Assistant Professor of Law, Director of Lawyering Skills & Alphson Research Fellow

Professor Dauphinais received her J.D. from the Columbia University School of Law in 1996 and her B. A. in Political Science magna cum laude from Colgate University in 1993 where she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. While in law school, Professor Dauphinais was the Bernstein Memorial Scholar, a member of the Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems, and served as a research assistant to Professor Frank Grad.

Upon graduating law school, Professor Dauphinais served as a law clerk to Judge Michael Farrell of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. Following her clerkship, Professor Dauphinais worked as an Attorney-Advisor to the United States Department of Commerce, where she specialized in ethics law.

Professor Dauphinais entered academia in 2001 and taught for four years as a Legal Writing Instructor at the Howard University School of Law before joining the UND faculty in 2005. Professor Dauphinais teaches legal process and appellate advocacy, in addition to directing the lawyering skills program. She lectures and publishes in the fields of legal pedagogy and law and psychology.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Assistant Professor of Law 2005 - present
Director of Lawyering Skills 2005 - present
Alphson Research Fellow 2006 - present
University of North Dakota School of Law, Grand Forks, ND
Legal Writing Instructor 2001 - 2005
Howard University School of Law, Washington, DC

EDUCATION

Columbia University School of Law, New York, NY, Juris Doctor May, 1996

Honors:
Recipient, Bernstein Memorial Scholarship (for academic excellence and professional responsibility)

Activities:
Staff Member, COLUMBIA JOURNAL OF LAW AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS
Intern, Westside Victim Services Domestic Violence Project
Coach, Legal Outreach Mock Trial Competition and Summer Law Institute
Recipient, Columbia Public Interest Summer Grant

Colgate University, Hamilton, NY, Bachelor of Arts, Political Science May, 1993

Honors:
Magna Cum Laude
Phi Beta Kappa
Top 3% of Graduating Class
Recipient. Colgate Alumni Memorial Scholarship (top 5% of entering class and academic scholarship for full financial need)
Recipient, Dean's Award every Semester
Two-time Recipient, Paul M. Himmelman Scholarship (for the outstanding Political Science major)

Activities:
Vice President, College Democrats of Colgate, 1990-92

PUBLICATIONS
For Professor Dauphinais' complete bibliography, please visit her website at http://www.law.und.edu/LawFaculty/dauphinais.php.