About

Assistant Professor of Law Elena L. Cohen is an accomplished attorney, activist, and academic with a J.D. from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and a Ph.D. in Political Science from the City University of New York. She is the former President of the National Lawyers Guild and has extensive experience in civil rights litigation, criminal defense, and legal support for protest activities. Cohen’s scholarly contributions include articles on the intersection of politics and law and a chapter in "Biopolitics and Utopia: An Interdisciplinary Reader." At Delaware Law, Professor Cohen will teach a wide range of courses including Civil Rights, and Constitutional Law, Civil Procedure, Criminal Law, Legal Writing and Torts.