Rachel T. Goldberg

Rachel T. Goldberg, Associate Clinical Professor of Law, founded and teaches the Appellate Criminal Defense Clinic and teaches first-year Lawyering.

Before joining Cornell Law School, Professor Goldberg practiced appellate-level criminal defense at the Center for Appellate Litigation in New York City. She represented indigent clients on their direct felony appeals and post-conviction proceedings in both the New York Appellate Division and New York Court of Appeals.

Professor Goldberg received her J.D. from New York University, where she was an Editor-in-Chief of the N.Y.U Review of Law and Social Change. She received her Ph.D. in English Language and Rhetoric from the University of Washington, where she received numerous teaching awards and co-directed the Expository Writing Program. Professor Goldberg serves on the editorial board of the peer-edited journal Legal Communication & Rhetoric.