Jennifer Davis

faculty

Jennifer Davis she/her/hers

Assistant Teaching Professor

Law School / Faculty

Contact

508-985-1193

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UMass School of Law 220

Education

Suffolk University School of LawJD
University of Massachusetts at AmherstBA

Teaching

Courses

This course aims at developing student's legal research and writing abilities through writing exercises and research topics related to the drafting of memoranda.

This course aims at developing student's legal research and writing abilities through writing exercises and research topics related to the drafting of memoranda.

The bulk of the course is devoted to brief writing and oral argument techniques. The course provides an overview of appellate procedure.

The course provides individual students with the opportunity to complete an independent legal research and writing project under the supervision of a full- time faculty member with expertise in the area studied. Permission of Full-Time Professor; Permission of Associate Dean required for second I.L.R. Of the 90 credits required for graduation, students are required to earn at least 65 in courses that meet in regularly scheduled class sessions. This course does not count toward the 65 credit requirement.

Research

Research interests

  • Legal Research & Writing
  • Legal Education

Select publications

  • Jennifer Davis, Amy Vorenberg, Anna Elbroch (forthcoming).
    Preparing for Practice: Legal Writing & Analysis in Law School's First Year, 2d Ed.

Jennifer Davis is currently an Assistant Teaching Professor at the University of Massachusetts School of Law where she teaches legal writing and analysis to first-year JD students. Before joining UMass Law, Professor Davis taught legal writing to JD students at the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law and Suffolk University School of Law. She also served as Director of Graduate Skills at UNH Law, teaching legal analysis and writing to international students. Professor Davis graduated from Suffolk University School of Law and clerked for judges of the Maine Superior Court and the Juvenile Court of Massachusetts. She also worked as an appellate attorney in the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office and argued cases before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and Massachusetts Appeals Court.