Daniel L. Real, JD

Department

• Law

Position

• Associate Professor

• Advanced Legal Writing
• Commercial Contract Drafting
• Legal Research & Writing I
• Legal Research & Writing II
• Legal Research & Writing III
• National Moot Court
• Professional Responsibility

Professor Real served as a judicial staff attorney for the Nebraska Court of Appeals for 20 years, and has been teaching in the Legal Writing program at Creighton School of Law for more than 15 years. He teaches required legal analysis and writing courses for first and second year students, upper level advanced writing and analysis courses, Professional Responsibility, and Commercial Contracts. He has been a coach for Creighton School of Law’s highly successful third year National Moot Court Teams since the 2008-2009 academic year. Professor Real is a member of the Legal Writing Institute, a national organization of legal writing and skills instructors, and is currently serving as the chair of the LWI Website and Social Media committee, and serves on the diversity committee for the Association of American Law Schools (AALS). He is also a member of the Appellate Practice Section of the Nebraska State Bar Association and is one of the organizing editors for the NSBA Appellate Practice Manual.  He is also a contributing editor on the Appellate Advocacy Blog, a legal blog on the law professors blog network.

Books

Articles

Publications

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Presentations

Research and Scholarship Interests

• Implicit Bias, Judicial Selection and Retention, Collaborative Learning, Legal Writing, Appellate Practice, Professional Responsibility

Current Research Projects

• Collaborative Learning