Amy Vorenberg
Professor of Law and Director of JD Legal Writing
- BA, Hamilton College
- JD, Northeastern University
- amy.vorenberg@law.unh.edu
- (603) 513-5224
- Courses: Criminal Law, Legal Writing & Analysis I & II
- Committees: Admissions/JD, Faculty Rep to Faculty-Trustee Relations Committee, Library, Public Interest Coalition Selection Committee, Daniel Webster Scholar Selection Committee
- Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- Scholarship
Professor Vorenberg worked for six years as an Assistant District Attorney in New York City. After moving to New Hampshire, she worked as an Assistant Attorney General for three years before coming to Pierce Law where she started the Criminal Practice Clinic.
She left the Clinic in 1997, and the next year began teaching part-time in the Legal Skills Program. She is the Assistant Chairperson of the New Hampshire Adult Parole Board.
“The University of New Hampshire School of Law is a great place to teach. The students have truly diverse backgrounds and experiences. The atmosphere is warm and supportive, and the faculty and staff are dedicated and fun.”
Books
Strategies and Techniques for Teaching Legal Analysis and Writing, Wolters Kluwer (2011)
Publications
Article: Indecent Exposure: Do Warrantless Searches of Cell Phones Violate the Fourth Amendment? ___ Berkeley J. Crim. L. ____ (Spring 2012)
Article: Practice Writing: Do Writing Programs Really Teach Practical Skills? 2 Phoenix L. J. 1 (Fall 2009)
Article: Fixing Legal Writing Problems can be Easier (and Quicker) than you Think, New Hampshire Bar News (September 9, 2005.)
Article: Verbose, Disorganized Documents Taint Quality of Legal Analysis, New Hampshire Bar News (October 8, 2004.)
Essay: The Moral of the Story: The Power of Narrative to Inspire and Sustain Scholarship (8 J. ALWD 258 (Fall 2011)
Presentations
Presenter: Campus Sexual Assault: Breaking through Barriers to Reporting and Prosecuting, Ending Domestic & Sexual Violence: Innovations in Practice & Research Conference, November 2011, Portsmouth, NH
Presenter: (Upcoming) Diminishing Privacy Rights in School and at Home, NH Civil Liberties Union Conference on Our Diminishing Rights to Privacy, April, 2012, NH School of Law, Concord, NH
Presenter: (Upcoming) “Wind Sprints”: A Short Exercise that Improves Oral Advocacy Skills in the First Semester, May 2012, Legal Writing Institute Biennial Conference, Desert Springs, CA
