Rate My Professor Kathryn Boling

In these roles, Boling directs a team of faculty teaching the first-year Legal Writing, Skills, and Values course—which covers predictive legal writing, research, client interviewing, counseling, negotiation, fact development, professionalism, reflection, and cultural competence—and the second-year Written and Oral Advocacy course. Her research centers on quotation practices in legal writing and pedagogy, exemplified by her forthcoming article, “What is ‘the Rule’? Quotation Marks and the Role of Courts and Lawyers as Performers of the Common Law,” in the Duquesne Law Review (volume 64, issue 2, spring 2026). She has presented at numerous conferences, including the Legal Writing Institute Biennial, Association of Legal Writing Directors Biennial, Western Regional Legal Writing Conference, and AALS Annual Meeting, on topics such as reflection in teaching, inclusive classrooms, and race in legal writing assignments. Boling has been nominated for the Outstanding Faculty Award by graduating students in 2022, 2023, and 2025, and received the Black Law Students Association Amicus Award in 2022. She serves on the Faculty Appointments Committee, Curriculum Committee, advises the Seattle University Law Review and American Indian Law Journal, and delivers CLE presentations on legal writing and generative AI.