Education
BA 1992 and JD 1995 (cum laude), Brigham Young University. University Honors: member, Jessup International Moot Court Competition team; member, Board of Advocates.
Experience
Reference Librarian and Legal Research Professor, 1995-99; Legal Research and Writing Professor, 1997-1999. Visiting Professor of Law, Temple University Beasley School of Law, 1999-2001; Director, Rex E. Lee Advocacy Program and Associate Professor, 2001-2006, Full Teaching Professor 2007. Recipient of University Fellowship for Teaching and Learning 2008-2011. Member Board of Directors of the Legal Writing Institute and President of the Association of Legal Writing Directors. Editor in Chief of Legal Writing: The Journal of the Legal Writing Institute. Joined J. Reuben Clark Law School, 1995.
Principal Research Interests
Legal research and writing pedagogy; learning theory; and appellate advocacy and process.
Classes Taught
Introduction to Advocacy, Introduction to Legal Research & Writing, Advanced Appellate Brief Writing, and religion courses in Church History and Doctrine.
Publications
ARTICLES
Kristin B. Gerdy, Clients, Empathy, and Compassion: Introducing First-Year Students to the “Heart” of Lawyering, Nebraska Law Review 2008.
Kristin B. Gerdy, The Irresistible Force Meets the Immovable Object: When Antidiscrimination Standards And Religious Belief Collide in ABA-Accredited Law Schools, 85 U. Ore. L. Rev. 943 (2006).
Kristin B. Gerdy, Jane H. Wise & Alison Craig, Expanding Our Classroom Walls: Enhancing Teaching and Learning Through Technology, forthcoming Legal Writing, Journal of the Legal Writing Institute (2005).
Kristin B. Gerdy, “Important” and “Irreversible” but Maybe Not “Unreviewable”: The Dilemma of Protecting Defendants’ Rights Through the Collateral Order Doctrine, 38 University of San Francisco L. Rev. 213 (2004).
Kristin B. Gerdy, Continuing Development: a Snapshot of Legal Research and Writing Programs Through the Lens of the 2002 LWI and ALWD Survey, 9 Leg. Writing 227 (2003).
Kristin B. Gerdy, Teacher, Coach, Cheerleader, and Judge: Promoting Learning through Learner-Centered Assessment, 94 Law Library Journal 59 (2002).
Kristin B. Gerdy, Making the Connection: Learning Style Theory and the Legal Research Curriculum, 19 Legal Reference Services Quarterly 71 (2001).
Kristin B. Gerdy, The Internet Alternative, 19 Legal Reference Services Quarterly 119 (2001).
ESSAYS AND SHORTER WORKS
Kristin B. Gerdy, Highlights of the 2004 ALWD/LWI Survey of Legal Writing Programs, 19 Second Draft: Bull. Legal Writing Inst. 14 (December 2004).
Kristin B. Gerdy, Law Student Plagiarism: Why It Happens, Where It’s Found, And How To Find It, 2004 BYU Education and Law Journal 431. (Invited, Symposium on Plagiarism)
Kristin B. Gerdy, Teachable Moments: What is the difference between substantive and procedural law? And how do I research procedure?, 9 Perspectives: Teaching Legal Research and Writing 5 (Fall 2000).
Contributing author, ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LATTER-DAY SAINT HISTORY (Arnold K. Garr, Donald Q. Cannon, & Richard O. Cowan eds, Deseret Book 2000).
Kristin B. Gerdy and Kory D. Staheli, Many Utah Firms Are Adding CD-ROMs to their Research Arsenal--Are They For You?, Utah Bar Journal, Aug./Sept. 1996, at 18.
EDITORSHIPS & MISCELLANEOUS
Editor-in-Chief, Legal Writing: The Journal of the Legal Writing Institute, 2008-2010 (volumes 15-16)
Assistant Editor-in-Chief, Legal Writing: The Journal of the Legal Writing Institute, 2006-2008 (volumes 12-14)
Kristin B. Gerdy, editor, Tenth Annual National Legal Research Teach-In Training Kit (West 2002).
AALL Newsline: Orlando, Executive Producer for this daily television program held during the AALL Annual Meeting, July 19-24, 2002.
Kristin B. Gerdy, Online Tutorial and Exercise: Case Finding, LEXIS-NEXIS Legal Research Series, http://lawschool.lexis.com/tutorials/casefinding/index.html (2001).
