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Judith Rosenbaum

Judith A. Rosenbaum
Clinical Professor of Law
Director, Communication and Legal Reasoning Program

Phone: (312) 503-8943
E-mail: j-rosenbaum2@law.northwestern.edu

Curriculum Vitae (pdf)

Judith Rosenbaum's main interest is in the process by which legal learning takes place. This interest has drawn her to teaching Legal Writing, which allows her to participate in students' acquisition of legal analytical skills and in the development of their ability to communicate their analysis in writing. This interest has also led her to work with the Office of Student Affairs in an ongoing program aimed at assisting students in the skills needed to study for and to write traditional law school exams.

She is also extremely interested in using technology to assist students in their learning. Thus, she has helped to develop web based materials for Legal Writing and has been involved in adapting the Legal Research curriculum to keep pace changes in technology, both in Computer-Assisted Legal Reseach and in legal research on the World Wide Web.

Before becoming a member of the Northwestern University School of Law faculty, Ms. Rosenbaum briefly practiced corporate law . She then spent seven years as a staff attorney for the American Judicature Society, where she developed expertise in judicial ethics and in various aspects of the administration of justice. For a long time she was active on the Chicago Bar Association's Judicial Evaluation Committee and the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Gavel Awards.

Ms. Rosenbaum has published books and articles on court administration and judicial ethics. She has often spoken at conferences and seminars on either judicial ethics or on her current areas of interest, teaching methods and the pedagogy of teaching Legal Writing.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • Legal Research
  • Legal Writing

PUBLICATIONS

Recent Publications

  • Why I Don't Give a Research Exam, PERSPECTIVES: TEACHING LEGAL RESEARCH AND WRITING, 2002
  • Fostering Teamwork Through Cooperative and Collaborative Assignments, The Second Draft, 2001
  • CALR Training in a Networked Classroom, PERSPECTIVES: TEACHING LEGAL RESEARCH AND WRITING, 2000
  • Using Read-Aloud Protocols as a Method of Instruction, PERSPECTIVES: TEACHING LEGAL RESEARCH AND WRITING, 1999

EDUCATION

  • BA with distinction in history and high distinction in political science, University of Rochester
  • JD, University of Michigan

PRIOR APPOINTMENTS

  • Assistant Director of Legal Writing, 1998 ­ 2000
  • Senior Lecturer, Legal Writing, 1987-1998
  • Legal Writing Instructor, 1984-1987

RECENT CONSULTING ACTIVITIES

  • Consultant, Bell, Boyd & Lloyd
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