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Presentations & Publications

UCI Law's Lawyering Skills faculty are leading experts who routinely present their research on campus and across the country. 

Publications

  • From Theory to Practice:  Employment Discrimination Law (Wolters Kluwer Law & Business 2014, co-authored with Margaret Curtiss Hannon).

  • Ten Years In: A Critical View of the Past, Present, and Future of Skills Education at UC Irvine Law School, 9 Univ. of Cal. L. Rev. (forthcoming). 

Selected Presentations

  • Presenter, Using Simulations and Live Client Interviews to Teach the Professional Values of Cultural Competency and Professionalism, Global Legal Skills Conference, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, December 2019.

  • Presenter, Beyond the Traditional Course: What Do New Lawyers Actually Need to Know, and Are We Meeting Their Needs?, (with Professor Trilby Robinson-Dorn), LWI One-Day Workshop, UC Irvine School of Law, December 2019.

  • Presenter, Designing Effective Quick Turnaround Assignments to Prepare Students for Success in Their Summer Jobs, Western Regional Legal Writing Conference at Santa Clara University School of Law, September 2019.

  • Presenter, Teaching Professionalism From Day One (or Earlier), (with Professor Trilby Robinson-Dorn), Preparing Students for Modern Law Practice, Western Regional Legal Writing Conference, UC Irvine School of Law, September 2018.

Publications

  • Conscious Identity Performance, 55 San Diego L. Rev. 577 (2018).

  • The Rise of Self Sidelining, 39 Women’s Rts. L. Rep. 173 (2018).

Selected Presentations

  • Presenter, Let Me Ask: Is There a Place for Client Interviewing and Counseling in the First Semester, Legal Writing Institute One-Day Workshop, UC Irvine, December 2019.

  • Workshop Facilitator, Diversity Committee Workshop on Inclusive Pedagogy, UC Irvine School of Law, March 2018.

  • Presenter, Empowering Students to Solve Problems Through a Simulation-Based Course Design, Legal Writing Institute One-Day Workshop, Chapman University, December 2018.

  • Presenter, Teaching a Law Student To Fish: Emphasizing Problem-Solving in a First Year Legal Writing Program, Western Regional Legal Writing Conference, UC Irvine School of Law, September 2018.

  • Guest Speaker, Naturalistic Field Research Class, UC Irvine Department of Psychology and Social Behavior, May 2017.

  • Speaker and Panel Moderator, UCI Talks Sex and Gender Rape Culture & Sexual Assault, UC Irvine, March 2017.

  • Speaker, Martin Luther King Jr. Teach-In & Training: Mobilizing for Justice in the Post-Election Era, Civil Rights Panel, UC Irvine, January 2017.

Selected Presentations

  • Presenter, UC Irvine Law Faculty Development Workshop on Inclusive Pedagogy, (with Annie Lai and Alison Mikkor), UC Irvine School of Law, March 2019.

  • Presenter, How to Teach the Important Global Lawyering Skill of Professionalism from Day One of Law School, Global Legal Skills Conference, Melbourne Law School, Australia, December 2018.

  • Presenter, Careers in the Law, Sage Hill School Career Day, Newport Coast, California, March 2018.

  • Presenter, Teaching Professionalism From Day One, (with Rachel Croskery-Roberts), Preparing Students for Modern Law Practice, Western Regional Legal Writing Conference, UC Irvine School of Law, September 2018.

  • Presenter, UC Irvine Law Faculty Development Workshop on Inclusive Pedagogy (with Annie Lai and Jonathan Glater), UC Irvine School of Law, November 2017.

  • Presenter, UC Irvine Clinical Faculty Workshop on Providing Feedback on Student Writing, UC Irvine School of Law, February 2017.

  • Presenter, Introduction to Appellate Brief Writing, UC Irvine School of Law Jones Day/Experian Moot Court Competition, August 2013, August 2014, September 2015, September 2016, September 2017, and September 2018.

