Mimi Samuel
Legal Writing Professor
Room 323, Seattle University School of Law
Phone: (206) 398-4066
E-mail: msamuel@seattleu.edu
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Mimi Samuel | |
Teaches Legal Writing I and Legal Writing II
A.B. Georgetown University 1984. J.D. cum laude Georgetown University Law Center 1990: International Academy of Trial Lawyers Award for Advocacy; American Jurisprudence Award for Excellence in Evidence.
After law school, Professor Samuel practiced business litigation for approximately eight years, first in Washington, D.C., at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, and then in San Francisco, at Thelen Marrin Johnson & Bridges.
An avid traveler, Professor Samuel has pursued opportunities to work with law students, lawyers, and judges overseas. In 2003, she taught the foundations of the American legal system to Russian law students at Far Eastern National University in Vladivostok. During a leave of absence in 2007, Professor Samuel conducted a series of trainings and workshops in India, Uganda, and South Africa. In addition, she co-organized the Conference on the Pedagogy of Legal Writing for Academics in Nairobi, Kenya, which brought academics from the U.S. together with academics from East Africa. At the end of the conference, the participants decided to form a new organization dedicated to promoting the teaching of legal writing and the exchange of information among academics in the U.S. and Africa. Professor Samuel will serve on the initial board of directors of that organization.