Dorothy Samuels
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Dorothy Samuels | ||
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Occupation | journalist | |
Notable credit(s) | The New York Times |
Dorothy Samuels is an American journalist and has been a member of the editorial board of The New York Times since 1984. Samuels writes on a wide array of legal and social policy issues. Prior to joining The Times, she briefly practiced corporate law with a big Wall Street firm, leaving there to pursue her interests in public policy and journalism. For four years, Samuels served as executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, the largest affiliate of the national A.C.L.U. In 2001, in a change of pace, she published a comic novel, "Filthy Rich." Samuels is a graduate of Bryn Mawr College and Northeastern University School of Law.