Assistant Director of Legal Writing
Professor of Law
Wendy Shea teaches Legal Analysis, Research, and Communication. She has published and presented on student success, juvenile law, and criminal law. Shea has been an active participant at regional and national legal writing conferences and was a member of the inaugural class of the Association of Legal Writing Directors Leadership Academy.
Shea taught at the Southern University Law Center for 12 years. She was the Judge Freddie Pitcher Jr. Associate Professor and taught legal analysis & writing and criminal law. She also established that school’s UBE bar prep program and taught in its Fresh Start program.
Education
J.D., Valparaiso University School of Law
B.A., University of Mary, Bismarck, ND
Experience
Southern University Law Center: Judge Freddie Pitcher Jr. Associate Professor of Law, 2008–20
Legislative Drafting Institute for Child Protection, Baton Rouge: consultant and research orientation facilitator, 2016–
DePaul University College of Law: adjunct instructor, 2007
Loyola University Chicago School of Law, 2006
Appellate Court of Illinois: law clerk to Judge Rodolfo Garcia, First District, 2004–07; law clerk, research department, Fourth District, 2003–04
Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America: public policy liaison, 1998–2000
Chicago Metropolitan Sanctuary Alliance, human rights coordinator, 1998–2000
Awards and recognition
Inaugural Member, Association of Legal Writing Directors Leadership Academy, 2019
Professor of the Year (day division), Southern University Law Center, 2016
Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, Southern University Law Center, 2014
President’s Award, Baton Rouge Bar Association, 2012
Bar membership
Illinois, 2003
Minnesota, 2008 (inactive)
