Helen A. Anderson

Peer Reviewed Journals & Law Reviews

• Helen A. Anderson, Police Stories, 111 Nw. U. L. Rev. Online 19-38 (2016).
• Helen A. Anderson,  Frenemies of the Court: The Many Faces of Amicus Curiae, 49 U. Rich. L. Rev. 361-416 (2015).
• Helen A. Anderson, The Psychotherapist Privilege: Privacy and “Garden Variety” Emotional Distress, 21 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 117-56 (2013).
• Helen A. Anderson, From the Thief in the Night to the Guest Who Stayed Too Long: The Evolution of Burglary in the Shadow of the Common Law, 45 Ind. L. Rev. 629-67 (2012).
• Helen A. Anderson, Revising Harmless Error: Making Innocence Relevant to Direct Appeals, 17 Tex. Wesleyan L. Rev. 391-402 (2011).
• Helen A. Anderson, Changing Fashions in Advocacy: 100 Years of Brief-Writing Advice, 11 J. App. Prac. & Process 1-17 (2010).
• Helen A. Anderson, Penalizing Poverty: Making Indigent Criminal Defendants Pay for Their Court-Appointed Counsel Through Recoupment and Contribution, 42 U. Mich. J.L. Reform 323-80 (2009).
• Helen A. Anderson, Insights from Clinical Teaching: Learning about Teaching Legal Writing from Working on Real Cases, 16 Persp.: Teaching Legal Res. & Writing 106-08 (2008).
• Helen A. Anderson, Legal Doubletalk and the Concern with Positional Conflicts: A “Foolish Consistency”?, 111 Penn St. L. Rev. 1-52 (2006).
• Helen A. Anderson, The Freedom to Speak and the Freedom to Listen: The Admissibility of the Criminal Defendant’s Taste in Entertainment, 83 Or. L. Rev. 899-943 (2005).

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Books or Treatises

• Washington Appellate Practice Deskbook (3d ed. Helen A. Anderson contributor, Wash. St. B. Ass’n 2005 & Supp. 2011) 2 vols.
• Washington Appellate Practice Deskbook (Helen A. Anderson contributor, Wash. St. B. Ass’n 1993 & Supp. 1998). 3 vols.

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Professional Publications

• Helen A. Anderson, Persuasive Grammar, NW Law., December 2019/January 2020, at 20-21.
• Helen A. Anderson, Creating a Point of View in Legal Storytelling, NW Law., Apr. 2019, at 16-18.
• Helen Anderson, Statutory Interpretation in Washington, Wash. St. B. News, Feb. 2009, at 30-34.
• Helen A. Anderson, Writing Judicial Discipline Decisions, Jud. Conduct Rep., Spring 2003, at 2-3.
• Helen A. Anderson, Generation X Goes to Law School: Are We Too Nice to Our Students?, 10 Persp.: Teaching Legal Res. & Writing 73-75 (2002).
• Helen A. Anderson, Are Citations on the Way Down? The Case Against Footnotes, Wash. St. B. News, Dec. 2001, at 28-30.

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• Speaker, "Legal Writing, Reasoning and Research: Experiential Learning in Legal Writing Programs", with William S. Bailey, Ben Halasz, and Kathleen McGinnis, 111th Annual Meeting, Association of American Law Schools (January 5, 2017)
• Speaker, "The Police Narrative in Appellate Opinions", Fifth Biennial Conference on Applied Legal Storytelling, Legal Writing Institute (July 22, 2015)
• Speaker, "Using Competition to Inspire Student Learning", Fourth Annual Western Regional Legal Writing Conference Program, Stanford Law School (September 20, 2014)
• Speaker, "Frenemies of the Court: The Many Faces of Amicus Curiae", Faculty Colloquia Series, University of Washington School of Law (February 13, 2014)
• Speaker, "But Did It Make Any Difference? Addressing Harmless Error", CLE, Washington State Office of Public Defense (November 30, 2012)
• Speaker, "How to Avoid "Hitting the Wall" with Service", Second Annual Western Regional Legal Writing Conference, (August 11, 2012)
• Speaker, "Tips for Successful Appeals", Northwest Justice Project (December 15, 2011)
• Speaker, "Constructing a Scholarly Persona", Biennial Conference, Association of Legal Writing Directors (June 25, 2011)
• Panelist, "Impediments to Review on the Merits", Washington Appeals: New Rules and Expert Guidance Through the State Appellate Process, Washington State Bar Association (December 1, 2010)
• Speaker, "Revising Harmless Error: Making Innocence Relevant to Direct Appeals", Innocence and the Road to Exoneration, Texas Wesleyan School of Law (October 8, 2010)
• Speaker, "From Generation X to Generation Z: Has Anything Changed?", Northwest Regional Legal Writing Conference, (August 29, 2009)
• Speaker, "Stories about Storytelling: One Hundred Years of Brief Writing Advice", Applied Legal Storytelling Conference, (July 24, 2009)
• Speaker, "Essentials of Legal Research and Writing", Persuasive Writing Workshop and Legal Research Boot Camp, Washington State Bar Association (June 26, 2008)
• Speaker, "Statutory Interpretation", King County Prosecutor’s Office, Civil Division (May 24, 2008)
• Speaker, "Law Review Roundup: Criminal Law", State Appellate Judges Conference (April 9, 2008)