Professor Borman’s Scholarship & Service

Borman, Deborah L. Murder By Consensus: Academic Mobbing, Professional Gaslighting, and Other Hierarchical Transgressions. 2019 Central States Regional Legal Writing Conference, Chicago, Illinois (September 14, 2019). Professor Borman’s talk with Lucy Jewel (Tennessee), identifies the toxic interpersonal situations that arise in the professional academic environment explained in the context of multiple social behavioral theories.

Professor Deborah L. Borman is relatively new to Little Rock—she just finished her second semester on the faculty at the UA Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law. However, she’s not a novice when it comes to teaching her students about oral and written advocacy. In Borman’s experience, legal writing and advocacy can sometimes … RWA Professor Takes Her Students to Court

Borman, Deborah L. Ending the Line. The Rocky Mountain Legal Writing Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada (March 16, 2019). Professor Borman and co-author Kimberly Holst (ASU) spoke at UNLV Boyd School of Law on their article “Ending the Line,” advocating for the end of underlining case citations in the practice of law as well as in … Professor Borman presented a talk at the Rocky Mountain Legal Writing Conference

Professor Deborah L. Borman, a faculty member at the UA Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law, has written A Short and Happy Guide to Legal Writing. It is part of West Academic’s Short and Happy series which began in 2011 with A Short and Happy Guide to Property by Professor Paula Franzese. “The … Professor Deborah L. Borman has written A Short and Happy Guide to Legal Writing

Professor Borman was elected Secretary of the AALS Balance in Legal Education Section for the 2019-20 term. She has also appointed to serve as Annual Program Chair for 2019-20. The 2019 AALS Theme is “Pillars of Democracy: Law, Representation, and Knowledge,” selected by current AALS president, Vicki Jackson.

Borman, Deborah L. A Short & Happy Guide to Legal Writing. West Academic (2019). Buy it here. The inaugural edition of the Short & Happy Guide to Legal Writing provides a full concept of the history and practice of legal writing in the briefest of formats. Includes case briefing, paradigms for organizing predictive and persuasive … Professor Borman publishes “A Short & Happy Guide to Legal Writing”

The AALS Section on Balance in Legal Education appointed Professor Deborah L. Borman to a three year term on the Executive Board.

Borman, Deborah L. Partners in Hein: Cultivating Legal Scholars. University of Oregon School of Law LWI One-Day Workshop, Eugene, OR (November 30, 2018). Professor Borman devised, curated, and participated in the panel “Partners in Hein: Cultivating Legal Scholars,” at a conference at the University of Oregon School of Law. The panel discussed teaching scholarly research … Professor Borman Moderated Panel at University of Oregon

Borman, Deborah. Murder by Consensus: Academic Mobbing, Professional Gas-Lighting, and Other Hierarchical Transgressions. Society of American Law Teachers (SALT), Penn State, State College, PA (Friday, October 5, 2018). Professor Deborah L Borman presented a work in progress with Professor Lucy Jewel (Tennessee) on the sociological underpinnings of toxic academic environments prevalent in legal education.

Professor Deborah L. Borman has been appointed faculty liaison to the Henry Woods Inn of Court for the 2018-19 term. She attended first monthly meeting at the Little Rock Club on Tuesday September 11, 2018.