Why this conference?
This second Applied Legal Storytelling conference was imagined and realized because the conference organizers wished to create a sustainable dialogue about the application of storytelling elements to the practice and pedagogy of law. This conference continues the discussion began at the first Once Upon a Legal Time conference held at City Law School in London in 2007. We are committed to spotlighting the concept of a story in ways that will directly and tangibly benefit law students (i.e. future lawyers) and legal practitioners (i.e. former law students).

The 2009 conference, Chapter Two: Once Upon A Legal Story will include presentations by over fifty legal professionals from diverse areas of legal study and practice. Presenters will add their unique takes on this new area of legal scholarship that seeks to explore the role of narrative in legal practice and legal education.

Segment One:
Argumentation + Narration = Persuasion (An Empirical Study of Storytelling in Appellate Brief Writing)
Kenneth Chestek

The Science of Storytelling
Ruth Anne Robbins
Steve Johansen

Segment Two:
A Story with No End in Sight and Why Story Telling Works
Kate O’Neill
Lea Vaughn

Segment Three:
The Art of Legal Writing
Maureen B. Collins

Using Graphic Novels to Teach Legal Storytelling: Visual Metaphors and Persuasion
Lenora Ledwon

Segment Four:
Stories Without Endings: The Stories of Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence Seeking U Visa Relief
Jamie Rene Abrams

Post-Disaster Narrative & Litigation: Reflections on Storytelling and Social Justice from the Gulf Coast
Davida Finger

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American Ways of Death
Phyllis Goldfarb

Segment Six:
Storytelling Across the Curriculum From Margin to Center, From Clinic to Classroom
Carolyn Grose
Binny Miller

Segment Seven:
Reconciling Colliding Images: Overcoming Adverse Stock Structures in Statutory Interpretation
Michael R. Smith

Segment Eight:
The Complete Story of Legal Theory
Sarah Nason

Segment Nine:
Stories Within Stories – Incitement to Genocide and Law’s Narrative
Noah B. Novogrodsky
Ed Morgan

Segment Ten:
No Story Is An Island – What John Donne, John Wayne, And Johnnie Cochran Can Tell Us About The Role of Cultural Narratives In Case Theories
Ian Gallacher

Segment Eleven:
Using Narrative Theory to Apply the “Acknowledging the Student’s Perspective” Provision of Autonomy Support to Improve Clinical Professor-Student Interactions in Law School
Carol L. Wallinger

Segment Twelve:
The Use of Real Life Stories in Teaching Legal Drafting
Karin Mika

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Using Storytelling in Scholarly Writing
Amy Vorenberg

Segment Fourteen:
The Bounds of Storytelling: Using Classical Greek and Roman Rhetoric to Shape the Ethics of Storytelling in Modern Litigation
Melissa Love Greipp

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Out of the Ashes: 9/11: A Journey of Film, Law and Narrative
Marilyn J. Berger

Segment Sixteen:
A Tale of Election Day 2008: Teaching Storytelling Through Repeated Experiences
Stefan H. Krieger
Serge Martinez

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Stories in Law: Providing Space for ‘Oppositionists’?
Steven Cammiss

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Discovering the Story
Dan Williams – Northeastern University School of Law

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Sowing Persuasive Seeds: The Use of Foreshadowing in Legal Argument
Michael Higdon

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Heroic Narratives of Law Reform: The Court as Narrator and Protagonist
Andrea McArdle

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A Novel Way to Teach Drafting: Using Literature to Instill the Practice of Law
Scott A. Anderson

Segment Twenty-Two:
Aristotle Meets Sherlock Holmes: Truth, Probability, and Narrative Coherence
Chris Rideout

Segment Twenty-Three:
On Becoming a Better Lawyer: Feminist Legal Theory, Storytelling, and Best Practices
Susan L. Brody

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Storytelling for the Criminal Defendant
Keith A. Findley & Byron C. Lichstein – University of Wisconsin School of Law

Capital Post-Conviction Work: Working with Clinical Students in Developing the Client’s Humanizing Life Story
Sean O’Brien

Segment Twenty-Five:
Stories About Storytelling: 100 years of Brief-writing Advice
Helen Anderson

Telling through Type: Typography and Narrative in Legal Briefs
Derek H. Kiernan-Johnson

Segment Twenty-Six:
Lawyer as Storyteller: The Role of Empathy and Compassion in Telling Effective Client Stories
Kristin Gerdy

