Elizabeth Keith Legal Rhetoric Instructor WCL Faculty
- Degrees
- J.D., George Mason University School of Law 2001 ( cum laude)
B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1995 ( with distinction) - Bio
- Professor Keith joined the WCL Legal Rhetoric faculty in 2008. Prior to joining WCL, she taught both first-year and upper-level courses in the Legal Research, Writing, and Analysis program at the George Mason University School of Law (now Antonin Scalia Law School), where she also served as Assistant Director and Director of the program. Prior to becoming a law professor, she practiced civil litigation with Odin, Feldman & Pittleman, P.C. She has a B.A. with distinction from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she was Phi Beta Kappa, and a J.D. cum laude from George Mason School of Law, where she was Editor-In-Chief of the George Mason Law Review and a member of the Moot Court Board and Inns of Court. Professor Keith is a member of the Legal Writing Institute, the Virginia State Bar, and the American Bar Association, and currently serves as the Editor-In-Chief of The Second Draft, an online publication of the Legal Writing Institute.
- Areas of Specialization
- Appellate Advocacy
- Legal Writing, Reasoning and Research
- Trial Advocacy
- For the Media
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