Raising the Bar: The NextGen Bar Exam and Contract Drafting, 25 Transactions: The Tenn. J. of Bus. Law 843 (2024).
Square Pegs and Round Holes: Differentiated Instruction and the Law Classroom, 48 Mitchell Hamline L. Rev. 1095 (2022).
The Power of a Good Story: How Narrative Techniques Can Make Transactional Documents More Persuasive, 22 Nev. L.J. 649 (2022).
Humanizing Transactional Documents: Why and How Transactional Drafters Should Use Narrative Techniques, 23 Tenn. J. Bus. L. 222 (2022) (with Prof. Susan Chesler).
Dead Men (and Women) Should Tell Tales: Narrative, Intent, and Construction Proceedings, 46 ACTEC L.J. 239 (2021).
From Clause A to Clause Z: The Transactional Reader and Narrative Transportation (with Prof. Susan M. Chesler), 71 S.C. L. Rev. 247 (2019).
Voice, Strength, and No Contest Clauses, 2019 Wis. L. Rev. 239.
Happily Ever After: Fostering the Role of Transactional Lawyer as Storyteller, 20 Tenn. J. Bus. L. 491 (2019) (with Prof. Susan M. Chesler).
Telling Tales: Transactional Lawyer as Storyteller, 15 LC&R: JALWD 119 (2018) (with Prof. Susan M. Chesler).
Tales from a Form Book: Stock Stories and Transactional Documents, 78 Mont. L. Rev. 501 (2017) (with Prof. Susan M. Chesler).
Once Upon a Transaction: Narrative Techniques in Drafting, 68 Okla. L. Rev. 263 (2016) (with Prof. Susan M. Chesler).
Not Your Mother’s Will: Gender, Language, and Wills, 98 Marquette L. Rev. 1535 (2015).
Memento Mori: Death and Wills, 14 Wyo. L. Rev. 211 (2014).
The Will as Personal Narrative, 20 Elder L.J. 355 (2013) (received the 2012 Southeastern Association of Law Schools Call for Papers Award).
Measuring Student Progress: Assessing and Providing Feedback, 14 Transactions: The Tenn. J. of Bus. Law 187 (2013) (remarks from the 2012 Teaching and Drafting Skills Conference).
Trusts and Estates Drafting: Avoiding Rigor Mortis in the Law School Curriculum, 63 Mercer L. Rev. 1071 (2012).
Beyond Chalk-and-Talk: The Law Classroom of the Future, 38 Ohio N.U.L. Rev. 257 (2012) (with Prof. Timothy W. Floyd and Prof. Oren R. Griffin).
In the Name of God, Amen: Language in Wills, 29 Quinnipiac L. Rev. 665 (2011).
Speaking for the Dead: Voice in Last Wills and Testaments, 85 St. John’s L. Rev. 683 (2011).
New Ways to Teach Drafting and Drafting Ethics, 12 Transactions: The Tenn. J. of Bus. Law 187 (2011) (remarks from the 2010 Teaching and Drafting Skills Conference).
Beyond the Personal Representative: The Potential of Succession without Administration, 50 S. Tex. L. Rev. 449 (2009).
Teaching Multiple Skills in Drafting and Simulation Courses, 10 Transactions: The Tenn. J. of Bus. Law 222 (2009) (remarks from the 2008 Teaching and Drafting Skills Conference).
Should Cain's Children Inherit Abel's Property?: Wading into the Extended Slayer Rule Quagmire, 76 UMKC L. Rev. 101 (2007).
Comment- The Sleeper Has Awakened: The Rule Against Accumulations and Perpetual Trusts, 76 Tul. L. Rev. 189 (2001).
ESSAYS
Brain Breaks for the Legal Writing Classroom, 32 No. 2 The Second Draft: Bulletin of the Legal Writing Institute 46 (Fall 2019).
Editors’ Note, 23 J. Leg. Writing Inst. i (2019) (with Professor Lindsey P. Gustafson).
Editor’s Note, 22 J. Leg. Writing Inst. i (2018).
What Advance Directive Considerations May Lead to a Malpractice Action, Medical Law Perspectives (March 2018).
Fast and Fun Formative Assessments in Big Classes, AALS Teaching Methods Section Newsletter (Fall 2017).
