Laurel Oates
Legal Writing Program Director and Associate Professor of Law
Room 325, Seattle University School of Law
Phone: (206) 398-4014
E-mail: loates@seattleu.edu
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Laurel Oates | |
Teaches Language and the Law, Legal Writing
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B.A. with Honors Western Washington University 1973. J.D. cum laude University of Puget Sound (now Seattle University) School of Law 1978. Clerk with the Washington State Court of Appeals.
Professor Laurel Oates is the Director of Seattle University’s Legal Writing Program, which has been ranked by U.S. and World Reports as the top legal writing program in the United States. After receiving her J.D. cum laude from the University of Puget Sound School of Law (now Seattle University School of Law), Professor Oates clerked for Division II of the Washington State Court of Appeals.
In 1984, Professor Oates helped co-founded the Legal Writing Institute, which has more than 2000 members from more than 150 law schools and which works to improve the teaching of legal writing. As a member of the Legal Writing Institute, Professor Oates helped establish The Second Draft, which is the Institute’s bulletin, and helped organize and host seven national conferences, including the 1984, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004 Legal Writing conferences.
Professor Oates is the co-author of five books, including The Legal Writing Handbook, which is now in its fourth edition, and Just Research, Just Memos, Just Briefs, Just Writing, and a Practice Book. She has also authored a number of articles, which are listed in the publications list.
During Spring Semester 2007, Professor Oates will be working in India and Africa. In February 2007, Professor Oates and Samuel will be training magistrates in Uganda; in March, they will be hosting a conference for law school professors and providing workshops for attorneys; and in April, they will be providing training for judges in South Africa.