  • Panelist, Professionalism Panel for 1Ls, UC Irvine School of Law, August 2013, August 2014, August 2015, August 2016, and August 2017.

  • Presenter, How to Create a Good Writing Sample, UC Irvine School of Law, November 2016.

  • Moderator, Career Paths to In-House Counsel, Orange County Asian American Bar Association, UC Irvine School of Law, October 2016.

  • Presenter, Women and the Legal Profession, UC Irvine Women’s Law Society, October 2015.

  • Presenter, Teaching Law Students to Take Initiative in Practice, Western Regional Legal Writing Conference, Loyola Law School, August 2015.

  • Presenter, Adapting to Legal Practice Norms: Teaching Students to Draft Substantive E-Mails and Handle Quick Turn-Around Assignments (with Grace Tonner), Empire State Legal Writing Conference, Syracuse University College of Law, May 2015.

  • Presenter, Preparing Students for Practice: Teaching Substantive E-mail Drafting and Quick Turn-Around Assignments, (with Grace Tonner) Global Legal Skills Conference, Northwestern University School of Law and John Marshall Law School, May 2015.

  • Presenter, Why Write on to Law Review, UC Irvine School of Law, April 2013, April 2014, April 2015.

  • Panelist, Business Law Panel, UC Irvine School of Law, April 2015.

  • Discussion Leader, The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (by Michael Pollan), UC Irvine School of Law, February 2015.

  • Presenter, Curricular Innovations in the First Year Writing Program, Legal Writing Institute Workshop, University of Pennsylvania Law School, December 2014.

  • Presenter, Teaching Law Students to Take Initiative as Problem Solvers, Clinical/Lawyering Skills Faculty Workshop, UC Irvine School of Law, October 2014.

  • Presenter, Introduction to Professionalism, UC Irvine School of Law Externship Training, May 2014.

  • Presenter, Business Lawyers as Public Interest Lawyers, UC Irvine School of Law Symposium on Business Law as Public Interest Law, April 2012.

  • Presenter, Women in the Legal Profession, UC Irvine Women’s Law Association, November 2011.

Publications

  • Federal Judicial Center, Law Clerk Orientation Program. Video and e-learning program, 2016 (with Tom Spahn).

  • The Collection Gap: Underenforcement of Corporate and White-Collar Fines and Penalties, 29 Yale L. & Pol’y Rev. 453 (2011) (with Martin H. Pritikin).

  • Essay responding to article: Andrew Friedman, The “Collection Gap” Explained: A White-Collar Practitioner’s View, 30 Yale L. & Pol’y Rev. Inter Alia 38 (2012).

  • Thecollectiongap.com: A Blog about Regulatory Enforcement Failure, Co-founder and contributor (2012-2014).

Selected Presentations

  • Presenter and Panelist, Empathy in Electronic Culture, LASER talk, Beall Center, UC Irvine, October 2018.

  • Presenter, The Experiential Sabbatical, (with Rebekah Hanley), Western Regional Legal Writing Conference, UC Irvine School of Law, September 2018.

  • Contributor, Federal Judicial Center, Law Clerk Orientation Program, (with Tom Spahn), Video and e-learning program, 2016.

  • Presenter, Do We Really Need a Revolution in Legal Skills Education?, (with Michael Robinson-Dorn, Henry Weinstein, and Rachel Croskery-Roberts), Global Legal Skills Conference, Verona, Italy, May 2014.

  • Presenter, Strategic Negotiation, Pre-Law Outreach Program, UC Irvine School of Law, July 2013.

  • Presenter, The Hybrid Clinical: Applied Trial Advocacy, Institute for Law Teaching and Learning Conference, Topeka, Kansas, June 2013.

  • Presenter, Introduction to Professionalism, Externship Training, UC Irvine School of Law, May 2013.

  • Panel Moderator, So You Want to Know About Clerkships, Admitted Students’ Weekend, UC Irvine School of Law, April 2013.

