - In Memoriam Helen Steinbinder (L'55, LL.M.'56)
18. https://repository.library.georgetown.edu/bitstream/handle/10822/1041950/res_ipsa_v07_n02_1955_apr.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y Res Ipsa Loquitur Vol. 7 No. 2, April 1955
19. https://repository.library.georgetown.edu/bitstream/handle/10822/1041949/res_ipsa_v07_n01_1954_dec.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y Res Ipsa Loquitur Vol.7 No. 1, December 1957
20. https://www.law.georgetown.edu/news/georgetown-law-magazine/alumni/in-memoriam.cfm Georgetown Law School Magazine - In Memoriam Helen Steinbinder (L'55, LL.M.'56)