Lance N. Long
Professor
Legal Skills
Stetson University
United States of America
Biography
Professor Long joined Stetson after having taught legal research and writing for nine years at J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, and at the University of Oregon School of Law. Before teaching, Professor Long practiced with Morrison & Foerster in Orange County, California and Hill, Johnson & Schmutz in Provo, Utah. His practice is primarily focused on appellate and motion practice in the areas of intellectual property, contract, and construction law. Professor Long's scholarship currently focuses on the efficacy of various types of environmental advocacy and empirical analyses of language patterns in appellate briefs and opinions. His most recent article, When Justices (Subconsciously) Attack: The Theory of Argumentative Threat and the Supreme Court, 91 Oregon Law Review 933 (2013) (with William F. Christensen) analyzes differences between the language used by Supreme Court Justices in majority and dissenting opinions and has received national media attention. He presents his research regularly at national and regional legal writing conferences.
Research Interest
appellate and motion practice in the areas of intellectual property, contract, and construction law.
Publications
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Clearly, Using Intensifiers Is Very Bad--Or Is It?, 45 Idaho L. Rev. 171 (2008).
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Does the Readability of Your Brief Affect Your Chance of Winning an Appeal? An Analysis of Readability in Appellate Briefs and Its Correlation with Success on Appeal, 12 J. App. Prac. & Process 145 (2011) (with William F. Christensen).
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When Justices (Subconsciously) Attack: The Theory of Argumentative Threat and the Supreme Court, 91 Oregon Law Review 933 (2013) (with William F. Christensen)