  • Panel Moderator, Clerkship Strategies, UC Irvine School of Law, April 2013.

  • Panel Moderator, Introduction to Clerkships, UC Irvine School of Law, January 2013.

  • Presenter, The Politics of Underenforcement, Scholarly Sampler, UC Irvine School of Law, December 2012.

  • Presenter, Introduction to Negotiation, Pre-Law Outreach Program, UC Irvine School of Law, July 2012.

Selected Presentations

  • Panelist, Veterans Legal Topics and Updates for HR Professionals, (with Nancy Ise, Ryan Ueda, and Lon Hurwitz), Winning the Talent War; the Untapped Resource of Veterans Conference, UC Irvine, November 2019.

  • Presenter, Where Have All the Older Women Gone, (with Professor Catherine Wasson), Association of Legal Writing Directors, Suffolk University School of Law, May 2019.

  • Presenter, Incorporating Wellness into the LRW Curriculum, (with Professor Nancy Soonpaa), Western Regional Legal Writing Conference, UC Irvine School of Law, September 2018.

  • Panelist, Brief Writing in the 21st Century:  Can/Should We Adapt to New Communication Styles?, (with Professor Nancy Schultz and Nathan Scott), Chapman University School of Law Inn of Court, April 2018.

  • Panelist, Writing for the Court, (with Justice Richard Fybel), U.S Magistrate Jean Rosenbluth, Chapman University School of Law Inn of Court, March 2017.

  • Presenter, Curricular Innovations:  Helping Students Understand a More Sophisticated Understanding of Legal Doctrine and Theory by Integrating Skills and Doctrine in the Upper-Level Curriculum, (with Professor Rachel Croskery-Roberts), Global Legal Skills Conference at the University of Verona, Verona, Italy, May 2016.

  • Presenter, Legal Writing Directors Panel: Our Role, Western Regional Legal Writing Conference, Loyola Law School, August 2015.

  • Presenter, Adapting to Legal Practice Norms: Teaching Law Students to Draft Substantive Emails and Handle Quick Turn-Around Assignments, (with Professor Trilby Robinson-Dorn), Global Legal Skills Conference, John Marshall Law School, May 2015.

  • Presenter, Email and Short Memo Assignments, (with Professor Trilby Robinson-Dorn), Empire State Legal Writing Conference, Syracuse University, May 2015.

  • Presenter, Teaching Leadership, Northwestern Legal Writing Conference, University of Oregon School of Law, April 2015.

  • Presenter, Is a Total Revolution in Teaching Skills Necessary?, New England Consortium of Legal Writing Teachers Conference, Vermont Law School, September 2014.

  • Presenter, Persuasive is Overrated (sort of), (with Professor Mark Osbeck), Rocky Mountain Legal Writing Conference, University of Nevada Las Vegas, March 2014.

  • Presenter, Teaching Collaboration, Legal Writing Institute Workshop, University of Connecticut School of Law, December 2012.

  • Presenter, Common Law Analysis Course, Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey, June - July 2012.

  • Presenter, Fact Investigation – Keeping It Real, Global Legal Skills Conference, San Jose, Costa Rica, March 2012.

  • Presenter, Teaching Skills in the First Year of Law School, Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey, June 2011.

  • Presenter, Writing Assignments – Reflections from the Pros, LWI One Day Workshop, Loyola Law School, December 2011.

  • Presenter, Teaching Legal Research Skills During Law School, SCALL 2010 Legal Research Workshop, USC Gould School of Law, May 2010.

Selected Presentations

  • Panelist and Master of Ceremonies, National Registry of Exoneration Welcome Celebration, U.C. Irvine, March 2017.

  • Interviewer, Interview with Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck, Race and Policing Symposium, UC Irvine, October 2016.

  • Moderator and Panelist, How Berkeley Affected Our Lives and Decision- making, 50th Anniversary of the Class of 1966, UC Berkeley, November 2016.

