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Sarah Winsberg serves as an Assistant Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School, teaching Law & Capitalism in United States History, Property, and Trusts and Estates. Her research focuses on legal history with particular emphasis on the formation and evolution of legal categories through historical practices.
Educational background:
- Ph.D. in American Legal History, University of Pennsylvania
- J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School (summa cum laude with prizes in employment law, legal ethics, and criminal law)
- B.A. in History, Yale University (magna cum laude)
Professor Winsberg's scholarship examines how historical legal writers and editors shaped legal categories through case labeling and annotation practices, revealing profound transformations in private law. Her work connects these historical processes to contemporary economic challenges including the gig economy and corporate subcontracting models, demonstrating how forgotten legal practices influence modern legal reasoning.
Her publications, including "Contract's Covert Meddlers" (Notre Dame Law Review, 2022) and award-winning research in Legal Ethics, consistently explore the historical roots of economic law and contract theory. These works illustrate the evolution of legal categorization systems and their adaptation to emerging economic structures over time.
Professional recognition:
- Deborah Rhode Early Career Scholar Paper Prize
- Multiple graduation prizes during J.D. studies (employment law, legal ethics, criminal law)
Research support includes grants from the New York Public Library, the Program in Early American Economy and Society at the Library Company of Pennsylvania, and the University of Pennsylvania. Her professional experience encompasses a clerkship with Judge Anthony Scirica on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (2018-19) and prior service as a paralegal in civil legal aid at Legal Assistance of Western New York.
