Panoramica

Leslie Bellwood joined Littler after practicing at a boutique commercial litigation firm in Minneapolis, where she served her clients by creating practical solutions for their litigation matters. Leslie developed her practice by knowing her clients’ businesses and how they could achieve their goals when faced with litigation. Leslie represented clients in a wide array of commercial litigation matters both in court and in FINRA arbitration, where she secured successful outcomes through motion practice, settlement negotiations, and mediations. 

As a law student at the University of Minnesota, Leslie represented clients in the Employment Law Clinic as they challenged unemployment insurance determinations. She also mentored first-year law students in the nationally recognized Law in Practice experiential learning class, for which she now serves as a practice instructor.

After earning best oralist in her Civil Rights/Civil Liberties Moot Court section, Leslie served as managing student director for the Moot Court, teaching students appellate advocacy and organizing the Maynard Pirsig Honors Oral Competition.

Leslie examined cutting-edge arbitration issues as a research assistant for Prof. Mitchell Zamoff and published “Proposed Guidelines for Arbitral Disclosure of Social Media Activity” in the Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution as second author with Prof. Zamoff.

Affiliazioni professionali e istituzionali

Adjunct Professor, Practice Instructor for Law in Practice Class

University of Minnesota Law School

Spring 2025

Member

GOLD (Graduates of the Last Decade) Council, University of Minnesota Law School

Member and Attorney Mentor

Minnesota Women Lawyers

Member

Minnesota State Bar Association

Member

Federal Bar Association

Member

Hennepin County Bar Association

Riconoscimenti

Recipient, Best Scholarly Paper Award

Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) section

Dean's List

University of Minnesota Law School

Recipient, Dean’s Distinguished Scholarship

University of Minnesota Law School

2022

News, Analysis & Press

Proposed Guidelines for Arbitral Disclosure of Social Media Activity

23 Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution 1

2022

Doctors and Diversity: Using Interfaith Literacy and Interfaith Dialogue to Improve Patient Care

Dialog: A Journal of Theology, Volume 58, Issue 3

September 2019

Speaking Engagements

Proposed Guidelines for Arbitral Disclosure of Social Media Activity

Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) section Works-in-Progress Conference, Quinnipiac/Yale

October 2023

Formazione

  • J.D., University of Minnesota Law School, 2022cum laude
  • B.A., Concordia College, 2015magna cum laude with Honors

Foro di appartenenza

Minnesota

Abilitazioni

  • U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota