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FULL-TIME FACULTY
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Kathleen Elliott Vinson |
Professor of Legal Writing and Director of Legal Writing, Research, and Written Advocacy
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Professor Vinson is an active participant in the legal writing field on a national, regional, and local level. She is the Immediate Past Chair of the AALS Section on Legal Reasoning, Writing and Research and also served as Chair-Elect and Secretary of the AALS Sections. She is President-Elect of the Association of Legal Writing Directors (ALWD) and serves on the Executive Committee. She is an editor of The Legal Writing Institute's Monograph Series and a former editor of The Second Draft. She also served on the Board of Directors of The Legal Writing Institute. In addition, she co-founded the New England Legal Writing Consortium. 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 schools across the country. She has also published numerous law review articles. In addition, she has given presentations on legal writing at national conferences and continuing education programs. She is currently the Director of the Legal Practice Skills Program 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.
Degrees:
BA, Stonehill College; JD, Suffolk University
Bar Admittance:
MA; Federal District Court of MA; First Circuit Court of Appeals; United States Supreme Court
Subjects:
Legal Practice Skills; Advanced Legal Writing; Problem Solving
Professional Activities:
President Elect, Association of Legal Writing Directors; Immediate Past Chair, AALS Section on Legal Reasoning, Writing and Research; Member, Legal Writing Institute; Co-Founder and Member, New England Legal Writing Consortium; Member, Scribes.
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Chapter 9, Social Networking in the Medical Community,
in
SOCIAL MEDIA AND MEDICINE
(
New Forums Press,
2012
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LEGAL ANALYSIS: THE FUNDAMENTAL SKILL
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2d. ed.
2009
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(with David S. Romantz)
LEGAL ANALYSIS: THE FUNDAMENTAL SKILL
(
1998
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(with David S. Romantz)
Chapter 7, LEGAL ANALYSIS: THE FUNDAMENTAL SKILL, reprinted in DRAFTING EFFECTIVE LITIGATION DOCUMENTS 53-78 (Boston, MA: Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education),
in
(
1998
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(with David S. Romantz)
Hovering Too Close: The Ramifications of Helicopter Parenting in Higher Education,
29 GA. ST. U. L. REV. 423
(
2013
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The Blurred Boundaries of Social Networking in the Legal Field: Just "Face" It,
41 U. MEM. L. REV. 355
(
2010
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What's on Your Playlist? The Power of Podcasts as a Pedagogical Tool,
2009 U. ILL. J.L. TECH. & POL'Y 405
(
2009
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Teaching in Practice: Legal Writing Faculty as Expert Writing Consultants to Law Firms,
60 MERCER L. REV. 761
(
2009
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(with Joan Blum)
Road to Legal Writing Paved with Attention to Reader,
36 MASS. LAW. WKLY. 83
(
2007
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Why I Teach,
THE LAW TEACHER: A NEWSLETTER OF THE INSTITUTE FOR LAW TEACHING
(
2007
)
(Spring Issue)
Improving Legal Writing: A Life-Long Learning Process and Continuing Professional Challenge,
21 TOURO L. REV. 517
(
2005
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You are Not in Kansas Anymore - Ten Tips to Succeed in Law School, lawschool.com,
(
2002
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What is the Point? Teaching Ideas for Thesis Sentences,
THE LEARNING CURVE
(
2002
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Interactive Class Editing,
14:1 THE SECOND DRAFT
(
1999
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Legal Research: How to Find and Understand the Law,
9 BIMONTHLY REVIEW OF LAW BOOKS 9
(
1998
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(book review)
The Tenth Justice,
9 BIMONTHLY REVIEW OF LAW BOOKS
(
1998
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(book review)
Who Will Publish My Manuscript,
7:1 PERSPECTIVES: TEACHING LEGAL RESEARCH AND WRITING 31
(
1998
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(with David S. Romantz)
Stephen Elias’ Legal Research: How To Find and Understand the Law,
9 BIMONTHLY REVIEW OF LAW BOOKS 9
(
1998
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(book review)
14 Ways to Avoid Pitfalls in Your First Year of Teaching,
6:1 PERSPECTIVES: TEACHING LEGAL RESEARCH AND WRITING
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1997
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(best of articles from 1992-2001; 185 authors contributed 292 articles in nine years - 29 selected in anthology)
Woe is I? The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English,
8:5 BIMONTHLY REVIEW OF LAW BOOKS 19
(
1997
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(book review)
No Due Process Right to a Speedy Extradition,
18 SUFFOLK TRANSNAT'L L. REV. 347
(
1995
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Alien Who Attains Permanent Resident Status Cannot be Deported for Preconceived Intent to Remain Indefinitely,
SUFFOLK TRANSNAT'L L. REV. 787
(
1995
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Watch, Listen, and Learn,
40 SUFFOLK LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI MAGAZINE
(
2008
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Prof. Kathleen Elliott Vinson 
Suffolk
University Law School
120 Tremont Street
, Suite 370-F
Boston, MA 02108-4977
t. 617-573-8210
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