American author and professor of law
Teresa Godwin Phelps is an American author and professor of law. She taught at the University of Notre Dame Law School from 1980 until 2006. She also taught at American University's Washington College of Law where she was the Director of the Legal Rhetoric Program from 2006 until she retired in 2019. Phelps is the author of several books and over 30 articles.
Education.
Phelps earned a B.A. from University of Notre Dame in 1973. She earned an M.A. from the same institution in 1975 before completing a Ph.D. in English in 1980. She earned a M.S.L. from Yale Law School in 1989.
Career.
Phelps began teaching legal writing at Notre Dame Law School in 1980. She moved to American University's Washington College of Law in 2006 as a professor of law and the Director of the Legal Rhetoric Program. At Notre Dame, she was also a Fellow at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. In 1999, at Notre Dame, she was awarded the Grenville Clark Award, a university-wide award for an individual whose activities advance the cause of peace and human rights. In 2009, the Legal Writing Institute gave her its Courage Award, which is given to a person who has demonstrated acts of personal, moral, or civil courage. In 2016, the Legal Writing Institute established the Teresa Godwin Phelps Award for Scholarship in Legal Communication, an annual national award.
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