Ruth Hochberger, with 25 years or experience in legal journalism, was the editor-in-chief of the New York Law Journal for 12 years. A lawyer and member of the New York Bar, she was a criminal defense lawyer for The Legal Aid Society in Manhattan. As the first feature reporter for the Law Journal, she covered trials, court decisions, legislation, law firms, and local legal personalities for the daily professional publication as well as contributing to the National Law Journal. She was the founding publisher of Leader Publications, a division of New York Law Publishing Co., that issues monthly professional newsletters for lawyers. As editor-in-chief, she also supervised the Law Journal’s magazine for young lawyers, New York Lawyer, and the paper’s Web site. She has taught media law and ethics, basic reporting and a seminar on covering courts and trials to undergraduate and graduate students at Columbia and New York University. She blogs regularly on media matters for The Huffington Post. She has a B.A. in English from Barnard College and a J.D. from Boston College Law School.