Helene Shapo

Professor of Law

Phone: (312) 503-8454
E-mail: h-shapo@law.northwestern.edu

Curriculum Vitae (pdf)

Helene Shapo writes in the fields of legal writing and trusts and estates; her current research interests focus on marital property law and reproductive technologies. In 1992 and 2001 she was a visiting fellow at Wolfson College, Cambridge University.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Property
Estates and Trusts

Legal Writing

COURSES

Property

PUBLICATIONS

Recent Publications

Writing and Analysis in the Law, 2008
The Law of Trusts and Trustees, Sections 201-230, 2007
Assisted Reproduction and the Law: Disharmony on a Divisive Social Issue, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW, 2006
Writing for Law Practice, 2004
Writing and Analysis in the Law, 2003

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EDUCATION

BA, Smith College
MAT, Harvard University
JD, University of Virginia

PRIOR APPOINTMENTS

Perkins-Bauer Teaching Professor of Law, 1987-88; Associate Professor of Law, 1981-83; Assistant Professor of Law, 1978-81, Northwestern University School of Law
Law Clerk, Hon. James C. Turk, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia, 1977-78
Attorney, Robert M. Musselman and Associates, 1976-77
Instructor, Graduate School, University of Virginia, 1976-78