Leonard Baynes

Leonard M. Baynes is a professor of law and director of The Ronald H. Brown Center for Civil Rights and Economic Development at St. John’s University Law School. He teaches Communications Law and Race and the Law. Professor Baynes received his B.S. from New York University and J.D.-M.B.A. from Columbia University. Immediately after law school, Professor Baynes served as a law clerk to Federal District Court Judge Clifford Scott Green in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. From 1997 to 2001, Professor Baynes was hired by then-FCC Chairman William E. Kennard to serve as a scholar-in-residence at the Federal Communications Commission. In October 2004, Professor Baynes was presented The Extraordinary Service Award for his teaching, scholarship and service by the Second National People of Color Conference. In July 2006, the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council inducted him into its Hall of Fame. Professor Baynes has written more than 25 law review articles on race/racism and the law, communications law, business law, or the intersection of the three. In 2006, he signed a contract to co-author a communications law casebook with Santa Clara professors Allen Hammond IV and Catherine J.K. Sandoval.