Kirsten DauphinaisAssociate Professor of Law, Director of Lawyering Skills & Alphson Research Fellow  Professor Dauphinais received her J.D. from the Columbia University School of Law in 1996 and her B. A. in Political Science magna cum laude from Colgate University in 1993 where she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. While in law school, Professor Dauphinais was the Bernstein Memorial Scholar, a member of the Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems, and served as a research assistant to Professor Frank Grad. Upon graduating law school, Professor Dauphinais served as a law clerk to Judge Michael Farrell of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. Following her clerkship, Professor Dauphinais worked as an Attorney-Advisor to the United States Department of Commerce, where she specialized in ethics law. Professor Dauphinais entered academia in 2001 and taught for four years as a Legal Writing Instructor at the Howard University School of Law before joining the UND faculty in 2005. Professor Dauphinais teaches lawyering skills and appellate advocacy, in addition to directing the lawyering skills program. She lectures and publishes in the fields of legal pedagogy and law and psychology. She has presented in Kenya, Mexico, and Turkey and currently serves as Co-Chair of the Teaching Committee of the Association of Legal Writing Directors. ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE ACADEMIC EXPERIENCEUniversity of North Dakota School of Law, Grand Forks, ND Associate Professor of Law - August 2009 - present Assistant Professor of Law, 2005 - 2009 Director of Lawyering Skills, 2005 - present - Lawyering Skills Website Alphson Research Fellow, 2006 - present Co-Coordinator of Academic Support, 2009 - present Howard University School of Law, Washington, DC Legal Writing Instructor 2001 - 2005 EDUCATIONColumbia University School of Law, New York, NY, Juris Doctor May, 1996 Colgate University, Hamilton, NY, Bachelor of Arts, Political Science May, 1993 PUBLICATIONSRichard A. Wise, Kirsten A. Dauphinais, & Martin A. Safer, A Tripartite Solution to Eyewitness Error, 97 J. CRIM. L. & CRIMINOLOGY 807 (2007). Utilized nationwide in bench and bar Continuing Legal Education programs conducted by the Innocence Project; Cited favorably in State v. Clopten, 186 P.3d 1004, 1009 (Utah App. 2008); Lisa Dufraimont, Regulating Unreliable Evidence: Can Evidence Rules Guide Juries and Prevent Wrongful Convictions? 33 Queen’s L.J. 261, 269 n.23 (2008); Stephan Landsman, Reflections on Juryphobia and Medical Malpractice Reform, 57 DePaul L. Rev. 221 (2008); Kirsten A. Dauphinais, Valuing and Nurturing Multiple Intelligences in Legal Education: A Paradigm Shift, 11 WASH. & LEE R. & ETH. ANC. L. J. 1 (2005) (lead article). Reprinted on the Legal Trends Network at http://www.legaltrends.net/. Reviewed favorably by Multiple Intelligences & Legal Education, Law school academic support blog, Aug. 1, 2005, http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/academic_support/learning_styles/. Cited favorably by Becky L. Jacobs, Teaching and Learning Negotiation in a Simulated Environment, 18 Widener L. Rev. 91, 108 n.64 (2008); Nancy A. Welch, Looking Down the Road Less Traveled: Challenges to Persuading the Legal Profession to Define Problems More Humanistically, 2008 J. Dispute Resol. 45, 50 n.21 (2008); Susan Grover, Personal Integration and Outsider Status as Factors in Law Student Well-Being, 47 Washburn L. J. 419, 424 n.36 (2008); Leah Christensen, Law Students Who Learn Differently: A Narrative Case Study of Three Law Students with Attention Deficit Disorder, 21 J. L. & Health 45, 62 (2008); Gail Stephenson, View from the Trenches, 38 Cumb. L. Rev. 71 (2008); Edward Rubin, What’s Wrong with Langdell’s Method, and What to Do About it, 60 Vand. L. Rev. 609, 655 n.151 (2007); Laurie Kadoch, The Third Paradigm: Bringing Legal Writing “Out of the Box” and Into the Mainstream: A Marriage of Doctrinal Subject Matter and Legal Writing Doctrine, 13 Legal Writing: J. Legal Writing Inst. 55, 66 n.45 (2007); Morrison Torey, Yet Another Gender Study? A Critique of the Harvard Study and a Proposal for Change, 13 Wm. & Mary J. Women & L 795, 804 n.60 (2007); Jane M. Goddard, Building the Cathedral: Sculpting a Part-Time Legal Education in a Double-Time World, 8 Barry L. Rev. 117, 126 (2007); Chiwen Bao et al., Left Learning: Theory and Practice in Teaching from the Left in Law School, 531 N.Y.U. Rev. L. & Soc. Change 479, 487 (2007); L. Darnell Weeden, Raising the Bar in the Affirmative Action Debate: A Pragmatic Comment on Professor Richard H. Sander’s Systemic Analysis of Affirmative Action in American Law Schools Article, 15 S. Cal. Rev. L. & Soc. Just 195, 219 (2006); Paula Lustbader, Walk the Talk: Creating Learning Communities to Promote a Pedagogy