Members of the Association of Legal Writing Specialists meet at each Legal Writing
Institute National Conference to share ideas and exchange teaching information. The
members have also been responsible for a regular column in the Second Draft, the
newsletter for the Legal Writing Institute. For more information about the Association of
Legal Writing Specialists, please contact Anne Enquist at Seattle University School of
Law.
Susan Adams
Assistant Director, Legal Research & Writing Program
Chicago-Kent College of Law
Illinois Institute of Technology
565 West Adams Street
Chicago, IL 60661-3691
sadams@kentlaw.edu
312-906-5294
312-906-5280 (fax)
Darin T. Allen
Legal Writing Instructor
4100 Gettysburg Avenue, North
New Hope, MN 55427
darintallen@hotmail.com
763-591-7706
Lexis Allen
Writing Specialist
McGeorge School of Law
University of the Pacific
3200 Fifth Avenue
Sacramento, CA 95817
lallen@davidallenlaw.com
Linda L. Berger
Associate Professor
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
2121 San Diego Avenue
San Diego, CA 92110
lindab@tjsl.edu
619-297-9700 x1517
619-294-4713 (fax)
Jennifer Brendel
Writing Center Instructor
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
One East Pearson Street
Chicago, IL 60611
jbrende@luc.edu
312-915-7869
Alison Craig
Legal Writing Specialist
Brigham Young University
403 JRCB
Provo, UT 84602
craiga@lawgate.byu.edu
801-422-5392
801-422-0390 (fax)
Catherine M. Cullem
Associate Professor of Law, Director, Legal Writing Program
University of Tulsa College of Law
3120 East Fourth Place
Tulsa, OK 74104-3189
catherine-cullem@utulsa.edu
918-631-2464
918-631-2194 (fax)
Jean Dailey
West Virginia University College of Law
PO Box 6130
University Avenue
Morgantown, WVA 26506
daileyj@wvu.edu
304-293-2414
304-293-6891 (fax)
Susan Dailey
Associate Professor of Legal Writing
Quinnipiac University School of Law
275 Mount Carmel Avenue
Hamden, CT 06518-1950
susan.dailey@quinnipiac.edu
203-582-3266
203-582-3244 (fax)
Estelle Davidson
Wayne State University Law School
471 West Palmer
Room 182
Detroit, MI 48202
313-577-3930
Terri Davlantes
Writing Advisor/Lawyering Process Instructor
Florida Coastal School of Law
7555 Beach Boulevard
Jacksonville, FL 32246
tdavlantes@fcls.edu
904-680-7794
Anita A. DiPasquale
Supervising Attorney
Justice for Children Practicum
The Ohio State University
Michael E. Moritz College of Law
55 West 12th Avenue, Suite 255
Columbus, OH 43210
Dipasquale.4@osu.edu
614-292-9176
614-292-5511
Melinda Drew
Director, Academic Success Program
Northeastern University School of Law
400 Huntington Avenue
Room 60, Cargill Hall
Boston, MA 02108
m.drew@neu.edu
617-373-3960
617-373-5056 (fax)
Marilyn Dunham- Smith
Coordinator, Writing Center
The University of Memphis
Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
3715 Central Avenue
Memphis, TN 38152
901-678-2424
Terri Enns
Staff Attorney, Legislation Clinic
Ohio State University
Michael E. Moritz College of Law
55 West 12th Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210-1391
Enns.1@osu.edu
614-292-9592
614-688-8422 (fax)
Anne Enquist
Writing Advisor
Seattle University School of Law
900 Broadway
Seattle, WA 98122-4340
ame@seattleu.edu
206-398-4022
206-398-4036 (fax)
Elizabeth Fajans
Professor of Legal Writing
Brooklyn Law School
250 Joralemon Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
elizabeth.fajans@brooklaw.edu
718-780-7989
718-780-0376 (fax)
Michael Frost
Legal Writing Professor
Legal Communications Program
Southwestern University School of Law
675 South Westmoreland Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90005
mfrost@swlaw.edu
213-738-6791
213-383-1688 (fax)
George Gopen
3415 Stoneybrook Drive
Durham, NC 27701
ggopen@duke.edu
919-684-8877
919-660-4375 (fax)
Jeffrey Gore
John Marshall Law School
315 South Plymouth Court
Chicago, IL 60604
6gore@jmls.edu
312-427-2737 x542
312-427-8307
Jessie Grearson
Professor
John Marshall Law School
315 South Plymouth Court
Chicago, IL 60604
7grearson@jmls.edu
312-427-9975
312-427-8307 (fax)
Kevin Griffith, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English
Legal Writing Instructor
Capital University Law School
300 East Broad Street
Columbus, OH 43215-3200
kgriffith@law.capital.edu
Deborah Hecht
Director, The Writing Center
Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
300 Nassau Road
Huntington, NY 11743
hechtd@tourolaw.edu
631-491-1841
631-491-3042 (fax)
Perry Hodges
Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington
211 South Indiana Avenue
Bloomington, IN 47405
hodgese@indiana.edu
812-855-8485
812-855-0555 (fax)
Nancy Jones
Professor, Director Writing Resource Center
University of Iowa College of Law
480 Boyd Law Building
Iowa City, IA 52242-1113
nancy-lyn-jones@uiowa.edu
319-335-9083
319-335-9098 (fax)
Marlyne Marzi Kaplan
Advanced Legal Writing Program
University of Miami School of Law
PO Box 248087
Coral Gables, FL 33124
mkaplan@law.miami.edu or
mzkaplan@aol.com
954-922-0532 (home)
954-929-4114 (fax)
Sandra Kerber
