Pamela V. Keller
- Clinical Professor
- Lawyering Skills Director
- Moot Court Director
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Biography —
Pamela Keller is a clinical professor and director of the lawyering skills program. She graduated from the KU School of Law in 1993, Order of the Coif, and was the Note and Comment Editor of the Kansas Law Review. After serving two years as a law clerk for the Hon. John W. Lungstrum, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas, she joined Ice Miller in Indianapolis and worked for the firm for nine years as a labor law and employment litigation attorney. She joined the KU Law lawyering skills faculty in 1999, at the inception of the program, and has served as director since 2006. She directed the judicial field placement for fifteen years and currently directs the moot court program. She received the law school's Robert A. Schroeder Teaching Fellowship in 2012 and the Edwin W. Hecker Jr. Teaching Fellowship in 2019 and 2022. The University awarded her the inaugural Bob & Kathie Taylor Excellence in Teaching Award in 2018.
Education —
Research —
Research Interests
- Legal writing
- Advocacy
- Oral advocacy
- Ethical Advocacy/Professionalism
- Teaching methods
Admitted
Kansas 2011, Indiana 1995, New York 1994.
Career History
Law Clerk, Judge John W. Lungstrum, U.S. District Court of Kansas, 1993 to 1995; Ice Miller, 1995-2005; University of Kansas School of Law, 1999-present.
Teaching —
Lawyering Skills, Moot Court, Writing for Law Practice
Selected Publications —
- Keller, P. (2023) Substance & Style: Writing With A Digital Reader in Mind. Journal of the Kansas Bar Association.
- Keller, P. (2022) Substance & Style: Harness the Power of Transitions. Journal of the Kansas Bar Association.
- Keller, P. (2021). Substance & Style: Telling Your Client’s (and the Other Side’s) Story, Journal of the Kansas Bar Association.
- Keller, P. (2020). Substance & Style: Accounting for Cognitive Bias in your Legal Reasoning and Writing, Part 2. Journal of the Kansas Bar Association
- Keller, P. (2019). Substance & Style: Accounting for Cognitive Bias in your Legal Reasoning and Writing [Journal Articles]. 88(9), 26.
- Keller, P. (2019). Substance & Style: Some Science Supporting Style [Journal Articles]. 88(6), 16–17.
- Keller, P. (2018). Substance & Style: Pause to Persuade [Journal Articles]. Journal of the Kansas Bar Association, 87(No. 5), 36–37.
- Keller, P. (2017). Substance & Style: Listening Like a Lawyer [Journal Articles]. Journal of the Kansas Bar Association, 86(No.9), 48–49.
- Keller, P. (2017). Substance & Style: Listening Like a Lawyer [Journal Articles]. Journal of the Kansas Bar Association, 86(No.9), 48–49.
- Keller, P. (2017). Substance & Style: Statutory Interpretation - Are You Up To Date (the Data)? [Journal Articles]. Journal of the Kansas Bar Association, 86(No. 8), 74–76.
- Keller, P. V. (2013). Balancing Employer Business Interests and Employee Privacy Interests: A Survey of Kansas Intrusion on Seclusion Cases in the Employment Context [Journal Articles]. University of Kansas Law Review, 61(5), 983–1020.
- Keller, P. (2012). Substance & Style: Tell the Story of the Professional Lawyer [Journal Articles]. Journal of the Kansas Bar Association, 81(8), 10,15.
- Keller, P. V., & Schroeder, E. P. (2007). Kansas Employment Law Survey [Journal Articles]. University of Kansas Law Review, 55(No. 4), 887–932.
Selected Presentations —
- Keller, P., Six, B., Curran, S. (2023) Ethical Lawyering With Generative AI. Joseph, Hollander & Craft CLE Series.
- Keller, P.V. (2023) Defenders of Truth: Do we need to teach students what a lie is?. UCI Law School. Irvine, CA.
- Keller, P.V., Tully, D., Davis, K., Boyle, R., McMahon, S. (2023) What's Legal Writing Scholarship Got to Do With It?. ALWD Biennial Conference, UCI Law School. Irvine, CA.
- Keller, P.V., Rosenberg, J. (2023) What Do We Do Now?: Teaching Precedent and Stare Decisis after Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Org. and Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta. UNLV Boyd School of Law. Las Vegas.
- Keller, P. (2021), Facilitator, Association of Legal Writing Directors 2021 Leadership Academy. Online.
- Keller, P. (2021) 70 Miles Apart on I-70 But Three Different Worlds. Central States Regional Legal Writing Conference. UMKC Law School.
- Keller, P. (2021) In A Manner of Speaking: Law Talk (Podcast interview with Paul Meier). Podcast.
- Keller, P. (2021) Kansas Open Records & Meetings. Ready to Represent: Women’s Leadership Training Program, Kansas Women’s Leadership Series. University of Kanas.
- Keller, P. (2020) Accounting for Cognitive Bias in Legal Reasoning and Writing. Kansas Supreme Court Spring CLE.
- (2019) Lessons Learned Outside the Trenches. Central States Legal Writing Conference, UIC John Marshall Law School. Chicago.
- Keller, P. (2019). Legal Writing Update. Recent Developments in the Law. University of Kansas School of Law, Lawrence, KS
- Keller, P. (4/13/2018). Clear & Concise Legal Writing. Kansas Supreme Court Clerks. Kansas Judicial Center
- Keller, P. (9/16/2017). Cultivating Collaboration Through Constructive Competition. Central States Legal Writing Conference, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
- Keller, P. (4/26/2014). Focus on the A in CRAC: Developing Students' Ability to Draw Inferences and Fill the "Explanation Gap" in Their Application of Law to Fact. Southeastern Regional Legal Writing Conference. Stetson College of Law, Gulfport, FL
- Keller, P., & Jackson, J. (1/9/2014). Legal Writing Refresher. Sam A. Crow Inn of Court. Topeka, KS
- Keller, P. (6/30/2011). ABA Accreditation Standards: How do they affect voting rights, meaningful participation in faculty committees, and curriculum?. Eighth Biennial Conference of the Association of Legal Writing Directors focused on "Leadership for the Second Wave.". University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Sacramento, CA
- Keller, P., & Six, B. (12/31/2009). Legal Writing for Paralegals. Shook Hardy & Bacon LLC, Kansas City, MO
- Keller, P. (10/31/2008). Ethics for Human Resource Professionals. Equal Employment Opportunity Law Seminar. Lawrence, KS
Memberships —
American Bar Association; Kansas Bar Association; Kansas Women Attorneys Association; Association of Legal Writing Directors; Legal Writing Institute.