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Adjunct Professor Betty Lewis recently retired from Â鶹ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ City Law Department, where she served as Borough Chief of The Bronx Tort Office for 21 years and as a trial attorney for the previous six years. Professor Lewis has been a staff attorney for the Legal Aid Society and the Center for Constitutional Rights. She is an Adjunct Associate Professor at Â鶹ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ City College of Technology, where she has taught paralegal trainees for many years. She has been a consistent member of the Â鶹ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ City Law Department’s trial advocacy program.

Professor Lewis is a skilled trial attorney who has selected over 100 juries during her legal career. She has tried high-exposure cases for the City and has the distinction achieving total wins in over 75% of the cases she tried, and partial wins in the remaining 25%. In addition to the cases she has tried, she has supervised hundreds of trials and helped a countless number of attorneys develop winning strategies in their cases.

Professor Lewis has been the recipient of numerous awards for excellence, including the following: an Outstanding Achievement Award from the Â鶹ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ City Bar Association, Committee on Municipal Affairs; Outstanding Public Service from Â鶹ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ County Lawyers’ Association; Jane M. Bolin Diversity Leadership Award from the Corporation Counsel; and the Jeffrey D. Friedlader Excellence in Management and Supervision Award from the Corporation Counsel.

• BA, Brooklyn College
• JD, Rutgers University, School of Law-Newark

• Advanced Trial Advocacy LAW 684A

• Outstanding Achievement Award from the Â鶹ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ City Bar Association
• Outstanding Public Service from the Â鶹ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ County Lawyers’ Association
• Jane M. Bolin Diversity Leadership Award from the Corporation Counsel
• Jeffrey D. Friedlader Excellence in Management and Supervision Award from the Corporation Counsel