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Doron Samuel-Siegel

Professor of Law, Legal Practice
Curriculum Vitae

  • Profile
    Doron Samuel-Siegel is a Professor of Law, Legal Practice, at the University of Richmond School of Law, where she has served on the full-time faculty since 2013. Her research addresses structural racism and antiracism in the United States, with a focus on legal pedagogy. She also is the author of a textbook: Fundamentals & Decision Points: An Empowered Approach to Legal Writing (West Academic, 2024).
    Professor Samuel-Siegel teaches courses on Legal Analysis & Writing, as well as Restorative Justice. She currently is a member of the University of Richmond’s Inclusive Community Council, whose charge is to shape the University’s systemic pursuit of antiracism. She is the 2017 recipient of the Black Law Students Association Outstanding Community Member Award and a 2019 recipient of the University Distinguished Educator Award.
    A native of northern New Jersey and a graduate of the University of the Virginia and the University of Richmond School of Law, Professor Samuel-Siegel served in various roles prior to entering academia. She was law clerk for Chief Justice Harry L. Carrico of the Supreme Court of Virginia; practiced with a firm in Charlottesville, Virginia; and directed the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank’s charitable food distribution programs, serving food-insecure residents in a 12,000-square-mile region of central and western Virginia.
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    • Presentations

      "Operationalizing a Pedagogy of Antiracism in Legal Writing Education," Biennial National Meeting, Legal Writing Institute (July 2024)

      "Pre-Law Reading & Writing Skills Workshop," Road to Law School, Council on Legal Education Opportunity (March 2024)

      "Using a Process Approach to Legal Writing," Winter State-Wide Meeting, Old Dominion Bar Association (February 2024)

      "Stereotype Threat & Strategies for Minimizing its Impacts," AALS Annual Meeting 2024, AALS Section on New Law Teachers (January 2024)

      "Reckoning with Structural Racism in Legal Education: Methods Toward a Pedagogy of Antiracism," AALS Annual Meeting 2024, AALS Section on Minority Groups (January 2024)

      Presenter, "What is Restorative Justice?," Inaugural Restorative Justice Forum, Office of the City of Richmond Commonwealth's Attorney (May 2023)

      "Pre-Law Reading and Writing Skills Workshop," Road to Law School, Council on Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO) (March 2023)

      Moderator, "Overcoming Implicit Bias Inside & Outside the Courtroom," Tough Talks Town Halls, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (February 2023)

      Moderator, "Education or Incarceration: Teaching Tolerance," Symposium on the School-to-Prison Pipeline, University of Richmond Public Interested Law Review (March 2021)

      Presenter, "Pre-Law Reading & Writing Skills Workshop," Council on Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO) Virtual Road to Law School, CLEO and University of Richmond School of Law Admissions Office (March 2021)

      Presenter, "Critiquing Student Work: Effective Formative and Summative Feedback ," Legal Writing Institute Critiquing Workshop, Legal Writing Institute in collaboration with Wake Forest and Nova Southeastern (December 2020)

      Panelist, "Cultivating the Next Generation of Leaders: A Panel on Mentorship," Female Leadership in Academia, Women Law Students Organization (October 2019)

      Moderator, "Restorative Justice in the Community: Programs and Resources for Clients," Symposium on Restorative Justice, Public Interest Law Review (October 2019)

      Presenter, "What is Restorative Justice?," Symposium on Restorative Justice, Public Interest Law Review (October 2019)

      Presenter, "Restorative Justice," Virginia Mediation Network Fall Conference (September 2017)

      Presenter, "Persuasive Writing: Brushing Up and Branching Out," Charlottesville-Albemarle Bar Association (February 2016)

    • Memberships

      Member, American Bar Association

      Member, Association of Legal Writing Directors

      Member, Legal Writing Institute

    • Bar Admissions

      Virginia

    • Professional Experience

      Professor of Law, Legal Practice (2019 - present)
      University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond, VA

      Associate Professor of Legal Writing (2016 - 2019)
      University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond, VA

      Assistant Professor of Legal Writing (2013 - 2016)
      University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond, VA

      Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law (2010 - 2013)
      University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond, VA

      Director of Agency Relations & Programs (2010 - 2013)
      Blue Ridge Area Food Bank, Charlottesville, VA

      Attorney (2003 - 2010)
      Tucker Griffin Barnes, Charlottesville, VA

      Semester at Sea Faculty (2009 - 2009)
      University of Virginia, Institute for Shipboard Education, Charlottesville, VA

      Law Clerk to the Honorable Harry L. Carrico (2001 - 2003)
      Supreme Court of Virginia, Richmond, VA

    • Institutional Service

      Discussant, Association of Legal Writing Directors Scholarship Circles (2024)

      Participant, Association of Legal Writing Directors Leadership Academy (2024)

      Member, Inclusive Community Council, (2022-08-01 to 2022-08-31)

  • Publications
    Books

    Fundamentals & Decision Points: An Empowered Approach to Legal Writing (West Academic Publishing) (January 2024).

    Journal Articles

    Operationalizing a Pedagogy of Antiracism in Legal Education, 35 Berkeley Latine Journal of Law & Policy

    Reckoning with Structural Racism in Legal Education: Methods Toward a Pedagogy of Antiracism, 29 Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights & Social Justice (2022).

    Reckoning with Structural Racism: A Restorative Jurisprudence of Equal Protection, 23 Richmond Public Interest Law Review 137 (with Kenneth Anderson et al.) (2020).

  • In the News

    Op-ed: Healing is not that simple (The Daily Progress)
    Wed., Aug. 23, 2017