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Paul Figley

Associate Director of Legal Rhetoric
Legal Rhetoric Instructor

 

Office: Room 129B
Phone: 202-274-4316
E-mail: pfigley@wcl.american.edu vCard

Professor Figley, the Associate Director of the Legal Rhetoric Program, came to WCL in 2006. Prior to joining WCL, he was a career litigator for the U.S. Department of Justice, representing the United States and its agencies in appellate and district court litigation involving torts, national security, and information law. His expertise is in motions practice. Figley is a graduate of Southern Methodist University School of Law, where he was leading articles editor for the Journal of Air Law & Commerce. Since joining the WCL faculty, Figley has given writing workshops to national organizations and government agencies and has written for national legal writing publications and scholarly journals. In addition to Legal Rhetoric, he teaches first year Torts and upper level Advanced Lawyering Skills: Tort Litigation.

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