Contact Information

(678) 916-2659

mboyd@johnmarshall.edu

Publications

<p>Books</p>
<p>Richard K. Neumann, Jr., Sheila Simon, Suzianne D. Painter-Thorne & Megan E. Boyd , Legal Writing (Aspen Publishing, 6th ed. forthcoming 2027).</p>
<p>Megan E. Boyd & Adam Lamparello, Show, Don’t Tell: Legal Writing for the Real World (Carolina Academic Press 2014).</p>
<p>Law Reviews and Journals</p>
<p>Tool or Agent? Generative AI and the Unstable Foundations of Privilege Doctrine, 17 St. Mary’s J. on Legal Malpractice & Ethics (forthcoming 2027).</p>
<p>Tips for Drafting Affidavits, 22 Scribes J. Legal Writing 117 (2025).</p>
<p>Storied Pleadings: The Power of Narrative Introduction, 22 Legal Comm. & Rhetoric: JALWD 1 (2025).</p>
<p>Megan E. Boyd & Brian L. Frye, The Duty of Efficiency and Generative AI Pedagogy, 77 Wash. U. J.L. & Pol’y 96 (2025).</p>
<p>Megan E. Boyd & Brian L. Frye, Plagiarism Pedagogy, 99 Wash. U. L. Rev. Online 1 (2021).</p>
<p>Book Review, 19 Scribes J. Legal Writing 198 (2020) (reviewing Legal Writing Style).</p>
<p>Editor and Mentor: Making Effective Use of the Revision Process, 62 For the Def. 14 (Feb. 2020).</p>
<p>Georgia Aquarium v. Pritzker: The Beginning of the End for Belugas in Captivity in the United States, 25 Animal L. 93 (2019).</p>
<p>Book Review, 15 Legal Comm. & Rhetoric: JALWD 287 (2018) (reviewing Legal Writing Lessons from American Presidents).</p>
<p>On Point: A Review of Ross Guberman’s Point Taken: How to Write Like the World’s Best Judges, 13 Legal Comm. & Rhetoric: JALWD 231 (2016) (book review).</p>
<p>Legal Writing in the Real World—Using Practitioners’ Briefs to Teach Advanced Legal Writing Strategies, 23 Persp.: Teaching Legal Res. & Writing 74 (2014).</p>
<p>Riding the Bench—A Look at Sports Metaphors in Judicial Opinions, 5 Harv. J. Sports & Ent. L. 245 (2014).</p>
<p>Megan E. Boyd & Adam Lamparello, Vulnerable Victims: Increasing Animal Cruelty Sentences to Reflect Society’s Understanding of the Value of Animal Lives, 45 Conn. L. Rev. Conntemplations 31 (2013).</p>
<p>Megan E. Boyd & Adam Lamparello, Legal Writing for the “Real World”: A Practical Guide to Success, 46 J. Marshall L. Rev. 487 (2013).</p>
<p>Selected for inclusion in course materials at the 2014 Appellate Judges Education Institute (presented by Dedman School of Law and the ABA Judicial Appellate Judges Conference).</p>
<p>Featured as Litigation Pick of the Week, TechnoLawyer Blog.</p>
<p>Megan E. Boyd & Adam Lamparello, A Dog in the Fight: U.S. v. Hargrove and Why Americans Should Care About Sentencing Guidelines in Animal Cruelty Cases, 40 Rutgers L. Rec. 249 (2013).</p>
<p>Bar Journals</p>
<p>AI, Lawyers, and the Courts, Ga. B.J., Nov. 2024, at 14.</p>
<p>A New Phenomenon in Legal Writing: Storytelling Complaint Introductions—Part II, Ga. B.J., June 2023, at 18.</p>
<p>A New Phenomenon in Legal Writing: Storytelling Complaint Introductions—Part I, Ga. B.J., Apr. 2023, at 16.</p>
<p>Making Effective Use of the Revision Process, For the Def., Feb. 2020.</p>
<p>Fact Statements Part II: More than “Just the Facts”, Ga. B.J., Oct. 2017, at 20.</p>
<p>Fact Statements Part I: More than “Just the Facts”, Ga. B.J., Aug. 2017, at 18.</p>
<p>Blogging for Lawyers, Verdict, Fall 2015, at 12 (Georgia Trial Lawyers Association).</p>
<p>More Writing for Judges, Sidebar, Spring 2014, at 8 (Federal Bar Association Litigation Section).</p>
<p>Writing for Judges: Easy, Effective Ways to Improve Motions, Briefs, and Other Filings, Sidebar, Fall 2013, at 6.</p>
<p>Using Legal Writing and Research Skills to Win at Summary Judgment, Ga. B.J., Apr. 2013, at 12.</p>

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