Elizabeth Keith
Legal Rhetoric Instructor
Office: Room 129A
Phone: 202-274-4326
E-mail: ekeith@wcl.american.edu
Professor Keith joined the WCL faculty in 2008. She had been Assistant Director and Acting Director of Legal Research, Writing & Analysis at George Mason University School of Law since 2006. She has also taught upper-level courses in Appellate Writing and Legal Drafting since 2004. Prior to becoming a law professor, she was a Litigation Associate at Odin, Feldman & Pittleman, P.C. in Fairfax, Virginia, specializing in civil litigation. She has a B.A. with distinction from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a J.D. cum laude from George Mason School of Law, where she was Editor-in-Chief of the George Mason Law Review. She is currently a member of the Legal Writing Institute where she serves on the Advanced Legal Writing Courses Committee.
Currently Teaching
- LAW-516-007 LegalRhetoric:Wrtng&Rsrch I
- LAW-516-008 LegalRhetoric:Wrtng&Rsrch I
Degrees & Universities
- J.D., George Mason University School of Law 2001 (cum laude)
- B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1995 (with distinction)
