2023

Megan Boyd, Georgia State University College of Law
Storied Pleadings: An Analysis of Narrative Techniques in Complaint Introductions

2022

Aysha Ames, Fordham Law School
Georgetown Slave Sale: How Untold Stories Shape the Narrative of Truth and Reconciliation

Nancy Millar, Widener University Delaware Law School
Feel-Good Legal Education: Finding Joy in the Study of Law

Kristin Gerdy Kyle, BYU Law School
What’s in a Name?: Proper Names, Descriptions, and Referential Practice, the Socio-Pragmatic, Psycholinguistic, and Strategic Choices in Constructing Persuasive Narrative

2021

Michael Blasie, Penn State Dickinson Law
From Nice to Necessary: The Effects of Legal Writing Laws

Dr. Almas Khan, Georgetown University Law Center
Judicial Activism and Legal Education in the Black Lives Matter Era

Marissa Meredith, Duquesne University School of Law
Reframing Persuasion Pedagogy to Create Social Engineers

2020

Joshua Jones, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
Change the Rhetoric, Change the Profession: Narrative Psychology to Improve Law Student and Attorney Career Satisfaction

Sara Ochs, Elon University School of Law
Exposing Imposter Syndrome in Legal Academia

Jennifer Sheppard, United States Air Force Academy
"All We Have to Decide Is What to Do with the Time Given to Us": Using Concepts of Narrative Time to Draft More Persuasive Legal Documents

2019

Tiffany Atkins, Wake Forest School of Law
FORTHECULTURE: How Generation Z Will Reshape the Future of Legal Education; Does Practice Ready Mean Resilient?

Paige Carlos, Florida A&M University College of Law 
May the Force of Habit Be With You: Studying the Habits of First-Year Law Students to Improve Their Legal Writing Performance

Caroleen Dineen, Florida A&M University College of Law
Evaluating the Incorporation of Resilience Training in Law School Curriculum from the Perspective of the ABA Standards Concerning the Program of Legal Education

Susan King, Widener University | Delaware Law School
Constraint and Creativity: Using Tools from Visual Narrative to Navigate Boundaries in Legal Writing

2018

Brian Porto, Vermont Law School
The Pen is Mightier: Rhetoric and Persuasion from the Supreme Court’s Best Writers

Christine Venter, Notre Dame Law School
Telling Women’s Stories: A Rhetorical Analysis of the Jurisprudence of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

2017

Mark Cooney
What Courts Cite

Lindsay Head
A Contract to Hire: Unilateral Grading Contracts in the Legal Writing Classroom

Nancy Millar
The Science of Successful Teaching

Amanda Smith
"Say What?”: A How-to Guide on Providing Formative Assessment to Law Students Through Live Critique

2016

Kevin Bennardo
The Third Precedent

Howard Bromberg
Stance-taking in Students’ Legal Writing: Implications for the Teaching of Legal Skills

Christopher R. Trudeau
The Public Speaks, Again: An International Study on Preferences for Legal Communication

2015

Deborah Borman
De-Grading Assessment: Rejecting Rubrics in Favor of Authentic Analysis

Jennifer Cooper
Making It Stick for Law Students: The Science of Successful Learning in Law School

Mark Osbeck
Research Memoranda, Data Analytics, and the Future of Case Forecasting

Linda Shashousa
In Defense of Deference, Appellate Review in the Modern Video Age