Amy Neville (ag8346)

University information

Title: Associate Professor-Teaching
Unit: Law Instruction Units
Department: Law School

Contact information

313-577-
389 Law School Bldg.
Law Instruc Units
Law
Detroit, 48202

Law School

Biography:

Amy Neville has been a member of the Legal Writing Department at Wayne State University Law School since 1999. In 2016, she received the Student Board of Governor’s 1L Professor of the Year award. She serves as the faculty coach to the Law School's ABA National Moot Court Teams. She is a past member of the State Bar's Professional Ethics Committee and serves on the State Bar's Lawyers and Judges Assistance Committee. 

Prior to joining Wayne Law's faculty, she served as a judicial law clerk to Michigan Court of Appeals Judge John H. Shepherd and then worked as an assistant defender at the State Appellate Defender Office, handling appeals on behalf of indigents convicted of felony offenses. In 1996, she received the Distinguished Brief Award, an award that annually recognizes the most scholarly briefs filed in the Michigan Supreme Court. She graduated from Wayne State University Law School, where she was a member of the Law School's National Moot Court Team.

Office Location: Room 3385
Degrees and Certifications:

J.D., Wayne State University Law School
B.S., Central Michigan University
 

Phone: (313) 577-8036
Courses Taught:

Legal Research and Writing
Appellate Advocacy – Advanced Legal Writing
Legal Drafting – Advanced Legal Writing
Criminal Justice Externship
Judicial Externship

Title: Associate Professor (Teaching) of Law
Selected publications:

Over-Commenting: Why Do We Do It and How Can We Cure It, 22 Second Draft 12 (Legal Writing Inst.  August 2007)

People v Datema, 13 Cooley L. Rev. 717 (1996) (Recipient of the Distinguished Brief Award)

Amy Neville

Courses taught by Amy Neville

Winter Term 2025 (future)

Fall Term 2024 (current)

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Winter Term 2024

Fall Term 2023

Spring-Summer Term 2023

Winter Term 2023

Fall Term 2022

Spring-Summer Term 2022

Winter Term 2022

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