KATHRYN M. STANCHI Temple University School of Law 1719 N ...

KATHRYN M. STANCHI
Temple University School of Law
1719 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122
(215) 204-8807
kathryn.stanchi@temple.edu
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY BEASLEY SCHOOL OF LAW, Philadelphia, PA (1996-present)
Professor of Law
Affiliated Professor of Women’s Studies (2004-pres.)
Areas of Teaching and Scholarship: Legal Research, Writing and Analysis, Feminism and Gender,
Persuasion, Advanced Appellate Advocacy, Rhetoric, Pre-trial Civil Litigation
VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, Villanova, PA (1993-1996)
Instructor
Taught courses in Legal Writing I & II; Advanced Appellate Advocacy (co-taught).
PUBLICATIONS
The Legacy of Griswold and Eisenstadt, an introduction to Griswold v. Connecticut and Eistenstadt
v. Baird for the book “Briefs that Changed the World” by Linda H. Edwards (forthcoming 2012)
The Power of Priming in Legal Advocacy: Using the Science of First Impressions to Persuade the
Reader, 89 Ore. L. Rev. 305 (Fall 2010)
Persuasion: An Annotated Bibliography, 6 J. ALWD 75 (Fall 2009)
Step Away from the Case Book: A Call for Balance and Integration in Law School Pedagogy, 43
Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review 611 (Winter 2008) (invited paper)
Playing With Fire: The Science of Confronting Adverse Material in Legal Advocacy, 60 Rutgers L.
Rev. 383 (Winter 2008)
The Science of Persuasion: An Initial Exploration, 2006 Mich. State L. Rev. 412 (2006)
Moving Beyond Instinct: Persuasion in the Era of Professional Legal Writing, 9 Lewis & Clark L.
Rev. 935 (Winter 2005) (review of Michael Smith’s Advanced Legal Writing: Theories and
Strategies of Persuasive Writing)
Dealing with Hate in the Feminist Classroom: Rethinking the Balance, 11 Mich. J. Gender and Law
173 (2005)
Who Next, the Janitors? A Socio-Feminist Critique of the Status Hierarchy of Law Professors, 73
U.M.K.C. L. Rev. 469 (2005) (invited symposium paper)

PUBLICATIONS, CONTINUED
Feminist Legal Writing, 39 San Diego L. Rev. 387 (2002)
Gender and Legal Writing: Law Schools’ Dirty Little Secrets, 16 Berkeley Women’s L.J. 3 (2001)
(with Jan M. Levine)
Women, Writing & Wages: Breaking the Last Taboo, 7 Wm. & Mary J. of Women and the Law 551
(Spring 2001) (with Jan M. Levine)
Exploring the Law of Law Teaching: A Feminist Process, 34 John Marshall L. Rev. 193 (Fall 2000)
(invited paper for John Marshall Centennial)
Resistance is Futile: How Legal Writing Pedagogy Contributes to the Law's Marginalization of
Outsider Voices, 103 Dickinson L. Rev. 1 (Fall 1998)
Cited in Emma Coleman Jordan & Angela Harris, Economic Justice: Race, Gender,
Identity and Economics (Foundation Press 2005) and Elizabeth Mertz, The Language of
Law School: Learning to Think Like a Lawyer (Oxford Univ. Press 2007)
Engaging the Mind and Heart: A Tribute to Justice Stewart G. Pollock, 31 Rutgers L.J. lxxiii (2000)
(invited paper for tribute issue)
From Product to Process: Evolution of a Legal Writing Program 58 U. Pitt. L. Rev. 719 (1997) (coauthored)
The Paradox of the Fresh Complaint Rule, 37 B.C. L. REV. 146 (1996)
Cited in Commonwealth v. King, 834 N.E. 2d 1175 (Mass. 2005), State v. P.H., 840 A.2d
808 (N.J. 2004)
Cited in Wayne R. LaFave, Substantive Criminal Law §17.5 (2d ed.)