of Justice, 4 Seattle J. for Soc. Just. 613, 620 n.38(2006); Craig T. Smith, Minds and Levers: Reflections on Howard Gardner’s Changing Minds, 14 Perspectives 116, 116 (2006); Gail S. Stephenson & Linda C. Fowler, Keeping It Real: Developing a Culturally and Personally Relevant Legal Writing Curriculum, 9 J. Gender, Race & Justice 67 n.41 (2006); Joanne Ingham & Robin A. Boyle, Generation X in Law School: How These Law Students Are Different From Those Who Teach Them, 56 J. Leg. Educ. 281 (2006); Marjorie A. Silver, Panel: Therapeutic Jurisprudence: An Interdisciplinary Approach at the UCLA School of Law’s Sixth International Conference on Enriching Clinical Education (Oct. 29, 2005). Kirsten A. Dauphinais, Safe, 12 JURIST 12 (2002) (column in Howard University School of Law's alumni magazine). FORTHCOMING PUBLICATIONS Kirsten A. Dauphinais,Training a Countervailing Elite: The Necessity of an Effective Lawyering Skills Pedagogy for a Rule of Law Revival in East Africa, 85 N.D. L. Rev. __ (2009) (manuscript 78 pages long). WORK IN PROGRESS Kirsten A. Dauphinais, Logical Song (book on selection of legal careers and the changing landscape of the legal profession). OTHER RESEARCHPrincipal Investigator, University of North Dakota School of Law, November, 2005 COURSES TAUGHTCOURSES PRESENTLY TAUGHT Lawyering Skills I & II; COURSES PREVIOUSLY TAUGHT Administrative Law PRESENTATIONSINTERNATIONAL PRESENTATIONS Conference on Concepts of Culture in Legal Education, January, 2009 Istanbul Legal Skills Conference (with Michele Butts - John Marshall Atlanta), August, 2008 Global Legal Skills Conference, February, 2008 East African Conference on Legal Writing Pedagogy, March, 2007 Association of American Law Schools Conference on New Ideas for Law, June, 2006
School Teachers: Teaching Intentionally NATIONAL PRESENTATIONS Association of Legal Writing Directors Conference, July, 2009 Legal Writing Institute Biennial Conference (with Kendra Fershee), July, 2008 Society of American Law Teachers Conference on Teaching for Social Change, March, 2008 Humanizing Legal Education Symposium, October, 2007 Association of Legal Writing Directors Conference, June, 2007 Association of Legal Writing Directors Conference, June, 2007 Institute for Law School Teaching Conference, June, 2007 Association of American Law Schools 2007 Annual Meeting, January, 2007 Institute for Law School Teaching Conference, June, 2006 Association of American Law Schools 2006 Annual Meeting, January, 2006 Association of Legal Writing Directors Conference (with Kathleen Burch – John Marshall Atlanta), July, 2005 REGIONAL PRESENTATIONS Central Region Legal Writing Conference, October, 2009 Central Region Legal Writing Conference, October, 2007 Southeast Legal Writing Conference, September, 2007 Sixth Annual Rocky Mountain Legal Writing Conference, March, 2006 New England Legal Writing Consortium Meeting, December, 2005 Central States Regional Legal Writing Conference, September, 2005 New England Legal Writing Consortium Meeting, June, 2004 Fourth Annual Rocky Mountain Legal Writing Conference, March, 2004 LOCAL PRESENTATIONS University of North Dakota Teaching and Learning Symposium, October, 2009 Criminal Procedure I, November, 2008 Faculty Brownbag, October, 2008 Faculty Brownbag (with Margaret Moore Jackson), February, 2008 First Year Class, November, 2006 First Year Class, November, 2005 First Year Class Orientation, August, 2004 First Year Class Orientation, August, 2003 First Year Law Student Examination Writing Symposium, December, 2002 AWARDSHoward Law School Moot Court Team Outstanding Faculty Member Award 2003 - 2005 PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONSAssistant Editor, Journal of The Legal writing Institute, 2006 - 2008 Association of Legal Writing Directors Legal Writing Institute Society of American Law Teachers APPEAL - Academics Promoting the Pedagogy of Effective Advocacy in Law African and American Professors of Legal Writing New York State Bar American Bar Association - Sections on Legal Education and Individual Rights and Responsibilities Association of American Law Schools - Sections on Academic Support; Criminal Justice; Law and the Social Sciences; Legal Writing, Reasoning and Research; Pre-legal Education and Admission to Law School; Professional Responsibility; Student Services; and Teaching Methods. COMMITTEES - PROFESSIONAL, UNIVERSITY & LAW SCHOOLPROFESSIONAL COMMITTEES Co-Chair, Association of Legal Writing Directors -Teaching Committee, 2008 - 2010 Association of Legal Writing Directors – Outreach Committee, 2005 - 2006 International Planning Committee, Global Legal Skills Conference III, 2007 - 2008 Co-Chair, Legal Writing Institute, ABA Standards & Program, 2008 - 2010 Chair, Legal Writing Institute, Conference Welcoming Fair Planning Committee, 2007 - 2008 Legal Writing