Ms Weizenbaum attended Simon’s Rock of Bard College where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree. After working as a community and union organizer, she earned a Juris Doctorate at Temple University in 1986. In her first job as a lawyer, Ms. Weizenbaum worked as a Public Defender in Bucks County, Pennsylvania representing people in misdemeanor, felony and death penalty cases.
In 2016, Ms. Weizenbaum and her law partner, Amato DeLuca, founded a non-profit public interest law center, the Rhode Island Center for Justice. Since its founding, the Center for Justice has been fulfilling its mission to protect legal rights and ensure justice for vulnerable individuals, families, and communities through partnership with community advocates, while training and mentoring future public interest lawyers through an innovative fellowship program.