Kirsten Dauphinais

Assistant Professor of Law, Director of Lawyering Skills & Alphson Research Fellow
dauphinais@law.und.edu

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 legal process 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.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
EDUCATION
PUBLICATIONS
OTHER RESEARCH
COURSES TAUGHT
PRESENTATIONS
AWARDS
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND BAR MEMBERSHIPS
COMMITTEES - PROFESSIONAL, UNIVERSITY & LAW SCHOOL
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
OTHER LAW SCHOOL SERVICE
COMMUNITY, LEGAL, AND ACADEMIC SERVICE
PRESSLEGAL EXPERIENCE

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Assistant Professor of Law 2005 - present

Director of Lawyering Skills 2005 - present

Alphson Research Fellow 2006 - present
University of North Dakota School of Law, Grand Forks, ND

Legal Writing Instructor 2001 - 2005
Howard University School of Law, Washington, DC

EDUCATION

Columbia University School of Law, New York, NY, Juris Doctor May, 1996
Honors:
Recipient, Bernstein Memorial Scholarship (for academic excellence and professional responsibility)
Activities:
Staff Member, COLUMBIA JOURNAL OF LAW AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS
Intern, Westside Victim Services Domestic Violence Project
Coach, Legal Outreach Mock Trial Competition and Summer Law Institute
Recipient, Columbia Public Interest Summer

Grant

Colgate University, Hamilton, NY, Bachelor of Arts, Political Science May, 1993
Honors:
Magna Cum Laude
Phi Beta Kappa
Top 3% of Graduating Class
Recipient. Colgate Alumni Memorial Scholarship (top 5% of entering class and academic scholarship for full financial need)
Recipient, Dean's Award every Semester
Two-time Recipient, Paul M. Himmelman Scholarship (for the outstanding Political Science major)
Activities:
Vice President, College Democrats of Colgate, 1990-92

PUBLICATIONS

Richard A. Wise, Kirsten A. Dauphinais, & Martin A. Safer, A Tripartite Solution to Eyewitness Error, 97 J. CRIM. L. & CRIMINOLOGY 807 (2007). Cited favorably by www.encyclopedia.com (last visited 12/4/07).

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).

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
Leah Christensen, Law Students Who Learn Differently:  A Narrative Case Study of Three Law Students with Attention Deficit Disorder (working paper; forthcoming 2008);
Gail Stephenson, View from the Trenches, 38 Cumb. L. Rev. __ (forthcoming 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);
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);
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);
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).  

Kirsten A. Dauphinais, Safe, 12 JURIST 12 (2002) (column in Howard University School of Law's alumni magazine).

FORTHCOMING PUBLICATIONS

Kirsten A. Dauphinais, Toward a Legal Writing Pedagogy for East African Law Schools:  A Report from the Nairobi Conference, 83 N.D. L. Rev. __ (2008).

OTHER RESEARCH

Principal Investigator, University of North Dakota School of Law, November, 2005
Law School Admissions Council, LSAT Concurrent Validity Study of UND first year law students.

COURSES TAUGHT

COURSES PRESENTLY TAUGHT

Lawyering Skills I & II;
Advanced Appellate Advocacy;
Administrative Law

COURSES PREVIOUSLY TAUGHT

Legal Process;
Brief Writing and Appellate Advocacy;
Legal Reasoning, Research, and Writing;
Appellate Advocacy;
Supervisor of Howard Law Journal Notes and Independent Studies

PRESENTATIONS

Legal Writing Institute Biennial Conference July, 2008 University of Indiana School of Law at Indianapolis
Invited Series of Posters: History and Activities of the Legal Writing Institute

Society of American Law Teachers Conference on Teaching for Social Change March, 2008 University of California at Berkeley School of Law
Proposal Accepted to be Panelist: Social Change Starts at Home: Utilizing Multiple Intelligences Theory to Implement Equity Pedagogy in the Law School Classroom

Global Legal Skills Conference February, 2008 Monterrey, Mexico
Proposal Accepted to be Panelist: Toward a Legal Writing Pedagogy for East Africa: Building Lawyering Skills and Building Nations

Humanizing Legal Education Symposium October, 2007 Washburn University School of Law
Delivered Presentation: Humanizing Legal Education Through Valuing and Nurturing Multiple Intelligences

Central Region Legal Writing Conference October, 2007 University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Law
Delivered Lecture: Teaching Policy for Fun and Profit

Southeast Legal Writing Conference September, 2007 Nova Southeastern School of Law
Delivered Lecture: Teaching Policy for Fun and Profit

Association of Legal Writing Directors Conference June, 2007 Denver University School of Law
Led Breakout Session: The Sourcebook and Pedagogical Methods in the First Year

Association of Legal Writing Directors Conference June, 2007 Denver University School of Law
Panel Organizer and Panelist: Equity Pedagogy

Institute for Law School Teaching Conference June, 2007 Suffolk University School of Law
Invited Panel Organizer, Moderator, and Panelist: Equity Pedagogy

East African Conference on Legal Writing Pedagogy March, 2007 Nairobi, Kenya
Led Workshop: Teaching to Students with Different Learning Styles

Association of American Law Schools 2007 Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. January, 2007
Poster Accepted for Presentation: A Tripartite Solution to Eyewitness Error

First Year Class Orientation, U. of North Dakota School of Law August, 2006
Delivered Series of Lectures: Legal Process Boot Camp

