Professor Borman’s Scholarship & Service

Morath. A Short and Happy Guide to Legal Writing. Legal Writing Journal Online (April 28, 2020). Professor Sarah J. Morath (Houston Law Center) reviewed Professor Borman’s book, A Short & Happy Guide to Legal Writing, in the latest issue of the Legal Writing Journal Online: “Borman’s book should be on every legal writing and academic … Professor Borman’s Book Reviewed in the Journal of the Legal Writing Institute

Borman, Deborah L., and J. Lyn Entrikin, et. al. Legal Writing Sourcebook. 3rd ed., American Bar Association (2020). Professor Borman authored the chapter “Serving Students with Special Needs.”

SSRN. Arts Education eJournal Top 10. SSRN (February 12, 2020). Professor Borman’s article, “FREEZE! USING THEATRE IMPROVISATION TECHNIQUES TO PRACTICE ORAL ARGUMENT,” was recently listed on SSRN’s Top Ten download list for Arts Education eJournal and ArtsRN: Theater & Performance Education.

Deborah L. Borman has been appointed to AALS Section on Balance in Legal Education for the 2020-2021 term. Following a successful year as Secretary and Program Chair of the AALS Section on Balance in Legal Education, where she curated and moderated two sessions on Inequity and the effect on well-being in legal education and law … Professor Borman Elected Chair-Elect, AALS Section on Balance in Legal Education

Borman, Deborah L. The Unequal Workplace: Well-Being at Stake. AALS 2020, Washington, D.C. (January 2020). The AALS released a ranking of the top 25 attended programs out of the hundreds of sessions and panels at the Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. in January 2020. The program curated and moderated by Professor Borman for the Section … Professor Borman Moderated AALS Session Ranked in Top 20

Borman, Deborah L. The Unequal Workplace: Well-Being at Stake & Legal Workplace Inequities and Impact on Women’s Health. AALS, Washington, D.C. (January 2020). Professor Borman moderated two sessions at AALS 2020. The first panel examines the social inequality that the culture of hierarchy engenders in law schools. The second panel examines the negative impact of … Professor Borman Moderates two Sessions at AALS 2020

Fruehwald, Scott. Best Legal Education Articles of 2019. TaxProf Blog (December 27, 2019). TaxProf Blog chose Prof. Borman’s article, “Something Borrowed: Interdisciplinary Strategies for Legal Education” as one of the best legal education articles of 2019.

Borman, Deborah L. Any Questions???? The Trouble with Vague Prompts. University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, Memphis, TN (December 13, 2019). Vague prompts such as “any questions?” are ineffective in ascertaining student learning and comprehension. Professor Borman discussed the best alternative to the vague prompt: the Classroom Assessment Technique.

Borman, Deborah L., Something Borrowed: Interdisciplinary Strategies for Legal Education, 68 J. Legal Educ. 357 (2019). In “Something Borrowed,” Professors Borman and Haras argue that legal education must borrow theories and techniques from other disciplines to achieve better teaching and learning in law school. The authors identify and dismiss the faulty learning theories that pervades … Professor Borman publishes article in Journal on Legal Education

Borman, Deborah L.  Structural Barriers to Gender Equity: Women-on-Women Crime. Villanova Law Review Norman J. Shachoy Symposium: Gender Equity in Law Schools, Philadelphia, PA (October 25, 2019). Materials Questions of unequal treatment and bias hamper the ability of female faculty to achieve equality in law schools. Professor Borman identified the underlying social theories that explain … Professor Borman invited to speak at Villanova Law Review Symposium