Professor Vinson is an active participant in the legal writing field on a national, regional, and local level. She is a member of the Association of Legal Writing Directors (ALWD) and the Legal Writing Institute (LWI). She is an editor of The Second Draft, the publication of the Legal Writing Institute that publishes ideas and discoveries regarding legal writing and analysis. She also served on the Board of Directors of LWI and currently serves on the Board of Directors of ALWD. In addition, she co-founded the New England Legal Writing Consortium. Her service in national academic associations includes co-chairing the ALWD Teaching Committee, co-chairing the LWI Elections Committee, as well as being a member of AALS Committees. Furthermore, she has published and presented extensively in the field of legal writing. For example, she co-authored the book, Legal Analysis: The Fundamental Skill. This book has been adopted and used at numerous law schools across the country. She has also published over a dozen articles. In addition, she has given numerous presentations on legal writing at national conferences and continuing education programs. She is currently the Director of the Legal Practice Skills Program at Suffolk University Law School and teaches first-year and advanced legal writing courses. In the spring of 2007, Professor Vinson was a visiting legal reasoning, research, and writing professor at Boston College Law School. She also works as a writing consultant for law firms and government agencies. She graduated, cum laude, from Suffolk University Law School and received her BA, magna cum laude, from Stonehill College. Before joining the faculty at Suffolk Law School, she clerked for Justice Howard Dana of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.

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