Isaac Borenstein

Biography

Judge Isaac Borenstein (ret.) has taught evidence, criminal law and procedure, and a number of other subjects, both part and full time at several law schools over the past 30+ years. During the 2018–19 academic year, he taught evidence in the fall and criminal procedure in the spring at Brooklyn Law School, where by student vote he was named Faculty Member of the Year and he received the Antonio Seda Mentoring Award from LALSA; he has received 10 other teaching awards from the students at Suffolk Law School and Northeastern University School of Law.

Judge Borenstein is an immigrant from Havana, Cuba and one of his proudest accomplishments is directing and helping to launch an academic exchange between Suffolk Law School and the University of Havana School of Law. He also taught three summers at the University of Lund, in Sweden, under the auspices of Suffolk Law School. He was a judge for 16 years on the Massachusetts Superior Court, the state’s major trial court and six years on the Lawrence District Court. As a judge, he presided over the most complex civil and criminal matters, receiving much recognition and many honors for his work on the bench.

He dedicated much work to improving the delivery of interpreter services in the justice. He resides, primarily, in Brooklyn, NY, where his son also resides.