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Grace Hum

Assistant Professor of Legal Writing

Assistant Professor Grace Hum has also taught at Stanford Law School and Santa Clara University School of Law. She worked as a staff attorney for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and as a research attorney for the U.S. Department of Labor. She has worked as a legal writing consultant, tutoring individual lawyers, and teaching legal writing classes to firm associates. Hum has graded the California Bar Exam and provides individual tutoring to bar applicants.

Education
  • BA, UC Davis
  • JD, Santa Clara University
  • JSM, Stanford University
    Awards
    • Teaching Grant, Asssociation of Legal Writing Directors (2012)
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    Books
      Law Review and Journal Articles
      • "Legal Writing Professors Morphing into Contract Drafting Professors," 12 Transactions: The Tennessee Journal of Business Law 3 (2011). (Co-authored with Miki Felsenberg, Barbara Lentz, Carolyn Broering-Jacobs, and Ted Becker.) Read More
      Book Contributions
        Opinion Pieces and Blog Posts
          Other Publications
            Briefs
              Court Citation of Research
                Presentations
                • Presenter, "The Third Draft," University of Oregon School of Law Second Annual Western Regional Legal Writing Conference, "Olympic Gold: The Teaching, Scholarship, and Service Triathlon," Eugene, Ore. (August 2012).
                • Presenter, "Employers’ Changing Expectations: What Do They Want and How Do We Give it To Them?" 15th Biennial Conference of the Legal Writing Institute, Palm Desert, Calif. (May 2012). (Co-presented with Amy Flynn.)
                • Moderator, "Employer Panel IIA: Judges," 2011 Western Regional Legal Writing Conference, "How to Hit the Ground Writing: Meeting the Expectations of the Changing Legal Market," University of San Francisco School of Law (August 2011).
                • Commentator, 2011 Western Regional Legal Writing Conference, "How to Hit the Ground Writing: Meeting the Expectations of the Changing Legal Market," University of San Francisco School of Law (August 2011).
                • Presenter, "The Nuts and Bolts of Teaching Legal Research and Writing," 2010 Legal Writing Institute Teaching Workshop at Santa Clara University School of Law, Santa Clara, Calif. (December 2010).
                • Presenter, "What Students Should Know About Good Grammar But Don’t – Jeopardy Style!," Legal Writing Institute 14th Biennial Conference, Marco Islands, Fla. (June 2010).
                • Presenter, "Unfounded Fears," Emory University School of Law "Transactional Education: What’s Next?" Atlanta, Ga. (June 2010).
                • Presenter, "Diversifying Law School Faculty at All Levels," The Bar Association of San Francisco, San Francisco (September 2009).
                • Presenter, "From Case Briefing to Complex Case Synthesis: How to Get from Here to There in Three Easy Classes," University of Oregon School of Law and Lewis and Clark Law School, Northwest Regional Legal Writing Conference, Portland, Ore. (August 2009).
                • Presenter, "From Case Briefing to Complex Case Synthesis: How to Get from Here to There in Three Easy Classes," Rocky Mountain Legal Writing Conference, Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law , Tempe, Ariz. (March 2009).
                Testimony and Hearings
                  Written Testimony and Commentary
                    Advisor or Consultant
                      Counsel
                        Symposia Organization
                          (details provided in CV)
                          Professional Membership
                            Fellowships
                              Other Service
                              • Invited Participant, Association of American Law Libraries 105th Annual Meeting and Conference, Boston, Mass. (July 2012).