Grace Hum
Assistant Professor of Legal Writing
Assistant Professor 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
Law Review and Journal Articles
Opinion Pieces and Blog Posts
Court Citation of Research
Presentations
- 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).
Written Testimony and Commentary