"Judges' Brief-Writing Advice and the Caseload Crisis of the 1970s," Association for the Study of Law, Culture, and the Humanities Annual Conference, Suffolk University Law School, April 3, 2009.
"Judges and the Rhetoric of Reading," Visiting Scholar Series, Mercer University School of Law, March 31, 2009
Discussant, "First Year Reforms Supplementing the Cognitive, Skills and Professional Formation Apprenticeships," Legal Education at the Crossroads: Ideas to Accomplishments, University of Washington School of Law, September 6, 2008.
"Re-imagining Collaborative Learning: New Technologies and Possibilities," Legal Writing Institute, Biennial National Conference, Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis, July 17, 2008 (with Theodore Myhre).
"Chaim Perelman's Presence in Legal Education," The Promise of Reason: The New Rhetoric after 50 Years, University of Oregon, May 18, 2008.
"Compulsive Hoarding and Cluttering," Washington State Housing Task Force, Columbia Legal Services, Yakima, WA, October 22, 2007.
"Introduction to Case Analysis / Statutory Interpretation," Summer Institute in Transnational Law, University of Washington School of Law (September 10-11, 2007)
Panel organizer and presenter, "Incorporating Real Legal Work into the Legal Writing Classroom" (with Profs. Helen Anderson and Theodore Myhre), Northwest Regional Conference for Teachers of Legal Method, Writing, and Research, Gonzaga University School of Law, August 2007.
"Introduction to the U.S. Legal System: Jaramillo v. Ford, a Case Study in Product Liability Litigation," Summer Institute on English, Business, and Law, UW Educational Outreach, University of Washington (August 2007).
"Neuroimaging Evidence and the Juvenile Death Penalty," History and Philosophy of Biology Program, The Evergreen State College, May 22, 2007.
"The Legal and Historical Context of TVA v. Hill," Visualizing Ecology Program, The Evergreen State College, March 13, 2007.
Vice-chair of Program Committee and Moderator, "Graphic and Visual Representations of Evidence and Inference in Legal Settings," Cardozo Law School, Yeshiva University, New York, NY, January 2007.
Panel organizer and presenter, "Reverse Course: Should We Teach Persuasive Writing First?" presented with Professor Beth Cook, Legal Writing Institute Biennial National Conference, Georgia State University College of Law, June 2006
Panel organizer and presenter, "Collaboration Among Law School Programs: Legal Writing and Clinical Law," presented with Debbie Maranville and Jackie McMurtrie, AALS National Conference, Clinical Legal Education, New York, NY, May 2006.
"How Common Law Lawyers Argue: Categories and Cases II," Summer Institute in Transnational Law, University of Washington School of Law, September 13, 2005.
"How Common Law Lawyers Argue: Rules and Words," Summer Institute in Transnational Law, University of Washington School of Law, September 12, 2005.
"Collaborating with Clinics and Public Interest Organizations in an Advanced Legal Writing Course," Northwest Regional Conference for Teachers of Legal Method, Writing, and Research, University of Washington School of Law, September 9, 2005.
"Strategies for Independent Learning in Law School," Summer Institute for English for Business and Law, UW Educational Outreach, University of Washington, August 3, 2005.