  • Presenter, Writing About Injustice, Part III, Persuasion Institute Training Program, Office of Defender Services, Administrative Office of the Courts of the U.S., Cornell Law School, July 2016.

  • Panelist, Exposing the Machinery: How the Media Have Shaped the Capital Punishment Debate, 40 Years After Gregg: A National Conference on the Death Penalty, University of Texas School of Law, April 2016.

  • Moderator and Panelist, How to Turn a Villain into a Victim, Justice and Injustice: The Consequences of Storytelling in the Courtroom, UC Irvine School of Law, January 2015.

  • Presenter, Formal Introduction of Keynote Speaker Bryan Stevenson, Justice and Injustice: The Consequences of Storytelling in the Courtroom, UC Irvine School of Law, January 2015.

  • Presenter, Writing about Injustice, Part II, Persuasion Institute Training Program, Office of Defender Services, Administrative Office of the Courts of the U.S., Cornell Law School, September 2014.

  • Presenter, Do We Really Need a Revolution in Legal Skills Education?, (with Michael Robinson-Dorn, Ezra Ross, and Rachel Croskery-Roberts), Global Legal Skills Conference, Verona, Italy, May 2014.

  • Moderator, Epic History, Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, Los Angeles, California, April 2014.

  • Moderator, Arbitrariness in the Imposition of the Death Penalty, American Bar Association at the Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia. November 2013.

  • Panelist, Journalism, the Media and Criminality, Annual Conference of the International Bar Association, Boston, Massachusetts, October 2013.

  • Presenter, Annual Hugh M. Hefner First Amendments awards ceremony, Los Angeles, California, May 2013.

  • Moderator, Terrorism Panel, Los Angeles Times Book Festival, Los Angeles, California, April 2013.

  • Interviewer, Interview with Linda Greenhouse, Zocalo Public Forum series, Los Angeles, California, January 2013.

  • Panelist, Law: Color of Justice, Annual Literary Orange festival, on the UC Irvine, April 2012.

  • Moderator and Panelist, How Times Have Changed: 45 Years Since We Left Cal, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, California, October 2011.

  • Interviewer, Interview with author James B. Stewart, Zocalo Public Square Forum series, Los Angeles, California, May 2011.

  • Panelist, The Living Constitution, Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, Los Angeles, California, May 2011.

  • Moderator and Panelist, Consequences of Overcrowded Prisons, West Virginia University Law School, March 2011.

  • Moderator and Panelist, Badly Fragmented: When Courts and Science Clash, University of California Irvine Forensic Science Education series, UC Irvine, October 2010.

  • Interviewer, Interview with Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer, Los Angeles Public Library Foundation’s ``L.A. Aloud’’ series, Los Angeles, California, September 2010.

  • Interviewer, Interview with author Sebastian Junger, Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, Los Angeles, California, April 25, 2010.

  • Presenter, Writing about Injustice, Persuasion Institute Training Program, Office of Defender Services, Administrative Office of the Courts of the U.S.. Cornell Law School, September 2009.

  • Interviewer, A Conversation with California Supreme Court Justice Carlos Moreno, Zocalo Public Square Forum series, Los Angeles, California, July 2009.

  • Presenter, Covering the Law, Critical Legalities Symposium, UC Irvine, April 2009.

  • Presenter, A Tribute to Legal Aid Lawyer Stephen M. Bingham, National Lawyers Guild Northern California Chapter Annual Dinner, Oakland, California, April 2009.

  • Panelist, The Future of Criminal Justice Reporting, Stanford Law Review Symposium on Media, Justice and the Law, Stanford Law School, January 2009.

  • Presenter, Welcome to Lani Guinier, Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium, Cross Cultural Center, UC Irvine, January 2009.

  • Panelist, Covering Crime: How Media Coverage Shapes the Criminal Justice System, Shaking the Foundations, Stanford Law School, October 2008.

  • Presenter, Writing About Capital Punishment, UC Berkeley School of Law seminar, Berkeley, California. September 2008.