Kris Franklin

Professor of Law
Director, Academic Skills Program

Publications by Professor Franklin

LAW REVIEW AND OTHER SCHOLARLY ARTICLES

"....See Erie.": Critical Study of Legal Authority, 31 U.A.L.R. Law Review, 109-134 (2008).

Sim City: Teaching "Thinking Like a Lawyer" in Simulation-Based Clinical Courses, 53 NYLS Law Review 861-875 (2008-2009).

"Theory Saved My Life," 8 New York City Law Review 599-631 (2006).

"Homophobia and the 'Matthew Shepard Effect' in Lawrence v. Texas." 48 New York Law School Law Review 657–695 (2003–2004).

“The Rhetorics of Legal Authority Constructing Authoritativeness, the “Ellen Effect,” and the Example of Sodomy Law.” 33 Rutgers Law Journal 49–104 (2001).

“Lesbians, Legal Theory and Other Superheroes, Book Review of Ruthann Robson’s Sappho Goes to Law School: Fragments in Lesbian Legal Theory.” 25 New York University Review of Law & Social Change 301–330 (1999) (with S.E. Chinn).

"The Revolution Will Not Be Liberalized," Minnesota Review, 40 (1993).

 

 

 

Contact Information:

T: 212-431-2353
E: kris.franklin@nyls.edu
O: 47 Worth Street
     Building C, 2nd Floor Room C226

Program Administrator: Sonja Davis
T: 212-431-2363
E: sonja.davis@nyls.edu

Education:

B.A., Yale, 1989, cum laude and with distinction in the major
J.D., New York University School of Law, 1992 (Editor-in-Chief, NYU Rev. of Law & Soc. Change)

Judge Eileen Haas Schwartz Award

Public Interest Fellowship, 1990, 1991

Courses:

  • Contracts
  • Torts
  • Principles of Legal Analysis
  • Negotiating, Counseling, and Interviewing
  • Advanced Legal Writing

At New York Law School since 2002.

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