Lawyering Process Program

UNIVERSITY OF DENVER STURM COLLEGE OF LAW Lawyering Process Program

2016 LP Presentations

Robert Anderson • “Reaching the Limits of a Policy Argument, and Giving the Client the Bad News,” at the Fifth Annual Western Regional Legal Writing Conference, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles (August 2015). • “Program Leadership,”at LWI One-Day Workshop, Sturm College of Law, Denver (December 2015). • “Knowing When No is No: Teaching Students How to Determine When the Answer to a Legal Research Question is No (and How to Tell the Client),” at 2016 Biennial Conference of the Legal Writing Institute, Portland, Ore. (July 2016).

Debra Austin • “Brain Power: The Neuroscience of Cognition, Stress, Self-medication, and Brain Health,” at Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association Convention, Cody, Wyo. (June 2015). • “Don’t Forget the Brain: Using Neuroscience Developments to Humanize Legal Education,” Association of Legal Writing Directors Conference, University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, Memphis, Tenn. (June 2015). • “Zen and the Artistry of the Emotionally Regulated Advocate” (with Rob Durr, PhD), at Psychology of Persuasion Conference, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyo. (September 2015). • “Writing Professors as Scholars” (with Ken Chestek and David Thomson), at LWI One-Day Workshop, University of Denver (December 2015). • “Brain-Boosting Nutrition,” at the Southeastern Legal Writing Conference, University of Miami (January 2016). • Panelist, “Lawyer Balance and Wellbeing,” at Rhone Brackett Inn of Court, Denver, Colo. (February 2016). • “Reinvigorate your Brain with Neuroscience-Inspired Eating,” at the Rocky Mountain Legal Writing Conference, University of Arizona (March 2016). • “Judicial Wellness,” at the 2016 Kansas Judicial Conference, Wichita, Kan. (June 2016). • “Craving Comfort Food and Cocktails? The Neuroscience of Nutrition for Optimal Brain Health and Agile Aging,” at the Legal Writing Institute Conference, Portland, Ore. (July 2016). • “Teaching (Law) Students to Optimize Cognition via Neuroscience and Positive Psychology” (with Peter Huang), at International Positive Education Network’s Festival of Positive Education, Dallas, Texas (July 2016). • “Job Performance: Steps for Optimizing Cognitive Performance & Effectiveness,” at the Tenth Circuit Bench & Bar Conference, Colorado Springs (September 2016).

Tanya Bartholomew • “Integrating Professional Formation in Writing Courses,” at the Rocky Mountain Legal Writing Conference, University of Arizona (March 2016).

Teresa M. Bruce • “A Tragedy in Three Acts: How Screenwriters Tell Compelling Stories,” at the Fifth Biennial Conference on Applied Legal Storytelling, Seattle University School of Law (July 2015).

John Campbell • “Modern Writing,” at Colorado County Attorney Annual Conference, Breckenridge, Colo. (June 2015). • “Experiential Learning,” at University of Denver/Moscow State University Partnership, Peterhoff, Russia (June 2015). • “Experiential Learning Technique,” at University of Denver/Moscow State University Partnership, Peterhoff, Russia (December 2015). • “Measuring Persuasion,” at Southeast Legal Writing Conference, University of Miami (January 2016). • “Recalcitrant Jurors: An Empirical Study,” at Quantlaw, University of Arizona (February 2016). • Panelist, “Measuring Juries—Emerging Empirical Techniques for Studying Juries” (with Christopher Robertson and Bernard Chao), at The Art and Science of Jury Persuasion Measuring Juries, Sturm College of Law, Denver (February 2016). • “Empirical Methods for Studying Juries and Reforming Evidence Law” (with Bernard Chao), at Inner Circle of Advocates Annual Conference at The Greenbrier, Boulder, Colo. (August 2016).

Nantiya Ruan • “Scheduling Shortfalls: A Study of Unstable and Insufficient Hours in Low-Wage Work,” at Texas A&M Law School (May 2015). • “At the Intersection of Poverty and Employment Law,” at Law and Society 2015 Annual Meeting, Seattle, Wash. (May 2015). • “Diversity and Leadership in Legal Writing,” at Association of Legal Writing Directors, University of Memphis School of Law (June 2015). • “Innovative Teaching Workshop: Mediation in the First Year,” at Association of Legal Writing Directors, University of Memphis School of Law (June 2015). • “Scholarship Groups: How to Start and Maintain Your Own,” as part of the LWI Scholarship & Development Committee Webinar (December 2015). • “Program Leadership,” at LWI One Day Workshop, Sturm College of Law, Denver (December 2015). • “Employment Discrimination: Key 2015 Developments,” at 32nd Annual National CLE Conference (LEI), Vail Colo. (January 2016). • “The New 1L Year,” at AALS Annual Meeting, New York (January 2016). • “Litigating Collective Action Cases Under the Fair Labor Standards Act,” at Wage Justice Day Panel, Denver Colo. (February 2016). • “Scholarship Mentoring,” at Legal Writing Institute Biannual Meeting, Portland, Ore. (July 2016). • “Social Justice - Responsible Design of Social Justice Problems in Legal Writing,” at Legal Writing Institute Biannual Meeting, Portland, Ore. (July 2016).

David Thomson • “Negotiation Skills Teaching in American Law Schools” (with Jay Finkelstein, Walter Bardenwerper and Paul Zwier), at Legal Education Exchange Conference, St. Petersburg, Russia (June 2015). • “Strategies for Implementing Experiential Learning” (with with Prentiss Cox, Colleen Medill and Paula Schaefer), at Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) Conference (July 2015). • “Professional Identity Formation,” at NIFTEP Annual Workshop, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Ga. (November 2015). • “Institutional Assessment in Action” (with Cassandra Hill and Susan Keller), at the Building an Assessment Plan from the Ground Up Conference, Whittier Law School, Costa Mesa, Calif. (November 2015). • “Legal Writing Professors as Scholars” (with Ken Chestek and Debra Austin), at LWI One-Day Workshop, Sturm College of Law, Denver (December 2015). • “Learning the Language of Law School Assessment,” Seton Hall University School of Law, Newark, N.J. (February 2016). • “Establishing Professional Identity through Teaching, Mentoring, and Coaching” (with Hon. Robert McGahey), at the Educating Advocates: Teaching Advocacy Skills Annual Conference, Gulfport, Fla. (May 2016). • “Learning Outcomes Assessment under the ABA Standards,” at the Educating Advocates: Teaching Advocacy Skills Annual Conference, Gulfport, Fla. (May 2016). • “Assessment Tools for Practice Skills” (with Paul Maharg), at the Third National Symposium for Experiential Learning, New York (June 2016). • “Learning Outcomes and Assessment in American Legal Education,” at the Igniting International Law Teaching Conference (LEX), Washington, D.C. (July 2016).