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Kirsten DauphinaisAssistant Professor of Law, Director of Lawyering Skills & Alphson Research Fellow  Professor Dauphinais received her J.D. from the Columbia University School of Law in 1996 and her B. A. in Political Science magna cum laude from Colgate University in 1993 where she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. While in law school, Professor Dauphinais was the Bernstein Memorial Scholar, a member of the Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems, and served as a research assistant to Professor Frank Grad. Upon graduating law school, Professor Dauphinais served as a law clerk to Judge Michael Farrell of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. Following her clerkship, Professor Dauphinais worked as an Attorney-Advisor to the United States Department of Commerce, where she specialized in ethics law. Professor Dauphinais entered academia in 2001 and taught for four years as a Legal Writing Instructor at the Howard University School of Law before joining the UND faculty in 2005. Professor Dauphinais teaches lawyering skills and appellate advocacy, in addition to directing the lawyering skills program. She lectures and publishes in the fields of legal pedagogy and law and psychology. She has presented in Kenya, Mexico, and Turkey and currently serves as Co-Chair of the Teaching Committee of the Association of Legal Writing Directors. ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE ACADEMIC EXPERIENCEUniversity of North Dakota School of Law, Grand Forks, ND Assistant Professor of Law, 2005 - present Director of Lawyering Skills, 2005 - present - Lawyering Skills Website Alphson Research Fellow, 2006 - present Howard University School of Law, Washington, DC Legal Writing Instructor 2001 - 2005 EDUCATIONColumbia University School of Law, New York, NY, Juris Doctor May, 1996 Grant Colgate University, Hamilton, NY, Bachelor of Arts, Political Science May, 1993 PUBLICATIONSRichard A. Wise, Kirsten A. Dauphinais, & Martin A. Safer, A Tripartite Solution to Eyewitness Error, 97 J. CRIM. L. & CRIMINOLOGY 807 (2007). Cited favorably by www.encyclopedia.com (last visited 12/4/07). Kirsten A. Dauphinais, Valuing and Nurturing Multiple Intelligences in Legal Education: A Paradigm Shift, 11 WASH. & LEE R. & ETH. ANC. L. J. 1 (2005) (lead article). Reviewed favorably by Multiple Intelligences & Legal Education, Law school academic support blog, Aug. 1, 2005, http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/academic_support/learning_styles/. Kirsten A. Dauphinais, Safe, 12 JURIST 12 (2002) (column in Howard University School of Law's alumni magazine). FORTHCOMING PUBLICATIONS Kirsten A. Dauphinais, Toward a Legal Writing Pedagogy for East African Law Schools: A Report from the Nairobi Conference, 83 N.D. L. Rev. __ (2008). OTHER RESEARCHPrincipal Investigator, University of North Dakota School of Law, November, 2005 COURSES TAUGHTCOURSES PRESENTLY TAUGHT Lawyering Skills I & II; COURSES PREVIOUSLY TAUGHT Legal Process; PRESENTATIONSLegal Writing Institute Biennial Conference July, 2008
University of Indiana School of Law at Indianapolis Society of American Law Teachers Conference on Teaching for Social Change March, 2008 University of California at Berkeley School of Law Global Legal Skills Conference February, 2008 Monterrey, Mexico
Humanizing Legal Education Symposium October, 2007
Washburn University School of Law
Central Region Legal Writing Conference October, 2007
University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Law
Southeast Legal Writing Conference September, 2007
Nova Southeastern School of Law
Association of Legal Writing Directors Conference June, 2007
Denver University School of Law
Association of Legal Writing Directors Conference June, 2007
Denver University School of Law
Institute for Law School Teaching Conference June, 2007
Suffolk University School of Law
East African Conference on Legal Writing Pedagogy March, 2007
Nairobi, Kenya
Association of American Law Schools 2007 Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. January, 2007 First Year Class Orientation, U. of North Dakota School of Law August, 2006 Association of American Law Schools Conference on New Ideas for Law June, 2006 Institute for Law Teaching Conference, Chicago-Kent School of Law June, 2006 Sixth Annual Rocky Mountain Legal Writing Conference, U. of Ariz. School of Law March, 2006 Association of American Law Schools 2006 Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. January, 2006 New England Legal Writing Consortium Meeting, Boston U. School of Law December, 2005 First Year Class, U. of North Dakota School of Law November, 2005 Central States Regional Legal Writing Conference, Indiana U. School of Law September, 2005 First Year Class Orientation, U. of North