Jennifer Davis

faculty

Jennifer Davis she/her/hers

Assistant Teaching Professor

Law School / Faculty

Contact

508-985-1193

508-985-1115

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UMass School of Law 220

Education

Suffolk University School of LawJD
University of Massachusetts at AmherstBA

Teaching

Programs

Teaching

Courses

Continues the development of students' legal research and writing abilities through writing exercises and research topics related to the drafting of memoranda, motions and other documents.

Continues the development of students' legal research and writing abilities through writing exercises and research topics related to the drafting of memoranda, motions and other documents.

Research

Research interests

  • Legal Research & Writing
  • Legal Education

Select publications

  • Jennifer Davis, Amy Vorenberg, Anna Elbroch (forthcoming).
    Preparing for Practice: Legal Writing & Analysis in Law School's First Year, 2d Ed.

Jennifer Davis is currently an Assistant Teaching Professor at the University of Massachusetts School of Law where she teaches legal writing and analysis to first-year JD students. Before joining UMass Law, Professor Davis taught legal writing to JD students at the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law and Suffolk University School of Law. She also served as Director of Graduate Skills at UNH Law, teaching legal analysis and writing to international students. Professor Davis graduated from Suffolk University School of Law and clerked for judges of the Maine Superior Court and the Juvenile Court of Massachusetts. She also worked as an appellate attorney in the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office and argued cases before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and Massachusetts Appeals Court.