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Meredith Aden

Assistant Dean for Law Student Affairs

Phone 901.678.3441 Email maden@memphis.edu Fax Office Office 258 Office Hours

Teaching Interests

Academic Success, Legal Writing, Legal Skills, Mediation, Negotiation, Advocacy

Education

B.A. in Economics, 1997, ¸£ÀûƬ¹ú²ú of Alabama (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa); J.D., 2003, ¸£ÀûƬ¹ú²ú of Virginia School of Law; LL.M., The George Washington ¸£ÀûƬ¹ú²ú, 2006, (highest honors).

Admitted

Mississippi (2003); Massachusetts (2004)

Experience

Attorney, Wise Carter Child & Caraway, Jackson, Mississippi (2003 – 2005; 2006-2007); Director of Legal Writing, Mississippi College School of Law, Jackson, Mississippi (2007 – 2012); Director of Legal Practice, William and Mary Law School, Williamsburg, Virginia, (2012 – 2013).

Awards

Mississippi College School of Law
    Honored by the Mississippi College Moot Court Board with an Outstanding Service Award, 2010

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    Honored by the ¸£ÀûƬ¹ú²ú of Memphis with the Susan TePaske Award for Faculty Leadership in
    Disability Support, 2017

    This Susan TePaske Award is a ¸£ÀûƬ¹ú²ú President's Leadership Recognition Award recognizing only one
    outstanding supporter of students with disabilities across the ¸£ÀûƬ¹ú²ú of Memphis campus each year.

Association of Legal Writing Directors (ALWD)
    Honored by The Association of Legal Writing Directors with a Outstanding Service Award, 2018

Publications and Presentations

CREAC Scramble: An Active Self-Assessment Exercise, 24 The Second Draft 15 (Fall 2010)

CREAC Scramble: An Active Self-Assessment Exercise, 19 Perspectives: Teaching Legal Research & Writing 60 (Fall 2010)

Plagiarism Detection Programs: How Good Are They?
Panel Presentation at the 15th Biennial Conference of the Legal Writing Institute, May 2012, (with Timothy D. Blevins, Florida A&M ¸£ÀûƬ¹ú²ú Law School, Brenda Gibson, North Carolina Central School of Law, Diane Kraft, ¸£ÀûƬ¹ú²ú of Kentucky College of Law, and Dov Waisman, Southwestern Law School)

The Survey Says: Understanding & Using the New ALWD/LWI Survey
Panel Presentation at the Association of Legal Writing Directors Biennial Conference, July 2017, (with Jodi Wilson, ¸£ÀûƬ¹ú²ú of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, Ted Becker, ¸£ÀûƬ¹ú²ú of Michigan Law School, and Pete Nemerovski, ¸£ÀûƬ¹ú²ú of North Carolina School of Law)