« back to directory print Mary Falk Professor of Law Emerita 250 Joralemon Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 Email Areas of Expertise Legal WritingCognitive TheoryLanguage and the Law Education B.A., Sarah Lawrence College J.D., New York University School of Law Biography Publications All Articles Books Articles Shooting From the Lip: United States v. Dickerson, Role [Im]morality and the Ethics of Legal Rhetoric, 23 University of Hawai'i Law Review 1 (2000) (with E. Fajans) HeinOnline Linguistics and the Composition of Legal Documents: Border Crossings, 22 Legal Studies Forum 697 (1998) (with E. Fajans) HeinOnline Comments Worth Making: Supervising Scholarly Writing in Law School, 46 Journal of Legal Education 342 (1996) (with E. Fajans) HeinOnline Death-Defying Feats: State Constitutional Challenges to New York's Death Penalty, 4 Journal of Law and Policy 161 (1995) (with E. Cary) HeinOnline Against the Tyranny of Paraphrase: Talking Back to Texts, 78 Cornell Law Review 163 (1993) (with E. Fajans) HeinOnline Books Appellate Advocacy: Principles and Practice (5th ed., LexisNexis, 2012) (with U. Bentele and E. Cary) Scholarly Writing for Law Students: Seminar Papers, Law Review Notes and Law Review Competition Papers (West Publishing 4th ed. 2011, 3rd ed. 2004, 2d ed. 2000, 1st ed. 1995) (with E. Fajans) Writing for Law Practice (Foundation Press 2d ed. 2010, 1st ed. 2004) (with E. Fajans, H.S. Shapo) Related Links: Faculty News Curriculum New Faculty Brochure