Kenneth Swift, Professor of Law
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Kenneth Swift

Titles

  • Professor of Law

Degrees

  • JD, Mitchell Hamline School of Law
  • BA, University of Minnesota

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Biography

Professor Kenneth Swift is an expert in legal research and writing, legal drafting, and online legal education. A nationally recognized leader in distance learning pedagogy, he has spent more than twenty-five years teaching legal writing and related skills courses, with extensive experience designing and delivering both traditional and online courses. His scholarship and presentations have focused on best practices in asynchronous and hybrid legal education, adult learning theory, and effective legal writing instruction.

Professor Swift teaches first-year Legal Research and Writing in the Online Hybrid JD Program. Before joining Vermont Law, he served on the faculty at the University of Houston Law Center, where he taught first-year legal writing as well as courses in drafting, employment law, and professional writing. Earlier in his career, he taught for nearly two decades at Hamline University School of Law, where he instructed students in legal research and writing, employment law, and transactional drafting in both JD and master’s programs. Professor Swift earned his JD, with honors, from Hamline University School of Law and received his BA from the University of Minnesota.

An active leader in legal education, Professor Swift has served in numerous national leadership roles with the Association of American Law Schools and the Legal Writing Institute, including as co-chair of the AALS Section on Legal Writing Awards Committee and chair of the Online Learning Committee at the University of Houston Law Center.

He is the author of numerous law review articles and professional publications on legal writing and online education and is a frequent speaker at national conferences on legal pedagogy, legal writing, and distance learning.

Curriculum Vitae

Expertise

  • Legal Research and Writing

Departments

  • Legal Writing
  • Online Hybrid JD Program

Courses Taught

  • Legal Research and Writing