The Boyd Legal Writing Faculty

The Lawyering Process faculty come from a variety of geographic and professional backgrounds. This variety is reflected in the diverse teaching approaches we employ. Although professors create their own courses, we often share materials or teach together.  We care deeply about legal writing, are excited to be in the classroom, and feel privileged to learn from each other and from our students.  

A Breadth of Experience
Teaching.Lawyering Process faculty members:

• have 75 years of teaching experience, with individual tallies ranging from two years to twenty. This mix of experience and fresh viewpoints enriches and invigorates us.
• have won “outstanding teacher” awards from the university and the law school. 
• have contributed to the law school’s curriculum over the years by teaching other subjects, including Property,  Professional Responsibility, Conflicts, Wills and Trusts, Jurisprudence, Criminal Procedure, Administrative Law, Juvenile Justice, Employment Law, Community Property,  Family Law, and Indian Law.

Practice.Lawyering Process faculty members:

• have over 35 years of practice experience.
• have clerked in the chambers of state supreme court judges, federal district court judges and federal circuit court judges.
• have practiced in many areas including high impact public service litigation, employment law, corporate law, criminal defense and creating and administering a legal department for a state prison system.  

A Depth of Professional Contributions
Lawyering Process faculty members:

• have written or delivered over 50 articles, book reviews, and academic presentations in national and regional publications and conferences.
• have won grants for special projects including taking the lead in developing service learning opportunities at UNLV or developing  an undergraduate law course which uses specially designed CALI exercises.
• have taught dozens of Continuing Legal Education classes and special training workshops in Nevada.  Audiences have included the justices and clerks of the Nevada Supreme Court, the paralegals of the Las Vegas Federal Public Defenders, professors in the Southern Nevada Community College paralegal program and lawyers who are members of the Nevada and Clark County Bar Associations.
• have hosted the popular Rocky Mountain Regional Legal Writing Conference twice, and continue to be involved in supporting the conference
• have been active in the most prominent national legal writing organizations, serving on committees and as officers.