Amy Neville
Amy Neville
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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.
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Degrees and Certifications
J.D., Wayne State University Law School
B.S., Central Michigan University
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Courses Taught
Legal Research and Writing
Appellate Advocacy – Advanced Legal Writing
Legal Drafting – Advanced Legal Writing
Criminal Justice Externship
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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)
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Recent courses taught
Winter Term 2025 (future)
Fall Term 2024 (current)
Spring-Summer Term 2024
Winter Term 2024
Fall Term 2023
Spring-Summer Term 2023
Winter Term 2023
Fall Term 2022
Spring-Summer Term 2022
Winter Term 2022