Kimberly Holst
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Phone: 480-965-1144
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SDOC 668 111 E Taylor St. Phoenix, AZ 85004
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Mail code: 9520Campus: Dtphx
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Student Information
Graduate StudentJournalism and Mass Communication
Cronkite School-Journ/MassComm
Kimberly Holst is a Clinical Professor of Law at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University. She is the Immediate Past President of the Legal Writing Institute and has served as Chair of the Association of American Law Schools Section on Teaching Methods and the Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research. Professor Holst teaches Legal Method and Writing as well as upper-level writing and skills courses at ASU. Professor Holst’s scholarship examines the intersection of law and media—particularly how media impacts public understanding of law or legal issues. Additionally, Professor Holst has presented to numerous domestic and international audiences about techniques for more effective law school pedagogy.
- M.L.I.S. Dominican University at the College of St. Catherine 2006
- J.D. Hamline University School of Law 2005
- B.A. University of Wisconsin-La Crosse 2000
Legal skills education
Legal skills pedagogy
Narrative and rhetoric in legal discourse
Intellectual property
Law and popular culture
Law and entertainment media
Carrie Sperling & Kimberly Holst, Do Muddy Waters Shift Burdens, 76 Maryland Law Review 629 (2017).
Non-Traditional Narrative Techniques and Effective Client Advocacy, 48 The Law Teacher: The International Scholarly Journal of the Association of Law Teachers 166 (2014).
Kimberly Holst & Stephen L. Sepinuck, Contract Drafting: Teaching with Forms , 14 Transactions: Tenn. J. Bus. L. 361 (2012-2013).
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The Roles of Attorneys in Mediation, 7 Bahcesehir University 242 (2011).
Courses
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| LAW 781 | Independent Study |
| LAW 735 | Teaching Assistant |
| LAW 524 | Legal Advocacy |
| LAW 524 | Legal Advocacy |
| LAW 791 | Seminar |
| LAW 791 | Seminar |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| LAW 781 | Independent Study |
| LAW 791 | Seminar |
| LAW 735 | Teaching Assistant |
| LAW 519 | Legal Method and Writing |
2024 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| LAW 791 | Seminar |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| LAW 781 | Independent Study |
| LAW 735 | Teaching Assistant |
| LAW 781 | Independent Study |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| LAW 781 | Independent Study |
| LAW 735 | Teaching Assistant |
2023 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| LAW 791 | Seminar |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| LAW 781 | Independent Study |
| LAW 735 | Teaching Assistant |
| LAW 524 | Legal Advocacy |
| LAW 524 | Legal Advocacy |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| LAW 781 | Independent Study |
| LAW 791 | Seminar |
| LAW 791 | Seminar |
| LAW 735 | Teaching Assistant |
| LAW 519 | Legal Method and Writing |
2022 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| LAW 791 | Seminar |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| LAW 781 | Independent Study |
| LAW 735 | Teaching Assistant |
| LAW 524 | Legal Advocacy |
| LAW 524 | Legal Advocacy |
| LAW 791 | Seminar |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| LAW 781 | Independent Study |
| LAW 791 | Seminar |
| LAW 791 | Seminar |
| LAW 735 | Teaching Assistant |
| LAW 519 | Legal Method and Writing |
2021 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| LAW 791 | Seminar |
2021 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| LAW 781 | Independent Study |
| LAW 735 | Teaching Assistant |
| LAW 524 | Legal Advocacy |
| LAW 524 | Legal Advocacy |
| LAW 791 | Seminar |
2020 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| LAW 781 | Independent Study |
| LAW 735 | Teaching Assistant |
| LAW 519 | Legal Method and Writing |
| LAW 519 | Legal Method and Writing |
| LAW 791 | Seminar |
2020 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| LAW 791 | Seminar |
2020 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| LAW 781 | Independent Study |
| LAW 735 | Teaching Assistant |
| LAW 524 | Legal Advocacy |
| LAW 791 | Seminar |
Global Skills Award 2017
Rocky Mountain Legal Writing Award 2022
Legal Writing Institute, Immediate Past President
AALS Section on Teaching Methods, Past Chair
AALS Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research, Past Chair
AALS Section on Global Engagement, Executive Committee
Legal Communication & Rhetoric: JALWD, Social Media Co-Editor