Lindsey Kurtz
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Adjunct Professor of Law, LL.M. Legal Writing Location: University Park
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814-865-7391About Kurtz
Lindsey Kurtz is Director of Legal English Certificate Programs and Language Specialist in the Master of Laws Program at Penn State Law. Prior to joining Penn State Law, she worked at Peking University School of Transnational Law as Director of the Center for Academic Legal English. In both her teaching and scholarship, Dr. Kurtz seeks to understand how concepts from linguistic theories can assist multilingual students in their study of U.S. law. In doing so, she draws from diverse linguistic and pedagogical theories, including cognitive linguistics, corpus linguistics, and Vygotskian sociocultural theory. Additionally, Dr. Kurtz is interested in English for Specific Purposes, dynamic assessment, and technology-assisted language learning. She has previously taught English and lived in China, Japan, and Mexico.
Education
Ph.D., Penn State University
M.A., Iowa State University
B.A., Loras College
Course
LL.M. Legal Analysis, Writing and Research
The American Bar Association has granted conditional approval for Penn State Dickinson Law and Penn State Law to reunify and operate as Penn State University’s single law school under the name Penn State Dickinson Law with locations in Carlisle and University Park. Danielle M. Conway is the dean of the unified Penn State Dickinson Law, which will enroll a unified class in fall 2025.