Workshop for Beginning Legal Writing Teachers - AALS

Biographies of Speakers
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Workshop for Beginning Legal Writing Teachers
BEAZLEY, MARY BETH, (F) Assoc. Prof. Ohio State. b.1957. BA, 1979, Bowling Green
St. Univ.; JD, 1983, Notre Dame. Admitted: OH, 1984. Instr., Legal Writing Vermont,
1983-1985; Co-Dir., Legal Writing, 1984-1985; Instr., Legal Res. & Writing Toledo, 1985-
1986; Ass’t Att’y Gen., St. of OH Columbus, 1986-1988; Dir., Legal Writing Ohio St.,
1988-2000; Assoc. Prof., Since 2000. Subjects: Advanced Legal Writing (S); Appellate
Advocacy; Legal Writing. Books & Awards: A Practical Guide to Appellate Advocacy, 3d
ed., 2010. 2008, Burton Award; 2005, Thomas H. Blackwell Memorial Award.Member:
Legal Writing Inst. (Bd. Mem., 1996-2004; Pres., 1998-00); Ass’n of Legal Writing Dirs.
(Bd., 1996-97; Pres.. 2009-2010). Consultantships: Ed.-in-Ch., Legal Writing: The Jour.
of the Legal Writing Inst., Volume 11, 2004-05; Chair, Communications Skills Com.,
ABA, 2005-09.
CRICHTON, SHA-SHANA, Legal Writing Instr. & Interim Dir. of Legal Writing Prog.
Howard.
DARK, OKIANER CHRISTIAN, (F) Prof. & Assoc. Dean Howard. b.1954. BA Magna
Cum Laude, 1976, Upsala Coll.; JD, 1979, Rutgers - Newark. Admitted: PA, 1979; NJ,
1979. Trial Att’y, Antitrust Div. U.S. Dep’t of Just. DC, 1979-1984; Trial Att’y, Civil Div.
DC, 1983-1984; Ass’t Prof., Richmond, 1984-1987; Assoc. Prof., 1987-1990; Prof.,
1990-1997; Ass’t U.S. Att’y, Off. of U.S. Att’y Dist. of OR Portland, 1995-2001; Prof.,
Howard, Since 2001; Assoc. Dean, Since 2005. Subjects: Antitrust; Gender & Law
(S); Health Law (S); Products Liability; Torts. Books & Awards: Univ. of Richmond Dist.
Educ’r Award, 1990,, 1993; Warren Rosmarin Prof. of Law Excellence Award in Tchg.
& Serv., 2005. Consultantships: Chair, Montgomery Cty. Comm. on Health, 2005-07;
Member, Adv’y Bd. of Montgomery Cty. Primary Care Prog., Montgomery County, 2009-
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DESANCTIS, CHRISTY HALLAM, (F) Prof. of Legal Writing & Dir. of Legal Writing
Prog. Geo. Was. BA, 1992, Duke; JD, 1995, New York Univ; MA, 2006, Maryland; ABD,
2009, Maryland. N.Y.U. Rev. L. & Soc. Change. Admitted: NY, 1996; DC, 1999. Prof.
of Legal Writing and Director of Legal Writing Dep., The George Washington Univ. Law
Sch., 2004 - Pres. Subjects: Intro to Advocacy; Law and Literature (S); Legal Research
& Writing. Books & Awards: Legal Res. & Writing (with M. Murray), 2005; Legal Writing
& Analysis, 2009; Legal Res. Methods, 2009; Advanced Legal Writing, 2009. Member:
Legal Writing Inst.; Ass’n of Legal Writing Dirs. Consultantships: Lect., Institute for U.S.
Law, 2010-10; Fac. Member, Workshop Series, Thomson Reuters, since 2010.
DONAHOE, DIANA R. (F) Prof., Legal Res. & Writing Georgetown. b.1964. BA, 1986,
Williams Coll.; JD, 1990, Georgetown; LLM, 1995, Georgetown. Geo. L.J. Admitted: CA,
1991; DC, 1991. Clerk, U.S.D.C. DC, 1990-1991; Fellow, Georgetown, 1991-1993; Instr.,
1993-1998; Assoc. Prof., 1998-2001; Prof., Since 2001. Subjects: Advanced Legal
Writing; Criminal Clinic.