Institute – 2008 Poster Committee, 2007 - 2008 Legal Writing Institute – Long Term Conference Planning Committee, 2006 - present Legal Writing Institute – Global Legal Writing Skills Subcommittee, 2006 - present AALS Section on Legal Reasoning, Research, and Writing – Media Committee, 2008 - present AALS Section on Legal Reasoning, Research, and Writing - Program Committee, 2008 AALS Section on Legal Reasoning, Research, and Writing - Poster Selection Committee, 2007 AALS Section on Legal Reasoning, Research, and Writing - Nominating Committee, 2006 AALS Section on Teaching Methods - Poster Selection Committee, 2007 APPEAL Book Exchange Committee, 2008 UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES University of North Dakota Assessment Committee, 2007 - 2010 Subcommittee for Implementation of University-wide Value Added Testing, 2009 University of North Dakota President’s Ad Hoc Committee on Promotions, 2006 University of North Dakota Assessment Steering Committee, 2006 - 2007 University of North Dakota Academic Advisory Council on Instructional Technology, 2006 - 2007 LAW SCHOOL COMMITTEES University of North Dakota School of Law Chair, Student Affairs Committee, 2007 - present Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2009 - present Faculty Evaluation Committee, 2009 - present Ad Hoc Committee on Bar Passage, 2009 - present Faculty Selection Committee, 2007 - 2008 Admissions Committee, 2006 - 2008, 2009 - present Academic Affairs & Curriculum Committee, 2006 - 2008 Academic Affairs Committee, 2005 - 2006, 2008 - 2009 Curriculum Committee, 2005 - 2006, 2008 - 2009 Ad Hoc Subcommittee for Faculty Governance Procedures, 2009 Howard University School of Law Student Affairs Committee 2004 - 2005 Library Committee 2001 - 2004 Diversity Committee 2002 - 2004 LLM & Joint Degree Committee 2002 - 2004 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTParticipant, UND Teaching With Technology (two week seminar), May, 2007 Participant, UND Writing Across the Curriculum (two week seminar), May, 2006 Completed University of North Dakota IRB/Human Subjects Certification, October, 2005 Participant, Alice T. Clark/UND Foundation Scholars Faculty Mentoring Program, 2005 - 2006 OTHER LAW SCHOOL SERVICEAdvisor, University of North Dakota School of Law External Moot Court Program, 2008 - present Guest Juror, University of North Dakota Trial Advocacy Team, 2008 Judge, University of North Dakota Trial Advocacy Team, 2007 Judge, Carrigan Cup Trial Competition, University of North Dakota, 2008 Witness, Carrigan Cup Trial Competition, University of North Dakota, 2007 Coach, University of North Dakota Moot Court Team, 2006 - present Mentor for new UND faculty member, 2006 Faculty Mentor for First Year Students, University of North Dakota School of Law, 2005 - present Delegate, Association of American Law Schools 2006 Annual Meeting House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., 2006 Advisor, University of North Dakota Space Law Moot Court Team, 2006 Judge, University of North Dakota School of Law Moot Court Team, 2005, 2007 Arranged law school public lecture and faculty workshop with Robert Fabrikant, 2006 Academic Advisor, Howard University School of Law, 2001-2005 Advisor, The Barrister (Howard University School of Law newspaper), 2004-2005 Coach, Howard University School of Law Moot Court Team, 2002-2005 Judge, Howard University School of Law Moot Court and Trial Advocacy Teams, 2002-2005 Academic Advisor, Howard University School of Law, 2001 - 2005 COMMUNITY, LEGAL, AND ACADEMIC SERVICECoach, Destination Imagination, 2007 - present Moderator, Roundtable on Pre-LLM Legal English Programs, 2008 Advisor, Professor Charlee Taylor, Florida State University School of Law, 2008 Consultant, University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law 2006 Consultant, Professor Gail S. Stephenson, Director of Legal Writing, 2006 Pro Bono Legal Advisor, North Dakota Guardian Ad Litem Service 2006 - present Campaigner for Isaiah Leggett, County Executive, Montgomery County, Maryland 2006 Pro Bono Legal Advisor, American College of Preventive Medicine, Washington, DC 2005 - present PRESSConversation on Legal Writing, Appearance on UND Studio One program, October 23, 2008 2007 State of the University Report Making Sense of Law; Telling it like it is in Plain English, UND Discovery, March, 2008 2006-07 UND Foundation Report A 21st Century Curriculum, Gavel, November 2007. A Passion for Clarity, UND Discovery, Winter 2007-2008 Dauphinais Presents in Africa, North Dakota Law, October 2007. The Art of Negotiation, North Dakota Law, March 2007. Get Ready for Law School Exams, Nat’l Jurist, November 2006. Dauphinais to Make Presentation, GRAND FORKS HERALD, July 23, 2005. LEGAL EXPERIENCEAttorney-Advisor 1997 - 2000 Law Clerk 1996 - 1997 Research Assistant 1995 - 1996 |
