Teaching

Courses I teach or have taught in the past


Law, Rhetoric, & Public Policy: This course examines the relationship between rhetoric, public policy, and the law and explores key rhetorical theories, with an emphasis on the constitutive nature of the law. The class investigates ways in which laws are shaped by and help to shape public perception and policy. Students engage in a semester-long research project culminating in a seminar paper in which they apply a rhetorical lens to an important legal issue of their choosing.


Legal Research and Writing I: Introduction to legal research skills and preparation of objective memoranda. Each student is required to research two different legal problems and to prepare memoranda analyzing the problems. Instructors conduct individual conferences after students have prepared draft memoranda. Following the conferences, students revise their drafts into final memoranda.


Legal Research and Writing: Special section for international LLM students.


Legal Research and Writing II: Additional instruction in legal research skills and introduction to persuasive writing and oral argument. Each student must research a legal problem, prepare an appellate brief based on analysis of the issues, and participate in an oral argument. Students again receive individual conferencing on their draft briefs before preparing the final version.


Independent Supervised Research.

 

Interpretation and Argument


Writing about Public Problems


Writing in the Professions