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Clinical Faculty 2017-2018

Sarah Morath
Director, Lawyering Skills and Strategies
Clinical Associate Professor
University of Montana School of Law, J.D.
Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, M.E.S.
Vassar College, B.A., Honors
Sarah J. Morath joined the Law Center faculty in 2016 after teaching legal
writing, environmental law and animal law at the University of Akron School of Law. Before joining
academia, Professor Morath was a law clerk to the Chief Judge of U.S. District Court in Maine
and Maine Supreme Judicial Court. She is active in the legal writing community and frequently
presents at national and regional legal writing conferences. Her research interests include
environmental and natural resources law, food law policy, and legal writing pedagogy.
PUBLICATIONS
Private Governance and Animal Welfare, 9 Geo. Wash. J. Energy & Envtl. L. 21 (2018).
Hydroponics: The End of Organic? 33 Nat. Resources & Env’t 36 (Summer 2018).
Book Review, Legal Writing: J. Legal Writing Inst. (2018) (reviewing Linda L. Berger & Kathryn
M. Stanchi, Legal Persuasion: A Rhetorical Approach to the Science (2018)).
Using Animal Law to Teach Legal Research, 30 The Second Draft 50 (2017).
PRESENTATIONS
Panelist, Persuasive Comment-Writing: Connecting with the Administrative Process and Policy Advocacy,
Southeastern Association of Law Schools, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Corporate Transparency, Accountability, and Animal Welfare 2018, AALS Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA
The Effectiveness of Private Animal Welfare Governance, Vermont Law School 8th Annual Colloquium
on Environmental Law
LEGAL WRITING COMMITTEES
Legal Writing: The Journal of the Legal Writing Institute, Board of Editors
ALWD and LWI Scholarship Grants Committee
ALWD Conference Program Committee
MEDIA MENTIONS
Interview, Inside the Most Important Battle in Congress You Aren’t Paying Attention To, Vice, (July 16, 2018).
Interview, Briefcase: Animal Law, Houston Public Media (December 2017)
Katherine Brem
Clinical Assistant Professor
The University of Texas School of Law, J.D., cum laude
The University of Texas at Austin, B.J., summa cum laude
Katherine Brem rejoined the Law Center faculty in 2014, having previously
taught from 2000 to 2005. Prior to her initial stint at the Law Center, Brem
spent six years with Baker Botts LLP as an associate in the trial department. Her
research and teaching interests include the use of legal technology in practice, procedural issues,
and the introduction of the U.S. legal system to non-U.S. lawyers.
PRESENTATIONS
Panelist, Best Practices in Designing Curricula and Teaching LL.M. Students, LWI Biennial Conference,
Marquette University Law School
Panelist, Grammar and Editing Workshop, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association’s Winning