Writing with Word Banks, in Techniques for Teaching II 192 (eds. Steve Friedland, Gerry Hess, Michael Schwartz, & Sophie Sparrow 2011).
Mad Libs Legal Writing: More Writing with Less Grading, in Techniques for Teaching II 197 (eds. Steve Friedland, Gerry Hess, Michael Schwartz, & Sophie Sparrow 2011) (co-authored with Professor Hillary Burgess).
Book Review: Point Made: How To Write Like a Nation’s Top Advocate by Ross Guberman, 16 No. 7 Ga B.J. 86 (June 2011).
Is That a Committee Recommendation?, AALS New Law Professors Section Newsletter (Dec. 2010).
How Summer Family Road Trips Made Me a Better Teacher, AALS New Law Professor Section Newsletter (Dec. 2009).
Reprints, AALS New Law Professor Section Newsletter (Winter 2008).
On Writing: Using the Elements of Fiction to Tell the Client’s Story, 4 No. 3 The Complete Lawyer (May/June 2008).
Professor, Do You Have Time For A Really, Really Quick Question?, AALS New Law Professor Section Newsletter (Nov. 2007).
The Potential of Podcasts, 22 No. 1 The Second Draft: Bulletin of the Legal Writing Institute 11 (Fall 2007).
Revising Revision in the Classroom, 15 No. 2 Persp. 130 (Winter 2007).
Armed With More Than A Red Pen: A Novice Grader’s Journey to Success with Rubrics, 14 No. 2 Persp. 28 (Fall 2005).
WRITING MATTERS
Acronyms to Enhance Your Legal Writing, Ga B.J., Feb. 2020, at 60.
Tackling Block Quotes, Ga B.J., Dec. 2019, at 60.
The 10 Principles of Plain English, Ga B.J., Oct. 2019, at 60.
Voice and Tone in Legal Writing, Ga B.J., Aug. 2019, at 84.
Organization Matters, Ga B.J., June 2019, at 76.
Law and the English Language, 24 No. 5 Ga B.J. 66 (April 2019).
Small Changes, Big Impact, 24 No. 4 Ga B.J. 62 (Feb. 2019).
Using Automation to Enhance Your Email Communications, 24 No. 3 Ga B.J. 74 (Dec. 2018).
What Tin Foil Can Teach You About Legal Writing, 24 No. 1 Ga B.J. 84 (Aug. 2018).
Creativity Can Help You Write What Your Client Needs, 23 No. 7 Ga B.J. 75 (June 2018).
What e-Filing May Mean to Your Writing, 23 No. 6 Ga B.J. 79 (April 2018).
Reflecting on Writing, 23 No. 5 Ga B.J. 61 (Feb. 2018).
Augmenting Your Research, Writing and Editing with Artificial Intelligence 23 No. 4 58 (Dec. 2017).
Organizing the Facts, 22 No. 7 Ga. B.J. 68 (June 2017).
Two Key Stages of Writing: Revising and Editing, 22 No. 6 Ga. B.J. 94 (April 2017).
Our 10-Year Anniversary Characteristics of Good Legal Writing, 22 No. 5 Ga. B.J. 72 (Feb. 2017).
Seven Characteristics of Good Legal Writing, 22 No. 1 Ga. B.J. 76 (Oct. 2016).
Writing Really Does Matter, 22 No. 1 Ga. B.J. 76 (Aug. 2016).
Summer Reading, 21 No. 7 Ga. B.J. 64 (June 2016).
The Power of Paragraphs, 21 No. 6 Ga. B.J. 66 (April 2016).
You Call that Persuasive?: Strategies for Becoming a More Persuasive Legal Writer, 21 No. 5 Ga. B.J. 46 (Feb. 2016).
You’re Stupid and Wrong!, 21 No. 4 Ga. B.J. 52 (Dec. 2015).
Can You Take a Look at This?: Tips to Provide Meaningful Feedback, 21 No. 1 Ga. B.J. 74 (Aug. 2015).
Beyond the Comma: Semicolons and Colons, 20 No. 7 Ga. B.J. 58 (June 2015).
