Kenneth D Chestek Clinical Professor of Law Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis Lawrence W. Inlow Hall, Room 210B 530 W. New York Street Indianapolis, IN 46202-3225 Phone: (317) 278-8574 Fax: (317) 274-8565 E-Mail: kchestek@iupui.edu

Education

B.A., 1975, Pennsylvania State University
J.D. (cum laude), 1979, University of Pittsburgh

Courses

Legal analysis, research and communication, professional responsibility

Bio

Kenneth D. Chestek joined the Legal Analysis, Research and Communication (LARC) team in the Summer of 2003 after working as a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan. He graduated cum laude from University of Pittsburgh School of Law where he was Editor in Chief of the Law Review. He has extensive practice experience and has worked as the managing attorney for Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin's Erie office and as a partner in both his own firm (Chestek and Bax) and at Agresti & Agresti, in Erie, Pennsylvania. While in practice, he also served for 18 years as Chief Civil Counsel to Erie County, Pennsylvania.

He is currently President-Elect of LWI, an organization of more than 2100 legal writing professionals in the United States and around the world. He will serve as President for the 2010-2012 term. Previously, he served as a member of the Board of Directors and Treasurer of LWI. From 2005-2008 he co-chaired the ALWD/LWI Annual Survey Committee, and from 2004-2008 he served as a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of the Legal Writing Institute, a peer-reviewed academic journal. He currently serves as list manager for the LWI discussion listserv (hosted at IU-Indy law school).

He has published and given lectures on a wide variety of subjects, including persuasion, teaching methods, tax exemption policy, hospitals and the uses of computers in law offices.

Publications

Books and Chapters

WORDPERFECT FOR WINDOWS 6 IN THE LAW OFFICE (principal author) (Que Corporation, 1996)

WORDPERFECT FOR WINDOWS POWER MACROS (principal author) (Que Corporation, 1992)


Law Review and Journal Articles

*The Plot Thickens: The Appellate Brief as Story, 14 Legal Writing 127 (2008)

MacCrate (in)Action: The Case for Enhancing the Upper-Level Writing Requirement in Law Schools, 78 Colo. L. Rev. 115 (2007)

Reality Programming Meets LRW: The Moot Case Approach to Teaching in the First Year, 38 Gonz. L. Rev. 57 (2003)

Are Hospitals Truly Institutions of Charity?, PENN. BAR QUARTERLY, Jan. 2002, pp. 4-16

Are Hospitals Purely Public Charities?, ASSESSMENT JOURNAL, Vol. 7, No. 2 (March/April 2000), pp. 24-33

Farmland Preservation Techniques: Some Food for Thought, 40 UNIV. OF PITTSBURGH L. REV. 258-284


Essays and Reports

The “Moot Case” Approach to Student Collaboration, THE SECOND DRAFT, Vol. 15, No. 2 (June 2001), p. 6