James R. Elkins

Awards

Benedum Distinguished Scholar (1995)

Arthur S. Dayton Professor of Law (2013)

Education

• B.A., University of Kentucky, 1967
• J.D., University of Kentucky, 1971
• Member, Order of the Coif
• LL.M., Yale University, 1975

Publications

• Editor, Lawyer Poets and That World We Call Law (Pleasure Boat Studio, 2013). an anthology of poems about the practice of law.
  
• Legal Interviewing and Counseling(Thompson West, 4th ed., 2005)(with Thomas   L. Shaffer)Talking with Rebecca and Clara About Their Encounter with Fictional Lawyers, 65 Journal of Legal Education 966 (2016)
• A Teacher's Reading of Robert Pirsig's Zen and the Art of the Motorcycle Maintenance, 37 Legal Studies Forum 37-62 (2013) (Suppl. 1)
• Why Write? 63 Journal of Legal Education 333
• Life Adds Up: Notes for a Teacher's Memoir, 35 Legal Studies Forum 165-225 (2011)
• Popular Culture, Legal Films, and Legal Film Critics, 40 Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review 745-791 (2007)
• 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)(p117-124)
• 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: Cinama et Langue de Specialite) 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)