Rebecca Scharf | William S. Boyd School of Law at UNLV

		Rebecca Scharf
		Lawyering Process Professor


		Phone: 702 895-2356 Email: rebecca.scharf@unlv.edu

		Curriculum Vitae (pdf)

	Education: B.A. magna cum laude, Brandeis University, 1988 J.D., Harvard Law School, 1991

	Professor Scharf earned her J.D. in 1991 from Harvard Law School, where she served as an editor on the Journal on Legislation. Prior to coming to the Boyd School of Law, Professor Scharf worked as a senior attorney with the National Center for Law and Economic Justice (formerly known as the Welfare Law Center) in New York City, where she conducted class action impact litigation throughout the United States, primarily in the area of public benefits law. While there, she won the coveted “Association of the Bar of the City of New York Civil Legal Services Award” for her work promoting economic and social justice through the law. Before working for the National Center for Law and Economic Justice, she worked as an attorney for the Legal Aid Society of New York City, providing legal services to impoverished families in the South Bronx. She has published articles in the areas of legal writing and welfare reform. Professor Scharf teaches Family Law, Legal Research and Writing, and Privacy, Publicity & Defamation.

	Areas of Expertise: Family Law Lawyering Process

	Selected Publications: BOOKS AND MANUALS Lost in the Maze: Reforming New York City’s Fragmented Child Care Subsidy System (with Barbara Coccodrilli Carlson) (Welfare Law Center 2004). Child Care in New York City: Know Your Rights – An Information and Resource Manual (Welfare Law Center 2001). ARTICLES No 1L Left Behind: Tailoring IRAC Instruction to Various Learning Styles, 22 The Second Draft 2, 17 (Spring 2008). Uncharted Terrain: The Intersection of Privatization and Welfare, 35 Clearinghouse Rev. 557 (2002) (co-authored with Henry Freedman, Mary R. Mannix & Marc Cohan). Child Care for Families Leaving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, 34 Clearinghouse Rev. 527 (2001) (co-authored with Sujatha Jagadeesh Branch, et.al.). The Wages of Welfare Reform: A Report on New York City’s Job Centers, 54 Rec. Ass’n. B. City N.Y. 472 (1999) (with Don Friedman). Child Care in the Postwelfare Reform Era: Analysis and Strategies for Advocates, 32 Clearinghouse Rev. 373 (1999) (co-authored with Jo Ann C. Gong, et. al.). --> More Publications (pdf)

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