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
Opening the Lens: Re-Visions in Legal Writing Teaching, Theory, & Practice (Southeastern Regional
Legal Writing Conference) (panel participant commenting on Martha Fineman’s keynote lecture
entitled Feminist Readings of Law, Feminist Writings in Law)
The Substance of Legal Writing and Reasoning: Rhetoric and Persuasion (2011 AALS Annual
Meeting, Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning and Research) (panel discussion with Michael
Murray, Christine DeSanctis, Melissa Weresh and Michael Smith)
Teaching from the Persuasion Scholarship (2010 Legal Writing Institute Conference) (with Ruth
Anne Robbins, Ken Chestek and Linda Berger)
PRESENTATIONS, CONTINUED
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The Emotion of Logos (2008 Rutgers/Wyoming Conference on Persuasion in Legal Writing and
Lawyering)
Playing with Fire: The Science of Dealing with Adverse Information in Legal Advocacy (2008 Legal
Writing Institute Conference)
Social Science and Persuasive Writing (2006 Legal Writing Institute Conference)
Gender Segregation in the Legal Academy (Panel 2004 AALS Conference, Women in Leg. Educ.)
Gender and Legal Writing (Panel, 2002 Legal Writing Institute Conference)
Dealing with Misogyny in the Feminist Classroom (2002 Temple Women’s Studies Conference)
Exploring the Law of Law Teaching (invited panelist at John Marshall Centennial Conf. on Law and
Language 1999)
PRACTICE EXPERIENCE
DEBEVOISE & PLIMPTON, New York, NY
Associate, Litigation, 1991-1993
Broad experience in complex commercial litigation, including patent, environmental, securities and
breach of contract cases. Drafted briefs, legal memoranda and opinion letters. Took and defended
depositions; prepared key witnesses for trial and deposition. Participated in administrative hearings,
including patent litigation before International Trade Commission. Pro bono work included class
action on behalf of abused and neglected children, police brutality and Social Security benefits cases.
CHAMBERS OF THE HONORABLE STEWART G. POLLOCK
SUPREME COURT OF NEW JERSEY, Morristown, NJ
Judicial Clerk, 1990-91
Wrote conference memoranda and draft opinions. Drafted speeches on constitutional law and
bioethics. Reviewed petitions for certification.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
• Legal Writing Institute Committee on Scholarship Outreach and Development
(Co-chair, 2010-2012)
• AALS Section on Women in Legal Education, Panel Planning Committee
(Member, 2011)
• AALS Section on Women in Legal Education, Advisory Board for New Voices
in Gender Studies Competition (Member, 2010)
• AALS Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning and Research Award Committee
(Member 2008, Chair 2009)
• Advisory Board, SSRN Legal Writing eJournal (2008-present)
• Editorial Board, Journal of Legal Writing (2000-2008)
• ALWD Scholarship Committee Mentor (2008-present)
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• Associate Editor, PENNSYLVANIA RULES OF EVIDENCE (1996-1997) (edited and
revised commentary for newly codified rules)
• Pro bono legal work for STEM, a New Jersey land trust and environmental
advocacy organization, South Jersey NOW, Women’s Law Project
EDUCATION
BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, Boston, MA
J.D., May, 1990, magna cum laude
Honors: Boston University Law Review (Editor, 1989-90)
Edward F. Hennessey Distinguished Scholar (ranked 15th in class of 400+)
G. Joseph Tauro Distinguished Scholar (ranked 5th in section of 120)
National Association of Women Lawyers’ Outstanding Woman Graduate
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, Philadelphia, PA
B.A., May, 1987, Political Science
Held various jobs during academic year in college including: publicity and campaign work for
Pennsylvania State Senate candidate, administrative assistant, telemarketer, caterer, and
judicial intern for the Honorable Sandra Mazer-Moss of the Pennsylvania Court of Common
Pleas.
BRYN MAWR COLLEGE, Bryn Mawr, PA
First Year of College, 1983-1984
OTHER
Admitted to the bar in NY (1991) and NJ (1990). Enjoy running, hiking, ocean swimming, and
gardening.
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