A repeatable method
I teach legal analysis as a repeatable method: spot the issue, state the rule, apply it, test the counter-argument, conclude.
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Five steps. Clear reasoning.
Courses and programs taught
Qatar University College of Law
Since 2015
- Legal Skills and Methodology
- Legal Research and Writing, including appellate brief writing
- Drafting Business Contracts
- Business Law and Ethics
- Environmental Laws and Regulations
- EU policy brief writing (Jean Monnet Module)
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
2002 to 2011, to foreign-trained lawyers and judges
- Legal Writing
- English for Foreign Law Students
- Evidence Law
- Foreign Graduate Seminar
- Doing Business in the U.S.
Programs and professional training
- Case-Nyenrode Summer Business Program, Case Western Reserve (2002 to 2011): designed the joint program with Nyenrode Business University in the Netherlands and taught U.S. legal methodology to Dutch executive students.
- Executive legal training, Qatar University Centre for Law and Development (2018 to 2021): coordinated the program and piloted the law school’s first executive legal training courses.
- Legal skills training for lawyers and judges: built the legal skills training program at Lawwave Legal Process Outsourcing (2007 to 2011) and trained more than 200 lawyers and judges in India on the U.S. legal system.
Teaching philosophy
I teach law students from many legal systems, many of them non-native English speakers. My approach rests on five ideas: the class and the instructor should be relatable, relevant, resourceful, responsive and reachable.