Judges Use Humor, But Should You? 20 No. 5 Ga. B.J. 52 (Feb. 2015).
He, She, They: Strategies to Incorporate Gender-Inclusive Writing, 20 No. 2 Ga. B.J. 54 (Oct. 2014).
“Breaking Up Is Hard to Do”—Withdrawal Letters, 19 No. 2 Ga. B.J. 64 (June 2014).
Improving Routine Documents Part 4: Disengagement Letters, 19 No. 6 Ga. B.J. 66 (Apr. 2014).
Disarming Your Opponent: Effective Use of Adverse Authority, 19 No. 1 Ga. B.J. 80 (Aug. 2013).
Sometimes You Need to Blame Zombies, 18 No. 7 Ga. B.J. 64 (June 2013).
Improving Routine Documents: Part 3: Transmittal Letter, 18 No. 5 Ga. B.J. 54 (Feb. 2013).
Improving Routine Documents Part 2: Memo to File, 18 No. 4 Ga B.J. 70 (Dec. 2012).
Improving Routine Documents Part I: Engagement Letters, 18 No. 2 Ga B.J. 54 (Oct. 2012).
Stopping the Insanity: Ten Tricks to Overcome Writer’s Block, 17 No. 7 Ga B.J. 72 (June 2012).
To Fee for Services Rendered, 17 No. 5 Ga B.J. 54 (Feb. 2012).
What’s On the Well-Read Legal Writer’s Bookshelf, 17 No. 2 Ga B.J. 62 (Oct. 2011).
Back to Basics: Subject-Verb Agreement, 17 No. 1 Ga B.J. 86 (Aug. 2011).
Be Inelegant, 16 No. 7 Ga B.J. 76 (June 2011).
FWIW: Why Writing Well Matters, Even in Email, 16 No. 6 Ga B.J. 62 (Apr. 2011).
Citation Manual Updates, 16 No. 4 Ga B.J. 62 (Dec. 2010).
Three Principles of Good Drafting, 16 No. 2 Ga B.J. 62 (Oct. 2010).
A Picture Can be Worth 1,000 Words and a Chart, Even More, 16 No. 1 Ga B.J. 90 (Aug. 2010).
Suggested Summer Stories, 15 No. 7 Ga B.J. 78 (June 2010).
Sounds Like Greek to Me, 15 No. 6 Ga B.J. 68 (Apr. 2010).
Don’t Misquote Me, 15 No. 5. Ga B.J. 60 (Feb. 2010).
Fifteen Frequent Flaws, 15 No. 4 Ga B.J. 64 (Dec. 2009).
Effective Transitions, 15 No. 2 Ga B.J. 64 (Oct. 2009).
Summer Beach Reading, 15 No. 1 Ga B.J. 74 (Aug. 2009).
Pondering Passive Voice, 14 No. 7 Ga B.J. 70 (June 2009).
Prewriting and the Two Pile Technique, 14 No. 6 Ga. B.J. 68 (Apr. 2009).
Improve Your Prose through Poetic Devices, 14 No. 5 Ga. B.J. 58 (Feb. 2009).
That Other Citation Manual, 14 No. 4 Ga. B.J. 70 (Dec. 2008).
The Road to Heaven Is Paved with Good Adverbs, 14 No. 2 Ga. B.J. 64 (Oct. 2008).
Good, Bad, and Ugly Legalese, 14 No. 1 Ga. B.J. 86 (Aug. 2008).
Avoiding Doe Snot While on the Trail of Statues, 13 No.7 Ga. B.J. 80 (June 2008).
Common Comma Conundrums Part II, 13 No. 6 Ga. B.J. 82 (Apr. 2008).
Common Comma Conundrums Part I, 13 No. 5 Ga. B.J. 64 (Feb. 2008).
Writing Myth Busters, 13 No. 4 Ga. B.J. 84 (Dec. 2007).
Refresher on Signals, 13 No. 2 Ga. B.J. 56 (Oct. 2007).
Using Citations Effectively, 13 No. 1 Ga. B.J. 84 (Aug. 2007).
Reducing Citation Clutter, 12 No. 7 Ga. B.J. 60 (June 2007).
Less Is More, 12 No. 6 Ga. B.J. 68 (Apr. 2007).
