Faculty: Leslie Rose
Leslie Rose
Title(s):
Professor Emerita, Adjunct Professor of Law
School(s):
Law
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COURSES TAUGHT
- LAW 899K
- AABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition
- LAW 732
- Appellate Advocacy
- LAW 803E
- Criminal Procedure
- Legal Writing and Research
RESEARCH INTERESTS & AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
- Appellate Advocacy
- Gender-neutral language
- Legal Writing/Plain Language/Legal Language
- Teaching Methods/Law School Curriculum
EDUCATION
- JD, LLM (highest honors), Golden Gate University
- BS (magna cum laude), Boston University
PROFESSIONAL & TEACHING EXPERIENCE
- Full-Time GGU Law Faculty Member Since 2002
- Former Director, GGU Law Legal Research and Writing Program
- Handled death penalty appeals for Office of the State Public Defender
- Former staff attorney, California Workers Compensation Appeals Board
- Board of Directors, Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute
- Past president, National Lawyers Guild, Bay Area Chapter
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Norm-Referenced Grading in the Age of Carnegie: Why Criteria-Referenced Grading Is More Consistent with Current Trends in Legal Education and How Legal Writing Can Lead the Way, 17 J. of the Legal Writing Institute 123 (2011).
- The Supreme Court and Gender-Neutral Language: Setting the Standard or Lagging Behind? 17 Duke J. of Gender Law & Policy 81 (2010).
- E-Commenting: Pros and Cons, 22 The Second Draft 1 (Legal Writing Institute, 2007).
- U.S. Bombing of Afghanistan Not Justified As Self-Defense Under International Law, 59 Guild Practitioner 65 (2002).
- Issue Editor's Note, 58 Guild Practitioner x (2001).
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
- Member, Association of Legal Writing Directors
- Member, Legal Writing Institute
- Member, California State Bar