Director of Student Advising
Assistant Teaching Professor
Writing Specialist
Biography
Clare Keefe Coleman is an experienced writing teacher, editor and writer.
Professor Coleman received her J.D. from the Villanova University School of Law and an M.A. in creative writing from Temple University.
Before joining the law school, Professor Coleman practiced with Conrad O'Brien Gellman & Rohn, P.C., Hangley Aronchick Segal & Pudlin and Drinker Biddle & Reath, where she specialized in commercial litigation. Her professional experience includes magazine editing and teaching fiction writing. She has won writing awards from the Writing Aloud/InterAct Theatre Company and the Philadelphia City Paper.
Professor Coleman's article "Teaching the Torture Memos: 'Making Decisions Under Conditions of Uncertainty'" appeared in the August 2012 Journal of Legal Education.
Education
J.D., cum laude, Villanova University School of Law
M.A., Temple University
A.B., University of Pennsylvania
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Courses
- Legal Methods I
- Legal Methods II
- Litigation Drafting
- Writing Strategies for the Bar