Kristin B. Gerdy, Online Tutorial and Exercise: Legislative History, LEXIS-NEXIS Legal Research Series, http://lawschool.lexis.com/tutorials/leghist/index.html (2001).
Kristin B. Gerdy, Online Tutorial and Exercise: Updating, LEXIS-NEXIS Legal Research Series, http://lawschool.lexis.com/tutorials/updating/index.html (2001).
Kristin B. Gerdy, editor, Ninth Annual National Legal Research Teach-In Training Kit (West 2001).
Kristin B. Gerdy, editor, Eighth Annual National Legal Research Teach-In Training Kit (West 2000).
Kristin B. Gerdy, editor, Seventh Annual National Legal Research Teach-In Training Kit (West 1999).
Kristin B. Gerdy, editor, Sixth Annual National Legal Research Teach-In Training Kit (West 1998).
Kristin B. Gerdy, "Legal Research on the Internet," Sixth Annual National Legal Research Teach-In Training Kit (West 1998).
Kristin B. Gerdy and Kory D. Staheli, Cost-Effective Legal Research: Integrating Manual and Online Sources, Fifth Annual Legal Research Teach-In Training Kit (West 1997).
Kristin B. Gerdy and Kory D. Staheli, Legal Research Training Seminar - Legal Practice Materials, Fourth Annual Legal Research Teach-In Training Kit (West 1996).
PRESENTATIONS:
Special Challenges for Directors of Adjunct, Part-time, and Hybrid Programs, with Hether Macfarlane, ALWD Conference, July 2009, Kansas City, Missouri.
Update of Recent ABA Standards and Activities, panelist, ALWD Conference, July 2009, Kansas City, Missouri.
Lawyer as Storyteller: The Role of Empathy and Compassion in Telling Effective Client Stories, Legal Storytelling Conference, July 2009, Portland, Oregon.
“For Policy Reasons”: Helping Novice Legal Writers Find and Articulate Effective Policy Arguments, with Joi Gardner Pearson, Rocky Mountain Legal Writing Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, March 2008.
Teaching 1Ls about Clients, Empathy, and Compassion, Association of Legal Writing Directors Conference, Denver, Colorado, June 2007.
The Changed Organizational Structure Of Law Schools And Its Impact On Faculty, AALS Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 2007 (invited panelist).
In the Footsteps of Giants, presentation to the Chicago Chapter of the J. Reuben Clark Law Society, July 20, 2005.
Developing Legal Research Programs, Preparing for Practice: A Conference on Legal Skills Training in Central and Eastern Europe, Prague, Czech Republic, May 2005
Expanding Our Classroom Walls: Enhancing Teaching and Learning Through Technology, Legal Writing Institute Conference, Seattle, Washington, July 2004.
Courting Technology: Recent Technological Innovations for Federal Courts, Tenth Circuit Judicial Conference, Park City, Utah, July 2004.
Applying Technology in First Year Legal Research and Writing: Two Schools' Approaches, SubTech 2004 Conference, Seattle, Washington, June 2004.
Technology in the Legal Writing Classroom, AALS Workshop on Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, January 2004.
Beating the Plagiarism Plague, AALS Annual Meeting, Atlanta Georgia, January 2004.
American Association of Law Libraries
Member, 1996- present
SIS Council Member, July 1999- July 2001
SIS Council Chair and Liaison to the AALL Executive Board, July 2000-July 2001
Publications Committee, Member, July 2000-July 2002
Publications Committee, Chair, July 2001-July 2002.
American Association of Law Libraries Research Instruction and Patron Services Special Interest Section
Member, 1996-present
Program Committee, Member, 1996-1998
Public Relations Committee, Chair, 1997-1998
Program Committee, Chair, 1998-1999
Vice Chair/ Chair-Elect, 1998-1999
Chair, July 1999-July 2000
Association of Legal Writing Directors
Member, 1997-1999; 2001-present
Survey Committee Co-Chair, 2001-2002
Board of Directors, Member, 2002-2004
Survey Committee Chair, 2002-present
Moot Court Committee Member, 2002-present
President-Elect, July 2004-July 2005
President, July 2005 - July 2007
Secretary, July 2008-July 2011
Legal Writing Institute
Member, 1997-present
Board of Directors, Member, July 2004-July 2008
Legal Writing Institute Journal Editorial Board
Member, July 2004-July 2008
Assistant Editor in Chief, 2006=2008
Editor in Chief, 2008-2010
|