Hearing Clients’ Stories Through the Eyes of Other Professionals: Bringing Other Professionals Into the Lawyer/Client Relationship
Spencer Rand

Segment Twenty-Seven:
Using Corroborating Narratives in Cross-Examination: An Effective Alternative to Traditional Cross-Examination Strategies
Victoria L. Chase

Telling the client’s Story Effectively: A Model for Direct Examination Preparation for Law
Clinic Students
Angela McCaffrey

Segment Twenty-Eight:
Fitting Narrative to Audience and a Narrative View of Evidentiary Rules
Bruce Ching

The Garden of Forking Paths: The Problem of Narratology in Criminal Law
Anders Walker
Brian Foley

Segment Twenty-Nine:
How Can Story Motifs Help As We Mentor Student Professional Development?
Harriet N. Katz

War Stories: Mentoring New Lawyers through Storytelling
Julie A. Oseid

The Story Within the Lawyer: Using Storytelling to Promote Moral Discernment
Deborah Schmedemann

Segment Thirty:
When the Truth and the Story Collide: What We Can Learn from the Experience of Non-Fiction Writers about the Limits of Storytelling in Legal Writing
Jeanne Kaiser

A Wide Stance Indeed: Analysis of Opposing Sides in the Senator Larry Craig Case
Benjamin Opipari

Segment Thirty-One:
A Cautionary Tale: Using Stories From Other Legal Cultures as the Basis for Scholarship
Stacy Caplow

Orphan Epics: Representing the Adolescent Client in Dependency Proceedings
Lisa Kelly

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The Narratives of Harry Potter and the Law
Sue Liemer
Mary Beth Beazley
Eric Gouvin
Aaron Schwabach
Danaya Wright

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Digital Storytelling in Child Advocacy
Amy E. Halbrook
Caleb Paull

Fast Forward: Using New Media Narrative Tools to Persuade
Lucy Jewel

The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on July 22-24th, 2009.

Heroic Narratives of Law Reform: The Court as Narrator and Protagonist
Andrea McArdle – City University of New York School of Law

The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on July 24th, 2009.

This videocast is not available

American Ways of Death
Phyllis Goldfarb – Jacob Burns Community Legal Clinics, George Washington University Law School

The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on July 24th, 2009.

This videocast is not available.

Fitting Narrative to Audience, and a Narrative View of Evidentiary Rules
Bruce Ching – Valparaiso University School of Law

The Garden of Forking Paths: The Problem of Narratology in Criminal Law
Anders Walker – Saint Louis University School of Law
Brian J. Foley – Boston University School of Law

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The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on July 24th, 2009.

Digital Storytelling in Child Advocacy
Amy E. Halbrook – Loyola University Chicago Civitas Child Law Clinic
Caleb Paull – Roosevelt University College of Education

Fast Forward: Using New Media Narrative Tools to Persuade
Lucy Jewel – Altanta’s John Marshall Law School

The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on July 24th, 2009.

The Narratives of Harry Potter and the Law
Sue Liemer- Southern Illinois University School of Law

Mary Beth Beazley – Michael E. Moritz School of Law, Ohio State University

Eric Gouvin- Western New England College School of Law

Aaron Schwabach – Thomas Jefferson School of Law

Danaya Wright – University of Florida, Levin College of Law

The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on July 24th, 2009.

A Cautionary Tale: Using Stories From Other Legal Cultures as the Basis for Scholarship
Stacy Caplow – Brooklyn Law School

Orphan Epics: Representing the Adolescent Client in Dependency Proceedings
Lisa Kelly – University of Washington School of Law

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The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on July 24th, 2009.

When the Truth and the Story Collide: What We Can Learn from the Experience of Non-Fiction Writers about the Limits of Storytelling in Legal Writing
Jeanne Kaiser – Western New England College

A Wide Stance Indeed: Analysis of Opposing Sides in the Senator Larry Craig Case
Benjamin Opipari – In-house Writing Instructor, Howrey LLP

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The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on July 24th, 2009.

How Can Story Motifs Help As We Mentor Student Professional Development?
Harriet N. Katz – Rutgers School of Law – Camden

War Stories: Mentoring New Lawyers through Storytelling
Julie A. Oseid – University of St. Thomas School of Law

The Story Within the Lawyer: Using Storytelling to Promote Moral Discernment
Deborah Schmedemann – William Mitchell College of Law

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The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on July 24th, 2009.

