Amy E. Sloan
Education / DistinctionsProfessor Amy E. Sloan earned her J.D. with highest honors from The George Washington University Law School. She was a member of the George Washington Law Review and Order of the Coif; she also received the Imogen Williford Constitutional Law Award and the Bureau of National Affairs Law Student Prize. After graduating, she served as a law clerk to the Honorable William M. Nickerson and the Honorable Edward S. Northrop at the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.
Professional History
Professor Sloan began her teaching career at the Catholic University of America’s Columbus School of Law. She also taught at The George Washington University Law School, where she directed the Legal Research and Writing Program. In 2001, Professor Sloan joined the University of Baltimore law faculty to lead the Legal Skills Program jointly with Professor Eric B. Easton.
Professor Sloan is active in the national research and writing community. She served as president of the Association of Legal Writing Directors in 2002-03 and as Chair of the Association of American Law Schools’ Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research in 1999. She speaks regularly about legal writing and research at local, regional, and national legal writing conferences.
Recent Publications
- Basic Legal Research: Tools & Strategies (Aspen Publishers) 1st ed. 2000; 2d ed. 2003; 3d ed. 2006
- Basic Legal Research Workbook (Aspen Publishers) 1st ed. 2002; 2d ed. 2005; 3rd ed. 2007 (with Steven D. Schwinn)
- Appellate Fruit Salad and Other Concepts: A Short Course in Appellate Practice, 35 U. Balt. L. Rev. 43 (2005).
- Two Rules for Better Writing, 38 Md. B.J. 57 (September/October 2005).
- A Government of Laws and Not Men: Prohibiting Non-Precedential Opinions by Statute or Procedural Rule, 79 Ind. L.J. 711 (2004).
- Erasing Lines: Integrating the Law School Curriculum, 1 J. ALWD 3 (2002).
- Creating Effective Legal Research Exercises, 7 Perspectives: Teaching Legal Res. & Writing (1998), reprinted in Best of Perspectives: Teaching Legal Res. & Writing 30 (2001).
Steven D. Schwinn
Steven Schwinn is an assistant editor at the John Marshall Law School. He came to John Marshall from the University of Maryland School of Law, where he joined the faculty in 2001. In 2005, he received the Clinical Legal Education Association Award for Excellence for his work as a faculty co-supervisor on a post-conviction case involving a petitioner’s claim of innocence, and has been recognized for his pro bono work. Previously, he taught at George Washington University Law School for two years. Professor Schwinn also was assistant general counsel for the Peace Corps from 1996 to 1999. In law school, he was a member of the editorial board of the American University Journal of Gender & Law. He has written and lectured on a variety of legal topics. Professor Schwinn’s specialty areas include constitutional law, negotiation, client interviewing, appellate advocacy, legal analysis, and writing.
Professor Schwinn joined the John Marshall faculty in 2007 and teaches Lawyering Skills and Constitutional Law II.
Selected Publications:
- The Right to Counsel on Appeal: Civil Douglas, Temple Pol. & Civ. Rights L. Rev. (forthcoming 2006)
- Sidestepping Lassiter on the Path to Civil Gideon: Civil Douglas, 40 Clearinghouse Rev. J. of Poverty L. & Pol’y 217 (2006)
- Teaching Legal Research and Writing with Actual Legal Work: Extending Clinical Education into the First Year, 12 Clinical L. Rev. 441 (2006) (with Michael A. Millemann)
- Toward a More Expansive Welfare Devolution Debate, 9 Lewis & Clark L. Rev. 311 (2005)