Elisabeth Keller

associate professor of legal reasoning, research & writing


Elisabeth Keller

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Associate Professor of Legal Reasoning, Research & Writing
Law School

kellerel@bc.edu

Office Location
Law School
EW312

617.552.4394

    BACKGROUND

Elisabeth Keller received her B.A. degree magna cum laude from Brandeis University in 1981 where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. In 1988, she graduated from Ohio State University with a M.A. in Higher Education and a J.D. summa cum laude where she was a member of the Law Review and Order of the Coif. She began teaching at Western New England College School of Law the following year.

She joined the faculty of Boston College Law School in 1990. She is currently an Associate Professor of Legal Reasoning, Research, and Writing and the Director of the Academic Support Program. She also serves as the Law School Coordinator of theEducation and Law Dual Degree program which is a joint program of the Law School and the Lynch School of Education. She has served as co-editor of The Second Draft, the semi-annual newsletter of The Legal Writing Institute.

EDUCATION
B.A., Brandeis University; M.A., J.D., Ohio State University.

RECENT ACTIVITIES

Presentations: “Oral Critique of Written Work,” at the New England Consortium of Legal Writing Teachers Teaching and Technology Conference at Harvard Law School in December. "Academic Support at Boston College," a video presentation at the CLEO conference retreat, in Indianapolis, Indiana, in March.

Appointments: Appointed coordinator of the law and education dual degree programs at BC Law and the Lynch School of Education in September.

COURSES

Fall '07: Legal Reasoning, Research & Writing
Spring '08: Legal Reasoning, Research & Writing

PUBLICATIONS

  • With Judith B. Tracy. "Hidden in Plain Sight: Achieving More Just Results in Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Cases by Re-Examining Supreme Court Precedent."  Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy 15: issue 1 (January 2008): 247-274.

  • Audiotaped Critiques of Written Work." The Second Draft: Bulletin of the Legal Writing Institute 14: no.1 (November 1999): 13-14.

  • "Consensual Relationships and Institutional Policy." Academe: Bulletin of the Association of University Professors  76 (January-February 1990): 29-32.

  • "Consensual Amorous Relationships Between Faculty and Students: The Constitutional Right to Privacy." Journal of College and University Law  15 (Summer 1988): 21-42. [Also appears in Sexual Harassment on Campus: A Legal Compendium, edited by Elsa Kircher Cole. 2nd ed., 81-102. Washington, D.C.: National Assocation of College and university Attorneys, 1990. An abstract of the article appears in the first edition of this work (1988)]

  • With Gregory A. Gehlmann. "Introductory Comment: A Historical Introduction to the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Ohio State Law Journal  49 (Summer 1988): 329-352.