Legal Research and Writing Scholarship and Presentations

Selected Faculty Publications [top]

  • Linda Anderson, Incorporating Adult Learning Theory into Law School Classrooms: Small Steps Leading to Large Results, 5 Appalachian L.J. 527 (2006).
  • Brooke J. Bowman, The ALWD Companion: A Citation Practice Book (Aspen Publishers 2014).
  • Brooke J. Bowman, Research Across the Curriculum: The Road Must Continue Beyond the First Year, 61 Okla. L. Rev. 503 (2009).
  • Catherine Cameron, Teaching Every Student: A Demonstration Lesson That Adapts Instruction to Students' Learning Styles, 17 Persps. 161 (Spring 2009) (with Jeff Minneti).
  • Catherine Cameron, Using Student Learning Preferences to Compare and Contrast Objective Memo Writing with Essay Exam Writing, 22 Second Draft 10 (Spring 2008) (with Jeff Minneti).
  • Catherine Cameron & Lance Long, The Science Behind the Art of Legal Writing (Carolina Academic Press 2015).
  • Kirsten K. Davis, Rhetorical Criticism as Essential Legal Skill: Some Thoughts on Developing Lawyers as "Public Citizens," 16 Comm. L. Rev. (2016).
  • Kirsten K. Davis, The First-Year Legal Writing Course: Praxis is Pivotal, 28( (1) Second Draft 2 (Spring 2015).
  • Kirsten K. Davis, "Reports of My Death Are Greatly Exaggerated": Reading and Writing Objective Memoranda in a Mobile Computing Age, 92 Oregon L. Rev. 271 (2014).
  • Kirsten K. Davis, Inspecting, Not Just Expecting: Florida Supreme Court Adopts Code for Resolving Professionalism Complaints, AALS Professional Responsibility Section Newsletter (Fall 2013).
  • Kirsten K. Davis, My Legal Writing: Memos (iPhone, iPad, 2016).
  • Kirsten K. Davis, My Legal Writing: The Four Techniques (iPhone, iPad, 2016).
  • Kirsten K. Davis, Work and Family Identities in Regulatory Rulemaking: A Rhetorical Analysis of the Family and Medical Leave Act Regulatory Rulemaking Process (Dissertation, Ariz. St. Univ. 2012) (available on ProQuest Dissertations and Theses).
  • Kirsten K. Davis, Assessing Aspiration: Florida Bar Exam to Test Professionalism Guidelines, AALS Professional Responsibility Section Newsletter (Spring 2011).
  • Kirsten K. Davis, Legal Forms as Rhetorical Transaction: Competency in the Context of Information and Efficiency, 79 U.M.K.C. L. Rev. 1 (2011).
  • Kirsten K. Davis, Commenting and Conversation, 22 Second Draft 14 (Fall 2007).
  • Kirsten K. Davis, The Rhetoric of Accommodation: Considering the Language of Work-Family Discourse, 4 U. St. Thomas L.J. 530 (2007).
  • Kirsten K. Davis, Building Credibility in the Margins: An Ethos-Based Perspective on Commenting on Student Papers, 12 Leg. Writing 71 (2006).
  • Kirsten K. Davis, Take the Lime and the Apple and Mix'em all Up, 20 Second Draft 13 (August 2005).
  • Kirsten K. Davis, Designing and Using Peer Review in a First-Year Legal Research and Writing Course, 9 Leg. Writing 667 (2003).
  • Kelly M. Feeley, Hear a Song--Write a Wrong, Poor Grammar in Song Lyrics: An Old and New Enemy to Clear and Succinct Legal Writing, 2008 Scrivener 4.
  • Royal C. Gardner, Incorporating Law into First-Year Research and Writing, 42 Environmental L. Reptr.___ (2012).
  • Royal C. Gardner, Lawyers, Swamps, and Money: U.S. Wetland Law, Policy, and Politics (Island Press 2011) (includes a chapter on advocacy).
  • Royal C. Gardner (with Darby Dickerson), Advancing Environmental Education Through Moot Court, 1 Int'l J. Envtl. Consumerism 63 (2005).
  • Lance Long, Is There Any Science Behind the Art of Legal Writing?, 16 Univ. of Wyoming L. Rev. 287 (2016).
  • Lance Long, When Justices Subconsciously Attack: The Theory of Argumentative Threat and the Supreme Court, 91 Ore. Law. Rev. 933 (2013) (with William F. Christensen).
  • Lance N. Long, Does the Readability of Your Appellate Brief Affect Your Chance of Winning an Appeal?--An Analysis of Readability in Appellate Briefs and Its Correlation with Success on Appeal, 12 J. App. Pract. & Process 145 (2011) (with William F. Christensen).
  • Lance N. Long, Clearly Using Intensifiers Is Very Bad--Or Is It? 45 Idaho L. Rev. 171 (2008) (with William F. Christensen).
  • Jason S. Palmer, The Millennials Are Coming! Improving Self-Efficacy in Law Students Through Universal Design in Learning, 63 Cleveland St. L. Rev. 675 (2015).
  • Ann Piccard, Teaching to Different Levels of Experience: What I Learned from Working with Experienced Writers from Different Fields, 17 Persps. 115 (2009).
  • Stephanie A. Vaughan, Persuasion Is an Art...But It Is Also an Invaluable Tool in Advocacy, 61 Baylor L. Rev. 101 (2009).

