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Avoiding Bias in Legal Writing

 

Learn many concrete tips for bias-free writing and active proofreading.

In this presentation, we will discuss racial, gender, class, and identity bias in legal analysis and writing, including in our own analysis and writing, so we can gain skills to be more inclusive and culturally competent when crafting legal documents. First, we will examine how privilege and traditional legal writing styles foster bias and exclusion. Then, we'll analyze scholarship and litigation showing techniques to remove bias in legal analysis and legal documents. Finally, we'll review expressways to make positive changes by examining large and small-scale writing solutions.

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Faculty

Stephanie Williams

Stephanie Williams

Pepperdine Caruso School of Law

Professor Stephanie R. Williams

  • Associate Professor of Legal Research and Writing, Pepperdine Caruso School of Law
  • Teach required and elective courses on legal writing and bias; two-time 1L Professor of the Year
  • Former certified appellate specialist in California and law clerk for Judge Fernandez of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • Regular speaker and blogger on issues in bias and effective legal writing
  • Co-author of a forthcoming book on Legal Argumentation from CALI
  • Active member of the California and Illinois bars
  • B.S., Education and Policy, Northwestern University; J.D. cum laude, Loyola Chicago School of Law
  • [email protected]

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