School Assistant
Resume:
Amy Vorenberg, Esq.
UNH School of Law
Concord, NH 03301
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE SCHOOL OF LAW, Concord, NH, 1993 Present
Director of Legal Writing 2011-Present
Professor of Law 1998-Present
Teach Criminal Law and Legal Skills I and II.
Assistant Clinical Professor 1993 1997
Developed and directed a criminal clinic, supervised students in the representation of indigent clients accused of
criminal offenses, conducted an orientation and training program each semester, and taught a weekly seminar.
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL, New York, NY 1989-1990
Adjunct Professor
Developed and directed student prosecutor's clinic at New York County District Attorney's Office. Supervised
and taught third-year law students in prosecution of misdemeanor cases in year-long clinic.
OTHER EXPERIENCE:
NEW HAMPSHIRE ADULT PAROLE BOARD, Concord, NH 1997 2007
Vice Chairperson
Appointed by Governor Jeanne Shaheen to serve on seven-member board. Oversee parole of inmates and
preside over revocation hearings.
NEW HAMPSHIRE ATTORNEY GENERAL, Concord, NH 1991 1993
Assistant Attorney General
Criminal Appeals, 1992 1993
Handled all phases of the criminal appellate process including writing briefs and arguing cases before the New
Hampshire Supreme Court.
White Collar Crime Unit: 1990 1992
Handled all phases of the prosecution of white collar crime cases, including investigation, grand jury
presentations, pretrial proceedings, witness preparation, and trial practice.
NEW YORK COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY, NY 1984 1990
Assistant District Attorney
Responsible for all phases of the prosecution of felony cases, including grand jury presentations, pretrial
investigations, witness preparation, trial practice, and appeals.
MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Boston, MA 1980-1981
Social Worker
Provided legal assistance, casework management, counseling and crisis intervention.
JUVENILE CORRECTIONS MEDIATION TRAINING, Concord, NH 1997
Mediator
Completed 24 hour training program. Conducted mediation at juvenile facility.
BOOKS:
Strategies and Techniques for Teaching Legal Analysis and Writing, Wolters Kluwer (2011) (Invited Submission)
PUBLICATIONS:
ARTICLE: Indecent Exposure: Do Warrantless Searches of Cell Phones Violate the Fourth Amendment?
Berkeley J. Crim. L. (Spring 2012)
ESSAY: The Moral of the Story: The Power of Narrative to Inspire and Sustain Scholarship, 8 J. ALWD 258
(2011)
ARTICLE: A Miscarriage of Juvenile Justice; A Modern Day Parable of the Unintended Results of Bad Law
Making? 12 Mich. Child. Welfare L. J. 17 (Winter 2009) (invited submission)
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.)
PRESENTATIONS:
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
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: Indecent Exposure: Do Warrantless Searches of Cell Phones Violate the Fourth Amendment? Law and
Society Annual Meeting, June, 2011, San Fransisco, CA
PANELIST: Conference of the New England Consortium on Legal Writing, What Legal Employers Want and What
They Really Need, December 2010, Boston College Law School, Boston, MA
PRESENTER: Indecent Exposure: Should School Searches of Cell Phones be Treated like Strip Searches? (Work in
Progress) Central Region Legal Writing Conference Scholar s Forum, October 2009, Marquette University Law
School, Milwaukee, WI
PRESENTER: Using Storytelling in Scholarly Writing, Legal Writing Institute Once Upon a Legal Time, Chapter
2: Applied Storytelling in Law, July 2009, Lewis and Clark Law School, Portland, OR
PRESENTER: Breaking the Mold: A New Approach to Teaching First Year Legal Skills, Biennial Conference of the
Legal Writing Institute, July 2008, Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis, IN
PRESENTER: Packing a More Persuasive Punch: 3 Simple Techniques for Clear, Convincing Writing, NHCLE,
December 2005, Franklin Pierce Law School, Concord, NH
PRESENTER: Being Persuasive in Writing Facts, NELWC, December 2002, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA
FACILITATOR: Critiquing Student Work, NELWC, June 2002, Franklin Pierce Law School, Concord, NH
EDUCATION:
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, Boston, MA, J.D.
May 1984
HAMILTON COLLEGE, Clinton, NY
B.A. May 1979
FACULTY GOVERNANCE:
Chairperson, Conduct Council 2008-2010
Admissions Committee 2010-present
Library Committee 2009-present
Daniel Webster Scholar Selection Committee 2009-present
Public Interest Fellowship Selection Committee 2009-present
Task Force on Integrating Legal Writing in Upper Level Courses 2010-2011
COMMUNITY WORK:
Board Member: Concord Boys and Girls Club
Merrimack County Teen Court
BAR MEMBERSHIPS:
New Hampshire, Massachusetts and New York Bar
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