Using Corroborating Narratives in Cross-Examination – An Effective Alternative to Traditional Cross Examination Strategies
Victoria L. Chase – Rutgers University School of Law – Camden

Telling the Client’s Story Effectively: A Model for Direct Examination Preparation for Law Clinic Students
Angela McCaffrey – Hamline University School of Law

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The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on July 24th, 2009.

Lawyer as Storyteller: The Role of Empathy and Compassion in Telling Effective Client Stories
Kristin Gerdy – Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School
Ms. Gerdy was unable to attend the symposium

Hearing Clients’ Stories Through the Eyes of Other Professionals: Bringing Other Professionals Into the Lawyer/Client Relationship
Spencer Rand- Temple University, Beasley School of Law

The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on July 24th, 2009.

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In this podcast, panelists discuss the varied work and skills required to accomplish the land acquisition and real estate management objectives of the major Federal natural resource agencies within the Department of the Interior.

Panelists will tell what it’s like to work on the front lines of climate change, endangered species conservation, energy independence and many of the other big issues which managers of public lands face today.

The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on October 29th, 2009.

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In this podcast, the Oregon ACLU Legal Director, Chin See Ming discusses the privileges and immunities clause of the Oregon constitution. You will learn what your privileges and immunities are as a citizen of Oregon and the difference between the Oregon and federal privileges and immunities clauses.

The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on October 27th, 2009.

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Want to learn more about the Joint JD/LL.M. Degree Program in Environmental Law offered by top-ranked Lewis & Clark Law School? In this podcast, Associate Dean Janice Weis talks about the program: who is eligible, how to apply, and the degree requirements.

If you have questions, please email Linda D’Agostino for additional information.

The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on October 26th, 2009.

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Each fall we invite a leading scholar in environmental law to join us for three days on campus to meet with students and faculty. In this podcast, J.B. Ruhl, the Matthews & Hawkins Professor of Property at Florida State University College of Law, gives a lecture on “After Cap-and-Trade: The Climate-Forced Path of Environmental Law.”

The Environmental and Natural Resources Law program, now in its 22nd year, reports that:

Professor Ruhl is a nationally regarded expert in the fields of endangered species protection, ecosystem services policy, regulation of wetlands, ecosystem management, environmental impact analysis and related environmental and natural resources fields. He has published extensively in these fields.

His case book, The Law of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Management(Foundation Press, 2d ed. 2006), is the first casebook to organize environmental law under these emerging themes, and his book The Practice and Policy of Environmental Law (Foundation Press 2008) is the only environmental law casebook incorporating a practice context focus. He also recently published The Law and Policy of Ecosystem Services (Island Press 2007).

Prior to entering full-time law teaching, Professor Ruhl practiced environmental and natural resources law with the law firm of Fulbright & Jaworski, L.L.P. in its Austin, Texas and Washington, D.C. offices. He received his B.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of Virginia, his LL.M. in Environmental Law from the George Washington University Law School, and a Ph.D. in Geography from Southern Illinois University.

At the beginning of this program, Dean Robert Klonoff introduces the program.

Professor Michael Blumm presents the Distinguished Graduate award for Paul Horwitz (in absentia).

Associate Dean and Director of the Environmental & Natural Resources Law Program Janice Weis presents a Distinguished Graduate award to Nicole Cordan.

Professor Janet Neuman presents the Distinguished Graduate award to Kathleen Trever.

Professor Allison LaPlante presents the Williamson Award to Kristen Monsell.

The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on October 1, 2009.

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In this podcast, you can learn about the options you have in bar reviews from three programs – Kaplan PMBR, Rigos, and AmeriBar.

The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on October 20th, 2009.

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NOTE: Lewis & Clark Law School does not endorse any bar review company.

In this podcast, you can learn about the Property and Environment Research Center (PERC), the nation’s oldest and largest institute dedicated to improving environmental quality through markets and property rights.

PERC has pioneered an approach called Free Market Environmentalism, which applies economic thinking to environmental problems. Reed Watson, PERC’s director of applied programs, explains how he ended up working for this non-profit think tank and discusses some of their most recent initiatives.

The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on September 30th, 2009.

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Are you interested in interning in a criminal defense office this summer? What do employers look for when hiring students? What is the day-to-day work like? In this podcast, learn more about law clerk opportunities working in defense from a panel of students who have clerked in defense attorney offices.

