Mary Ksobiech
Professor of Legal Analysis, Writing and Research
Professor of Instruction
Ferguson Carlson Fellow
Director, Academic Success
Director, Appellate Advocacy
Biography
Overview
Mary Ksobiech is a Professor of Legal Analysis, Writing, and Research. She also serves as the Director of Appellate Advocacy and the Director of Academic Success. Her primary areas of teaching include the first-year legal analysis and writing courses as well as Advanced Appellate Advocacy and Judicial Opinion Drafting. She also serves as the Coach of the National Moot Court Team and the faculty advisor of the Moot Court Board.
Teaching areas
- Legal Analysis, Writing, and Research I and II
- Advanced Appellate Advocacy
- Judicial Opinion Drafting
- National Team Tutuorial
- Introduction to Law and Legal Reasoning
Professional affiliations and memberships
- Delegate, Association of Legal Writing Directors
- Member, Legal Writing Institute
- Editorial Board, Journal of Law Teaching and Learning
Awards and honors
- Collegiate Teaching Award, 2026
- Jack and Dee Wilome Award for Outstanding LAWR Professor, 2024
- President and Provost Award for Teaching Excellence, Nominee 2023, 2024, 2025
- Student Bar Association’s Outstanding Faculty Member, 2019
- Dean Thomas W. Christopher Award for Service to the Law School Community, 2016
