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Publications | Presentations | Professional Memberships
Maureen Collins has been on the Lawyering Skills faculty since 2005. She also created and has been teaching a first-year writing course for students interested in intellectual property.
Professor Collins previously was the director of the Legal Writing Program at DePaul University College of Law, where she designed and implemented the first-year and upper-level writing curriculum, created assignments and coordinated the staff of full-time and adjunct professors.
Before her career in academia, Professor Collins was an attorney at Sidley Austin LLP, practicing trademark, copyright, and advertising law. She returned to the firm each summer for 15 years as a ‘Professor in Residence,' working with summer associates on research and writing issues.
Professor Collins authored a legal writing manual, and wrote the "Legal Communications" column for the Illinois Bar Journal from 1995 through 2004. She has developed a specialty of protecting as intellectual property designs that are used in fabric art and has written and lectured on this topic.
Full Curriculum Vitae
Publications
A Time of Transition: Logical Links to Move the Reader Forward, Perspectives: Teaching Legal Research and Writing, 2009 (forthcoming)
Gender-Neutral Language: From Nouns to Nonsense, 94 Illinois Bar Journal, November, 2006
More Articles
Presentations
A Primer on Intellectual Property Law for Quilt Artists, Illinois Quilter's Inc., 2007
Conference Host and Presenter, Intellectual Property Issues for Textile Artists, DePaul University College of Law, 2004
"Specialized Legal Writing Sections" - Central States Conference on the Teaching of Legal Research, Writing and Analysis, 2003
Conference Host, Central States Conference on the Teaching of Legal Research, Writing and Analysis, 2001
"How to Hire Qualified Lawyers" - American Bar Association Annual Conference, 1999
"Bridging the Gap Between Law School and Practice" - Legal Writing Institute, 1998
"The Small Business Exception in Copyright Law" - The Irish Copyright Society, 1997
Conference Co-Host, Association of Legal Writing Directors, 1997
Professional Memberships
Legal Writing Institute
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