James R. Elkins
Professor of Law (1977)
Benedum Distinguished Scholar (1995)
Education
B.A., University of Kentucky, 1967
J.D., University of Kentucky, 1971
Member, Order of the Coif
LL.M., Yale University, 1975
Publications
- Meditations on the Odd Lives We Live, 31 Legal Studies Forum 885-931 (2007)
- A Poetics of and for Ruthann Robson, 8 New York City Law Review 363-400 (2005)
- In Search of the Lawyer Poets, Rattle #23 (Summer, 2005)(vol.11, no.1)(pp. 117-124) [revised version titled, “The Remnants of a Lost & Forgotten Library: On Finding the Lawyer Poets,” 30 Legal Studies Forum 1-9 (2006)]
- Interview [Albert Borowitz], 29 Legal Studies Forum 1047-1056 (2005)
- Simon Perchik: An Interview, 29 Legal Studies Forum 181-186 (2005)
- Ruthann Robson and James R. Elkins: A Conversation, 29 Legal Studies Forum 145-172 (2005)
- Reading/Teaching Lawyer Films, 28 Vermont Law Review 813-879 (2004) [revised, condensed version, published in 25 (1) Les Cahiers de L’Apliut(Symposium: Cinéma et Langue de Spécialité) 8-25 (2006)]
- An Anthology of Poetry By Lawyers (Introduction), 28 Legal Studies Forum 1-19 (2004)
- “A Letter to ‘Law & Literature’ Students in Australia,” in Law, Memory & Literature 20-33 (Australian Legal Philosophy Students Association, ALPSA 2004 Annual Publication, 2004)
- The John William Corrington & Charles Bukowski Correspondence: On Poetry and Writing, 27 Legal Studies Forum 561-611 (2003)