Dakota School of Law August, 2005 Association of Legal Writing Directors Conference, Northwestern Law School July, 2005 First Year Class Orientation, Howard Law School August, 2004 New England Legal Writing Consortium Meeting, W. New England College of Law June, 2004 Fourth Annual Rocky Mountain Legal Writing Conference, UNLV Law School March, 2004 First Year Class Orientation, Howard Law School August, 2003 First Year Law Student Examination Writing Symposium, Howard Law School December, 2002 AWARDSHoward Law School Moot Court Team Outstanding Faculty Member Award 2003 - 2005 PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND BAR MEMBERSHIPSAssistant Editor, JOURNAL OF LEGAL WRITING July, 2006 - present Association of Legal Writing Directors Legal Writing Institute Society of American Law Teachers New York State Bar American Bar Association - Sections on Legal Education and Individual Rights and Responsibilities Association of American Law Schools - Sections on Academic Support; Criminal Justice; Law and the Social Sciences; Legal Writing, Reasoning and Research; Pre-legal Education and Admission to Law School; Professional Responsibility; Student Services; and Teaching Methods. COMMITTEES - PROFESSIONAL, UNIVERSITY & LAW SCHOOLPROFESSIONAL COMMITTEES Chair, Legal Writing Institute, Welcoming Fair Conference Planning Committee 2007 - present Legal Writing Institute – 2008 Poster Selection Committee 2007 - present Legal Writing Institute – Long Term Conference Planning Committee 2006 - present Association of Legal Writing Directors – Outreach Committee 2005 - 2006 AALS Section on Legal Reasoning, Research, and Writing - Nominating Committee 2006 - present AALS Section on Legal Reasoning, Research, and Writing – Poster Selection Committee 2007 - present AALS Section on Teaching Methods – Poster Selection Committee 2007 - present UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES Unviersity of North Dakota Assessment Committee 2007 - present University of North Dakota President's Ad Hoc Committee on Promotions 2006 - present University of North Dakota Assessment Steering Committee 2006 - 2007 University of North Dakota Academic Advisory Council on Instructional Technology 2006 - 2007 LAW SCHOOL COMMITTEES University of North Dakota School of Law Chair, Student Affairs Committee 2007 - present Faculty Selection Committee 2007 - present Admissions Committee 2006 - present Academic Affairs & Curriculum Committee 2006 - present Academic Affairs Committee 2005 - 2006 Curriculum Committee 2005 - 2006
Howard University School of Law Student Affairs Committee 2004 - 2005 Library Committee 2001 - 2004 Diversity Committee 2002 - 2004 LLM & Joint Degree Committee 2002 - 2004 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTParticipant, UND Teaching With Technology (two week seminar) May, 2007 Participant, UND Writing Across the Curriculum (two week seminar) May, 2006 Participant, Alice T. Clark/UND Foundation Scholars Faculty Mentoring Program 2005-2006 Completed University of North Dakota IRB/Human Subjects Certification October, 2005 OTHER LAW SCHOOL SERVICEJudge, University of North Dakota Trial Advocacy Team 2007 Witness, Carrigan Cup Trial Competition, University of North Dakota 2007 Coach, University of North Dakota Moot Court Team 2006 Mentor for new UND faculty member 2006 - present Faculty Mentor for First Year Students, University of North Dakota School of Law 2006 - present Delegate, Association of American Law Schools 2006 Annual Meeting House of January, 2006 Representatives, Washington, D.C. Judge, University of North Dakota School of Law Moot Court Team 2005, 2007 Advisor, University of North Dakota Space Law Moot Court Team 2006 Academic Advisor, Howard University School of Law 2001-2005 Advisor, The Barrister (Howard University School of Law newspaper) 2004-2005 Coach, Howard University School of Law Moot Court Team 2002-2005 Judge, Howard University School of Law Moot Court and Trial Advocacy Teams 2002-2005 Academic Advisor, Howard University School of Law 2001 - 2005 COMMUNITY, LEGAL, AND ACADEMIC SERVICEConsultant, University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law 2006 Consultant, Professor Gail S. Stephenson, Director of Legal Writing, 2006 Pro Bono Legal Advisor, North Dakota Guardian Ad Litem Service 2006 - present Campaigner for Isaiah Leggett, County Executive, Montgomery County, Maryland 2006 Pro Bono Legal Advisor, American College of Preventive Medicine, Washington, DC 2005 - present PRESSDauphinais Presents in Africa, North Dakota Law, October 2007. The Art of Negotiation, North Dakota Law, March 2007. Get Ready for Law School Exams, Nat’l Jurist, November 2006. Dauphinais to Make Presentation, GRAND FORKS HERALD, July 23, 2005. LEGAL EXPERIENCEAttorney-Advisor 1997 - 2000 Law Clerk 1996 - 1997 Research Assistant 1995 - 1996 |