Students who have interned with the Multnomah, Clackamas and Washington County district attorney’s offices in Oregon, the US Attorney’s Office and the Clark County, Washington attorney’s office will address questions and answers.

The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on October 20th, 2009.

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In this podcast, Ashlee Albies ’05, Sean DuBois ’06, and Elizabeth Welch ’06 discuss being a plaintiff’s lawyer (and being a newer lawyer). The speakers will talk about their various practices – civil rights, motor vehicle accidents, employment and criminal defense. They will also talk about different practice areas in the Oregon Trial Lawyer’s Association, including a new group of consumer lawyers.

The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on September 29th, 2009.

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In this podcast, Carl Malamud discusses “Who owns the law?”. A thicket of copyright restrictions has arisen around the primary legal materials of the United States. Statutes, regulations, hearings, and the other materials that make up the raw materials of democracy all face restrictions. Mr. Malamud examines how the law of the law is applied in the modern era and focus on a set of issues regarding ownership of the law in Oregon.

Malamud is the President of Public.Resource.Org, a nonprofit organization instrumental in placing over 90 million pages of primary legal materials on the Internet. He is also known for placing U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and U.S. Patent materials online, ran the first radio station on the Internet, has written eight books, and convinced the Oregon Legislative Committee to waive copyright on the Oregon Revised Statutes.

This event was co-sponsored by the Intellectual Property Student Organization and the Boley Law Library.

The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on October 22nd, 2009.

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Join Directors Bruce Lasky and Wendy Morrish to learn about BABSEA’s exciting opportunities to participate in Bridges Across Borders in Southeast Asia (BABSEA) Legal Internship opportunities in Southeast Asia and their developing programs in social justice in Southeast Asia.

BABSEA’s Summer Legal Internship is a 12 week program, including 2 weeks of Community-based Legal Education training and 1 week of cultural immersion in Thailand. Interns get placed with NGO’s in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, and Malaysia that focus on social justice.

For more information, please visit the BABSEA Legal Internship website.

The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on October 14th, 2009.

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The legal writing department and the International Legal Society student group present a lunchtime question and answer session with five visiting law professors from Al Quds University in the West Bank. Our visitors are here to learn about the American legal education.

The visiting professors of law are:
Dr. Mohammed Shalaldeh, dean of the law school
Abdallah Al Najajreh, Assistant dean and Professor of Law
Dr. Mohammed Khalf
Dr. Adbel Raouf Al Sinai
Ms. Najah Dukmak

The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on October 13th, 2009.

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If you are a student with an undergraduate degree (or at least about two years of coursework) in engineering, computer sciences or the hard sciences (chemistry, biology, physics, some related fields), and are interested in becoming a Patent Agent or Attorney, this is a videocast for you.

Information presented will include:
•The latest info on the Patent Bar Exam,
•Who can take it,
•How it works, now that it’s on computer,
•When you should take it (you don’t need to…and probably shouldn’t…wait until you graduate),
•How and when the new Rules changes coming out of the Patent Office will impact the Exam, and
•Recommendations on when and how to study for this very difficult Exam.

The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on October 13th, 2009.

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In this podcast, Lewis & Clark Law School faculty members talk about their own environmental law careers and get advice on preparing for yours! Our professor panelists represent the spectrum of career possibilities available – private practice, government and non-profit sectors.

Panelists:
Prof. Craig Johnston
Prof. Jan Neuman
Clinical Prof. Erica Thorson
Moderator: Janice Weis, Associate Dean and Director, Environmental and Natural Resources Law Program

Speakers talk about the basics of environmental and natural resources practice; what class and academic options are available to help prepare you for your career; what type of work experience you should try to obtain as a student; and how to pursue an entry level job in this field.

This program is appropriate for all levels.

The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on October 5th, 2009.

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This podcast is the first of a five panel series on farmworker law jointly sponsored by the Latino Law Society, Environmental Justice Advocates, and the National Lawyers Guild.

The panel includes:
Laurie Hoefer, attorney with the Legal Aid Farmworker program
Valentin Sanchez, outreach coordinator for the Oregon Law Center Farmworker program
Dona Hippert, president of the Oregon Toxics Alliance
Logan Perkins, a 1L student at Lewis & Clark Law School

The panel will discuss the types of pesticides applied by farmers, the effects these pesticides have on the farmworkers and the environment, and the training (or lack of) that the farmworkers receive about the pesticides that they apply to crops.

The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on October 22nd, 2009.

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