Rachel M. Kleinman
Adjunct Professor of Law

NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund,Inc.
99 Hudson Street
16th Floor
New York,  New York  10013
 Email: rkleinman@naacpldf.org
Telephone: 212.965.3709
Fax: 212.557.0565

Rachel M. Kleinman is a graduate of Fordham University School of Law where she was a Stein Scholar for Public Interest Law & Ethics.  She has been Assistant Counsel in the education group at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) since May 2011. Prior to joining LDF, she was a litigation associate at the plaintiff-side law firm, Beldock, Levine & Hoffman LLP where she developed a civil rights practice with a focus on police misconduct and employment discrimination. Prior to joining the firm she was a law clerk to the Hon. Michael H. Dolinger in the Southern District of New York.
Education:
Fordham University School of Law, J.D., 2005

Brown University, BA, 1996