Selected Faculty Presentations, 2012-2014 [top]

  • Brooke J. Bowman, I Have Only Written Memos and Briefs, and You Want Me to Write A What?! A Law Review Article?, Biennial Legal Writing Institute, July 2016.
  • Brooke J. Bowman, Other Voices, Other Rooms: Using MBTI to Manage Advocacy Teams, Educating Advocates: Teach Advocacy Skills Conference, May 2016.
  • Brooke J. Bowman, Fantastic Five-Minute Fundamentals: Teaching and Reinforcing Research Skills in Five Minutes, Legal Writing Institute Biennial Conference, Philadelphia, PA, June 2014 (co-presented).
  • Brooke J. Bowman, Writing a Seminar Paper in Bite-Size Pieces, Southeast Regional Legal Writing Conference, Gulfport, FL, April 2014.
  • Brooke J. Bowman, Polishing for Professionals, Legal Writing Institute One-Day Workshops, Fort Lauderdale, FL & Villanova, PA, December 2012.
  • Catherine Cameron, Kirsten Davis & Lance Long, Scholarship: Who Are We Now? Legal Writing Scholarship in Today's Academy, Biennial Legal Writing Institute Conference, July 2016.
  • Catherine Cameron, The Science Behind the Art of International Legal Research and Writing, Global Legal Skills Conference 2016.
  • Catherine J. Cameron, The Impact of the iPad on the Classroom: How to Enrich Student Learning by Embracing New Technology, Capital Area Legal Writing Conference, Washington, D.C., April 2012.
  • Kirsten K. Davis, Rhetorical Criticism as Essential Lawyering Skill: Developing Lawyers as “Special Public Citizens,” Biennial Rhetoric Society of America Conference, May 2016.
  • Kirsten K. Davis, Legal Writing Scholarship and Scholarship Issues Unique to Legal Writing Faculty, AALS New Teachers' Conference, June 2015 (with Kris Tiscione).
  • Kirsten K. Davis Law is Rhetoric: A Guide to Using Rhetoric to Teach and Write About the Law, Legal Writing Institute Biennial Conference, Philadelphia, PA, June 2014 (with Julie Oseid and Kristen Tiscione).
  • Kirsten K. Davis, The Lawyer, Speaking (In Public): Rhetorical Constructions of Lawyer Identity in First Amendment Cases, Democracy in America: Participation and Social Justice Conference, Deland, FL, and Association for the Study of Law, Culture, and the Humanities Conference, Charlottesville, VA, March 2014.
  • Kirsten K. Davis, Designing the Trial and Appellate Brief Problem, Stetson Virtual Legal Writing Conference Webinar, November 2013.
  • Kirsten K. Davis, Legal Writing Pedagogy, AALS Workshop for Beginning Legal Writing Teachers, Washington, D.C., June 2013.
  • Kirsten K. Davis, Everything Old Is New Again, Maybe: How Should Programs Teach the Interoffice Predictive Memo? Association of Legal Writing Directors Biennial Conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June 2013 (co-presented).
  • Lance N. Long, Environmental Advocacy Through Document Design, Public Interest Environmental Law Conference, March 2017.
  • Lance Long, Implicit Bias in Teaching Legal Writing, LWI One-Day Workshop, Lewis & Clark College of Law, December 2016.
  • Lance Long and Royal Gardner, Incorporating Environmental Law Into First-Year Research and Writing, 2013 American Association of Law Schools Annual Meeting, New York, NY, January 2014 (poster presentation).
  • Lance N. Long, Subject-Matter Specialties in Legal Writing: A Three-Dimensional Approach to Legal Writing Pedagogy, Legal Writing Institute National Conference, June 2014.
  • Lance N. Long, Choose Your Words Carefully: What We Know About the Language of Persuasion, Southeastern Regional Legal Writing Conference, Saturday, April 2014.
  • Lance N. Long, Environmental Course Initiatives: Protocols for Student Innovation in University Course Offerings (co-presented with Stetson and Boston College law students), Public Interest Environmental Law Conference, March 2014.
  • Jason S. Palmer, Cross-Cultural Lawyering: Recognizing Diversity in Our Attorney-Client Communications, Southeast Regional Legal Writing Conference, Gulfport, Florida, April 2017 (panelist).
  • Jason S. Palmer, Panelist, Nurturing Excellence in Our Most Gifted Students: Helping Students Thrive in College: Improving Self-Efficacy in Gifted Millennial Students in Higher Education, 34th Annual National Conference on Law and Higher Education, Orlando, Florida, February 2013.
  • Stephanie Vaughan, Advocacy Teacher Training, Buffalo Law School, August 2014.
  • Stephanie Vaughan, Advocacy Teacher Training, University College Dublin, Ireland, July 2014.