Legal Writing Faculty, Law Review
Advisor
Cleveland State University
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
1801 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44115
sandra.kerber@law.csuohio.edu
216-687-2284
216-687-6881 (fax)
M. Louise Lantzy
Syracuse University College of Law
White Hall
Syracuse, NY 13244
mllantzy@law.syr.edu
315-443-9572
Terri LeClercq
University of Texas School of Law
727 East 26th Street
Austin, TX 78705
tleclercq@mail.law.utexas.edu
512-232-1336
512-471-6988 (fax)
Lovisa Lyman
Collection Development Librarian, Lawyering Skills Teacher
Brigham Young University
J. Reuben Clark Law School
277A JRCB
Provo, UT 94602
lymanl@lawgate.byu.edu
801-422-7474
801-378-2188 (fax)
Karen Markus, RN, Esquire
Santa Clara University School of Law
500 El Camino Real
Santa Clara, CA 95053-0421
kmarkus@attbi.com
408-257-9388
Dr. Robin Nilon
Writing Center Director
Temple University School of Law
618 South American Street
Philadelphia, PA
robin.nilon@temple.edu
215-238-9523
Myra Orlen
Writing Advisor
Western New England College School of Law
1215 Wilbraham Road
Springfield, MA 01119-2689
morlen@law.wnec.edu
413-782-1415
413-796-2067 (fax)
Anthony Palasota
Professor, Legal Writing
Texas Southern University
Thurgood Marshall School of Law
3100 Cleburne Avenue
Houston, TX 77004-5514
apalas@tsulaw.edu
713-313-1022
Anne C. Palmer
Cumberland School of Law of Samford University
800 Lakeshore Drive
Birmingham, AL 35259
205-595-1456
205-595-5199 (fax)
Vincent Panella
Vermont Law School
South Newfane, VT 05351
800-227-1395 x2280
802-348-7452 (fax)
Debbie Parker
Professor, Director of Legal Research & Writing
Wake Forest University School of Law
Box 7206
Winston-Salem, NC 27109-7206
parkerdl@law.wfu.edu
336-758-5127
336-758-4496 (fax)
Nichelle Perry
Academic Development Specialist
North Carolina Central University Law School
Fayetteville Street
Durham, NC 27713
919-560-5255
919-560-6339 (fax)
Mary K. Polacheck
Dickinson School of Law
150 South College Street
Carlisle, PA 17013
mkp3@psu.edu
717-737-9427
717-240-5126 (fax)
Nathaniel Preston
Writing Specialist
University of Tennessee College of Law
1505 W. Cumberland Avenue
Knoxville, TN 37996
npreston@utk.edu
865-974-6799
865-974-0681 (fax)
Mary Barnard Ray
English Tutor
University of Wisconsin Law School
975 Bascom Mall
Madison, WI 53706
mbray@facstaff.wisc.edu
608-249-0764
608-263-5088 (fax)
Jane N. Richmond
Firmwide Director of Writing Program
Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue
North Point
901 Lakeside Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44114
jnrichmond@jonesday.com
216-586-7309
216-579-0212 (fax)
Chris Rideout
Professor, Associate Director, Legal Writing Program
Seattle University School of Law
900 Broadway
Seattle, WA 98122-4340
rideout@seattleu.edu
206-398-4015
206-398-4036 (fax)
Ruth Anne Robbins
Clinical Attorney, Supervising Attorney
Rutgers Domestic Violence Project
Rutgers School of Law - Camden
217 North 5th Street
Camden, NJ 08102-1203
ruthanne@camden.rutgers.edu
Steven D. Schwinn
Assistant Professor, Associate Director Legal Writing Program
University of Maryland School of Law
515 West Lombard Street
Baltimore, MD 21201-1786
sschwinn@law.umaryland.edu
410-706-1054
Marci L. Smith
Pepperdine University School of Law
24255 Pacific Coast Highway
Malibu, CA 90263
marcismith@msn.com
310-474-6050
Nancy Soonpaa
Director, Legal Writing
Texas Tech University School of Law
1802 Harvard Avenue
Lubbock, TX 79409
soonpaa@ttu.edu
806-742-3990 x245
Natalie Tarenko
Texas Tech University School of Law
1802 Hartford Avenue
Lubbock, TX 79409
ntarenko@law.ttu.edu
Ruth Tone
English Department
University of Texas at El Paso
425 Stotts Avenue
El Paso, TX 79932
rtone@utep.edu
915-747-6214
915-747-5214 (fax)
Ellen Turner
Acting Director of the Writing Center
John Marshall Law School
315 South Plymouth Court
Chicago, IL 60604
6turner@jmls.edu
312-360-2653
312-427-8307 (fax)
Paul von Blum
Writing Adviser
Loyola University School of Law
PO Box 15019
919 South Albany Street
Los Angeles, CA 90015-0019
pvonblum@ucla.edu
310-391-9900
310-391-4354 (fax)
Nancy Wanderer
University of Maine School of Law
246 Deering Avenue
Portland, ME 04102
wanderer@maine.edu
207-780-4096
207-780-4237 (fax)
Shelley Rice Weinberg
Instructor
University of Chicago School of Law
Academic Support Program
1111 East 60th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
shelley_weinburg@law.uchicago.edu
773-834-0506
773-702-0730 (fax)
Libby A. White
Villanova University School of Law
299 North Spring Mill Road
Garey Hall
Villanova, PA 19085
white@law.villanova.edu
610-617-3664
610-519-5672 (fax)
Lisa Wood
Case Western Reserve University
School of Law
11075 East Boulevard
Cleveland, OH 44106
lmw18@cwru.edu
216-368-6402 (phone)
216-368-2086
Kristin R. Woolever
Dean of Cooperative Education
Northeastern University English Department
501 Stearns Center
Boston, MA 02115
kwooleve@lynx.neu.edu
617-373-5775
617-373-3402 (fax)
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