Student Profile

Lee Ann Bambach

Course of Study:

West and South Asian Religions

Year of Entry:

2005

Areas of Focus:

Islamic law
Muslims in the United States
Law and religion
Religious dispute resolution

Education:

Degree Institution City State Graduation Year
A.B. Brown University Providence RI 1986
Zwischenpruefung Philipps-Universitaet Marburg Germany 1985
Hebrew University Jerusalem Israel 1989
MTS Harvard University Cambridge MA 1991
J.D. University of Georgia Athens GA 1997

Teaching Experience:

Course Title School Role Professor
Legal Systems in the Middle East University of Georgia School of Law Adjunct Faculty
Early and Medieval Islam Emory University Teaching Assistant Richard Martin
The Islamic West: Spain, North Africa and Sicily, 600-1600 Emory University Teaching Assistant Vincent Cornell
Gender and Religion: Global Christian Women's Voices Emory University Teaching Associate Bobbi Patterson

Publications:

Extending Options Under ?? 108(b): It's Not Magic If We Can See Your Hands Move, 30 Georgia Law Review 843 (1996)
Women at the Wall: Finding a Place for Women in Judaism, Church Divinity (1990)

Conference Presentations:

Format Presentation Title Conference Name Conference Date
Panel Enforceability of Arbitration Decisions Made by Muslim Religious Tribunals: Examining the Beth Din Precedent Southeastern Commission for the Study of Religion March 2009
Panel Accommodating Muslim Prayer in the U.S. Public School Southeastern Commission for the Study of Religion March 2007

Work Experience:

Position / Role Institution City State Dates
Attorney Latham & Watkins Washington DC 1998-2002
Law Clerk The United States Court of Appeals - Fourth Circuit Morganton NC 1997-1998
Comptroller S & A Industries, Inc. Decatur GA 1993-1994
Sales Assistant Ziff-Davis Publications Atlanta GA 1992-1993
Development Officer Concilio Hispano de Cambridge, Inc. Cambridge MA 1986-1988, 1989-1991

Practices Concentration:

Core Seminar Paper: A Prayer Room of Her Own? Azizah Magazine and the Issue of Women???s Prayer in the Mosque