Heidi K. Brown
J.D. University of Virginia School of Law
Master’s in Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP), University of Pennsylvania
B.A. University of Virginia
Evidence
Federal Civil Procedure
Law Student Public Speaking Anxiety
Legal Research
Legal Writing
Trial and Appellate Advocacy
Articles
Athletic Performance Training Isn’t One-Size-Fits-All, Lawyer Training Shouldn’t Be Either, Attorney-at-Law Magazine (January 2022)
WebLawyering Twisties: Naming and Untangling Performance Anxiety, 107 American Bar Association Journal 28 (2021)
BrooklynWorksThe Eudaimonic Turn: How We Can Help Lawyers Flourish, American Bar Association Journal (online column) (September 7, 2021)
WebHealthy Hives: Can Replacing Hierarchies with Intergroup Teams Transform Our Profession?, 107 American Bar Association Journal 28 (2021)
BrooklynWorksFinding Your 'Flow', 106 American Bar Association Journal 38 (2020)
BrooklynWorksGet with the Pronoun, 17 Legal Communication & Rhetoric: JALWD 61 (2020)
BrooklynWorksFear and Lawyering, 105 American Bar Association Journal 22 (May 2019)
BrooklynWorksDefusing Bullies, 105 American Bar Association Journal 28 (Winter 2019-2020)
BrooklynWorksFace Fear – Don’t Fake it, 105 American Bar Association Journal 22 (March 2019)
BrooklynWorksNavigating ‘Introvert Hell,’ 105 American Bar Association Journal 22 (July-August 2019)
BrooklynWorksWe Carry Each Other, 23 Legal Writing: Journal of Legal Writing Institute 24 (2019)
BrooklynWorksApplying Daubert to Flaubert: Standards for Admissibility of Testimony of Writing Experts, 15 Legal Communications and Rhetoric: JALWD 145 (2018)
BrooklynWorksCivility Reboot: Can Lawyers Learn to Be Nicer to One Another?, 104 American Bar Association Journal 22 (October 2018)
Talented but Overlooked: We Should Transform Hiring and Mentoring of Introverted Lawyers, ABA Journal Online (August 2018)
WebWe Can Honor Good Grammar and Societal Change Together, ABA Journal Online (April 2018)
WebDistilling Fear, 104 American Bar Association Journal 22 (January 2018)
BrooklynWorksTurning the Fear of Lawyering into the Power of Advocacy, ABA Journal Online (January 2018)
WebBreaking Bad Briefs, 41 Journal of the Legal Profession 259 (2016-2017)
BrooklynWorksEmpowering Law Students to Overcome Extreme Public Speaking Anxiety: Why ’Just Be It‘ Works and ’Just Do It‘ Doesn’t, 53 Duquesne Law Review 181 (Winter 2015)
BrooklynWorksConverting Benchslaps to Backslaps: Instilling Professional Accountability in New Legal Writers By Teaching and Reinforcing Context, 11 Journal of Legal Communication and Rhetoric 109 (Fall 2014)
BrooklynWorks SSRNThe Emotionally Intelligent Law Professor: A Lesson from the Breakfast Club, 36 University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review 273 (2014)
BrooklynWorks SSRN PDFThe Attorney Signature Block on a Brief: A Jumping-Off Point for Discussing Ethics, The Second Draft (Fall 2012)
BrooklynWorksThe ’Silent But Gifted‘ Law Student: Transforming Anxious Public Speakers into Well-Rounded Advocates, 18 Legal Writing 291 (2012)
BrooklynWorks SSRNRecoverability of the Cost of Borrowing in Construction Contracts, 27 Public Contract Law Journal 17 (Fall 1997) (with Steven J. Weber and Michele Mintz)
BrooklynWorksBooks
The Flourishing Lawyer: A Multi-Dimensional Approach to Performance and Well-Being (ABA Publishing, 2022)
Untangling Fear in Lawyering: A Four-Step Journey Toward Powerful Advocacy (ABA Publishing, 2019)
The Introverted Lawyer: A Seven-Step Journey Toward Authentically Empowered Advocacy (ABA Publishing, 2017)
The Mindful Legal Writer: Mastering Predictive and Persuasive Writing, Wolters Kluwer Law & Business (Aspen Publishers, 2016)
The Mindful Legal Writer: Mastering Persuasive Writing, Wolters Kluwer Law & Business (Aspen Publishers, 2015)
Fundamentals of Federal Litigation (Thomson-West Publishing, 2004–09)
Shorter Works
Hey, Introverted, Quiet, and Shy Law Students: Here’s Why Remote Learning is Our Jam, American Bar Association for Law Students - Student Lawyer Blog (August 26, 2020)
WebLet’s Listen to the Quiet Ones: How Quiet Students Thrive in Remote Learning, Teach Law Better Blog (August 17, 2020)
WebHarness the Skills of the Introverted Lawyer, New York Law Journal (Aug. 15, 2016)
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