Contact Information
Phone: (203) 582-3266
Office: LL338
Hours: MTW 9-5, and Th 12-10
Role of the Writing Specialist
Professional writers routinely seek advice from editors, writing coaches, colleagues, and friends. Expert writers know that the process of discussing their work with prospective readers helps them to clarify ideas and use language more precisely. Law students in particular, as they make the transition to their new discipline, can benefit from talking to a writing specialist who is familiar with the discourse conventions of the law. In our conferences, I will be able to work with you at each stage of the writing process and address your individual problems and questions.
Your Legal Writing professor and I share the same goals. We want you to be thoroughly prepared for the kind of rigorous scrutiny your writing will encounter in law school and in legal practice. Throughout their careers, lawyers are judged on the basis of their writing. Consequently, law students who take an early interest in sharpening their writing skills will benefit from the results for many years to come.