Association of American Law Schools Conference on New Ideas for Law June, 2006
School Teachers: Teaching Intentionally, Vancouver, BC
Led Workshop: Valuing and Nurturing our Students Through Multiple Intelligence Pedagogy

Institute for Law Teaching Conference, Chicago-Kent School of Law June, 2006
Led Workshop: Valuing and Nurturing Multiple Intelligences in Legal Education

Sixth Annual Rocky Mountain Legal Writing Conference, U. of Ariz. School of Law March, 2006
Delivered Lecture: Teaching Policy for Fun and Profit

Association of American Law Schools 2006 Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. January, 2006
Panelist: Teaching Methods and Grading

New England Legal Writing Consortium Meeting, Boston U. School of Law December, 2005
Delivered Lecture: Teaching Policy for Fun and Profit

First Year Class, U. of North Dakota School of Law November, 2005
Delivered Lecture: How to Write a Law School Exam

Central States Regional Legal Writing Conference, Indiana U. School of Law September, 2005
Delivered Lecture: Valuing and Nurturing Multiple Intelligences in Legal Education

First Year Class Orientation, U. of North Dakota School of Law August, 2005
Delivered Series of Lectures: Legal Process Boot Camp

Association of Legal Writing Directors Conference, Northwestern Law School July, 2005
Delivered Lecture (with Kathleen Burch): Multiple Intelligences in Legal Education in Theory and in Practice

First Year Class Orientation, Howard Law School August, 2004
Delivered Invited Lecture: The Ten Commandments of Law School

New England Legal Writing Consortium Meeting, W. New England College of Law June, 2004
Delivered Lecture: Promoting Professionalism and Public Service in Law Teaching Through Multiple Intelligence Theory

Fourth Annual Rocky Mountain Legal Writing Conference, UNLV Law School March, 2004
Delivered Lecture: Valuing and Nurturing Multiple Intelligences in Legal Education

First Year Class Orientation, Howard Law School August, 2003
Delivered Invited Lecture: Welcoming Remarks

First Year Law Student Examination Writing Symposium, Howard Law School December, 2002
Delivered Invited Lecture: How to Write a Law School Exam

AWARDS

Howard Law School Moot Court Team Outstanding Faculty Member Award 2003 - 2005

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND BAR MEMBERSHIPS

Assistant Editor, JOURNAL OF LEGAL WRITING July, 2006 - present

Association of Legal Writing Directors

Legal Writing Institute

Society of American Law Teachers

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 SCHOOL

PROFESSIONAL COMMITTEES

Chair, Legal Writing Institute, Welcoming Fair Conference Planning Committee 2007 - present

Legal Writing Institute – 2008 Poster Selection Committee 2007 - present

Legal Writing Institute – Long Term Conference Planning Committee 2006 - present

Association of Legal Writing Directors – Outreach Committee 2005 - 2006

AALS Section on Legal Reasoning, Research, and Writing - Nominating Committee 2006 - present

AALS Section on Legal Reasoning, Research, and Writing – Poster Selection Committee 2007 - present

AALS Section on Teaching Methods – Poster Selection Committee 2007 - present

UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES

Unviersity of North Dakota Assessment Committee 2007 - present

University of North Dakota President's Ad Hoc Committee on Promotions 2006 - present

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

Faculty Selection Committee 2007 - present

Admissions Committee 2006 - present

Academic Affairs & Curriculum Committee 2006 - present
Drafted assessment portion of 2007 Law School Annual Report.
Drafted executive summary of assessment progress and expectations for new committee.
Co-drafted upper level legal writing policy.
Drafted policy for the grant of credit for extramural skills competitions.

Academic Affairs Committee 2005 - 2006

Curriculum Committee 2005 - 2006
Wrote initial working document to guide committee in developing an outcome assessments plan.
Participated in drafting law student competencies and methods of assessment.
Conducted assessment pilot program in legal writing program and implemented curricular changes based on outcome of report.

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 DEVELOPMENT

Participant, UND Teaching With Technology (two week seminar) May, 2007

Participant, UND Writing Across the Curriculum (two week seminar) May, 2006

Participant, Alice T. Clark/UND Foundation Scholars Faculty Mentoring Program 2005-2006

Completed University of North Dakota IRB/Human Subjects Certification October, 2005

OTHER LAW SCHOOL SERVICE

Judge, University of North Dakota Trial Advocacy Team 2007

Witness, Carrigan Cup Trial Competition, University of North Dakota 2007

Coach, University of North Dakota Moot Court Team 2006

Mentor for new UND faculty member 2006 - present

Faculty Mentor for First Year Students, University of North Dakota School of Law 2006 - present

Delegate, Association of American Law Schools 2006 Annual Meeting House of January, 2006 Representatives, Washington, D.C.

Judge, University of North Dakota School of Law Moot Court Team 2005, 2007

Advisor, University of North Dakota Space Law Moot Court Team 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 SERVICE

Consultant, University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law 2006
Consulted as to structuring, staffing, and workload issues for legal writing program

Consultant, Professor Gail S. Stephenson, Director of Legal Writing, 2006
Southern University School of Law, Baton Rouge, LA
Provided rubric for briefwriting problem used by entire first-year class.

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

PRESS

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 EXPERIENCE

Attorney-Advisor 1997 - 2000
United States Department of Commerce
Office of the General Counsel, Washington, DC

Law Clerk 1996 - 1997
The Honorable Michael W. Farrell
District of Columbia Court of Appeals, Washington, DC

Research Assistant 1995 - 1996
Professor Frank Grad
Columbia University School of Law, New York, NY