Kate O'Neill

Professor Emeritus of Law

Contact

Email: kateon@u.washington.edu

Education

B.A. 1975, Stanford University J.D. 1980, Columbia University

Curriculum Vitae

Selected Publications

Deborah Maranville, Kate O’Neill & Carolyn Plumb, Lessons for Legal Education from the Engineering Profession’s Experience with Outcomes-Based Accreditation, 38 Wm. Mitchell L. Rev. 1017-93 (2012).
Kate O’Neill, “Should I Stay or Should I Go?”--Covenants Not to Compete in a Down Economy: A Proposal for Better Advocacy and Better Judicial Opinions, 6 Hastings Bus. L. J. 83-143 (2010).
Kathleen (Kate) O’Neill, Book Review, 58 J. Legal Educ. 579-86 (2008) (reviewing Elizabeth Mertz, The Language of Law School: Learning to “Think like a Lawyer” (2007)).

See the full list under the Publications tab below.

Publications
Presentations

Peer Reviewed Journals & Law Reviews

Kate O’Neill, Copyright Law and the Management of J. D. Salinger’s Literary Estate, 31 Cardozo Arts & Ent. L. J. 19-44 (2012).
Kate O’Neill, The Content of Their Characters: J.D. Salinger, Holden Caulfield, Frederick Colting, 59 J. Copyright Soc'y U.S.A. 291-345 (2012).
Deborah Maranville, Kate O’Neill & Carolyn Plumb, Lessons for Legal Education from the Engineering Profession’s Experience with Outcomes-Based Accreditation, 38 Wm. Mitchell L. Rev. 1017-93 (2012).
Kate O’Neill, “Should I Stay or Should I Go?”--Covenants Not to Compete in a Down Economy: A Proposal for Better Advocacy and Better Judicial Opinions, 6 Hastings Bus. L. J. 83-143 (2010).
Kate O’Neill, Rhetoric Counts: What We Should Teach When We Teach Posner, 39 Seton Hall L. Rev. 507-57 (2009).
Kate O'Neill, But Who Will Teach Legal Reasoning and Synthesis?, 4 J. Ass’n Legal Writing Directors 21-34 (2007).
Kate O’Neill, Against Dicta: A Legal Method for Rescuing “Fair Use” from the “Right of First Publication,” 89 Cal. L. Rev. 369-458 (2001).
Kate O’Neill, Adding an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Perspective to a Traditional Legal Writing Course, 50 Fla. L. Rev. 709-18 (1998).
Kate O’Neill, Formalisms and Syllogisms: A Pragmatic Critique of Writing in Law School, 20 Legal Stud. F. 51-74 (1996).

Books or Treatises

David Laskin & Kathleen O’Neill, The Little Girl Book: Everything You Need to Know to Raise a Daughter Today (Ballantine Books 1992, 1996). 287 pages.
Kathleen O’Neill, Writer’s Guide to Copyright (2d ed. Poets and Writers, Inc. 1990). 63 pages.
Kathleen O’Neill, Virgil’s The Aeneid (Barron’s 1984). 117 pages. (A study guide)

Book Chapters

Kate O’Neill, The Medi-Lab Case: A Negotiation Exercise for a Legal Writing Course, in Instructor’s Manual with Simulation and Problem Materials to Accompany Riskin & Westbrook Dispute Resolution and Lawyers, Second Edition, 1997 and Riskin & Westbook Dispute Resolution and Lawyers, Abridged Second Edition, 1998, at 282-94 (West Group 1998).
Kate O’Neill, Using an “ADR” Perspective to Teach Introductory Case Analysis in a Legal Writing Class, in Instructor’s Manual with Simulation and Problem Materials to Accompany Riskin & Westbrook Dispute Resolution and Lawyers, Second Edition, 1997 and Riskin & Westbook Dispute Resolution and Lawyers, Abridged Second Edition, 1998, at 258-69 (West Group 1998).

Book Reviews

Kate O’Neill, Book Review, 11 Legal Comm. & Rhetoric: JAWLD 177-80 (2014)(reviewing Lawyer Poets and That World We Call Law (James R. Elkins ed. 2013).
Kathleen (Kate) O’Neill, Book Review, 58 J. Legal Educ. 579-86 (2008) (reviewing Elizabeth Mertz, The Language of Law School: Learning to “Think like a Lawyer” (2007)).
Kathleen O’Neill, Book Review, 15 N.Y.U. Rev. L. & Soc. Change 415-28 (1986-87) (reviewing Peter H. Schuck, Agent Orange on Trial: Mass Toxic Disasters in the Courts (1986)).

Speaker, "From Trailer Parks to Wall Street: Contract Doctrine and Practice in Context," Faculty “Brown Bag”, University of Washington School of Law (February 19, 2014)
Speaker, "Introduction to the Fair Use Defense in Copyright Law," Mini-Conference: Fair Use for Scholars and Teachers of Modern Literature, University of Tulsa College of Law (February 20, 2013)
Speaker, "Teaching Informs Research," Northwest Regional Legal Writing Conference, University of Oregon School of Law (August 10, 2012)
Speaker, "Animal Law--Contract Pitfalls," CLE, Washington State Bar Association (November 16, 2010)
Speaker, "A Story with No End in Sight," Conference on Applied Storytelling in Law, Lewis & Clark Law School (July 23, 2009)
Panelist, "Applying the Rhetorical Perspective to Scholarship, Teaching, Professional Practice & Disciplinary Development," Mercer University / Legal Writing Institute Conference on Law & Rhetoric: Legal Writing Through a Rhetorical Lens, (January 6, 2009)
"Legal Writing," CLE on Persuasive Writing Techniques, Washington State Bar Association (June 26, 2008)
Speaker, "Persuasive Writing Techniques--Improving Your Writing Style," CLE, Washington State Bar Association (June 26, 2008)
Workshop on Contract Drafting (video-conference), K&LGates, PLLC (March 6, 2008)
"Posner TM," Faculty Colloquium, University of Washington School of Law (October 31, 2007)
Panelist, "When Worlds Collide: Exploring Inter-Relationships and Collaboration Between Clinicians and Legal Writing Teachers in Teaching and Scholarship," Annual Meeting, Association of American Law Schools (January 4, 2007)
Speaker, "Contract Law and Practice in Washington State: An Update," CLE, Whatcom County Bar Association (November 1, 2006)
"Introduction to Contract Law," Summer Institute in English, Business & Law, University of Washington (August 14, 2006)
"Using Collaborative Workshops and Self-assessment to Teach Legal Writing," with Carolyn Plumb, Semi-annual Meeting, Legal Writing Institute (June 1, 2006)
"Six Lessons in Drafting Contracts," Preston, Gates & Ellis (February 1, 2006)