law: Faculty

Rachel K. Alexander
Titles:
  • Visiting Associate Professor
  • Director of Legal Writing Program
Department:
Law
  • 415-442-5337

COURSES TAUGHT

Legal Writing & Research

EDUCATION

  • JD, Creighton University School of Law

  • BA, Creighton University

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • E-Discovery Practice, Theory, and Precedent: Finding the Right Pond, Lure, and Lines without Going on a Fishing Expedition, Defense Law Journal, LexisNexis (forthcoming 2012).

  • E-Discovery Practice, Theory, and Precedent: Finding the Right Pond, Lure, and Lines without Going on a Fishing Expedition, 56 S. D. L. Rev. 25 (2011).

  • Bridging the Title VII Gap: Protecting All Workers from "Work Authorization" Discrimination, 10 U. Md. J. L. Race, Religion, Gender & Class 199 (2010).

  • Recognizing the Nature of American Medical Practice: An Argument for Adopting Federal Medical Licensure, co-author Dr. Michael S. Young, 13 DePaul J. Health Care L. 145 (2010).

  • Federal Tails and State Puppy Dogs: Preempting Parallel State Wage Claims to Preserve the Integrity of Federal Group Wage Actions, 58 Am. U. L. Rev. 515 (2009).

  • Taking the Detour Around Defending Protected Activity: How Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Co. v. White Unnecessarily Complicates Litigation of Retaliation Claims, 27 Rev. Litig. 333 (2008), University of Texas.

  • Nguyen v. INS: The Supreme Court Rationalizes Gender-Based Distinctions in Upholding an Equal Protection Challenge, 35 Creighton L. Rev. 789 (2002).

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

  • Bar Admissions:  South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota Supreme Courts; US District Court for the Districts of Nebraska, Minnesota; US Court of Appeals for the Eighth and Ninth Circuits.

HONORS AND AWARDS

    • Nominee, 2012 Belbas-Larson Awards for Excellence in Teaching (University-wide award)
    • Nominee, 2011 Belbas-Larson Awards for Excellence in Teaching (University-wide award)
    • Nominee, 2011 John Wesley Jackson Memorial Award for Outstanding Professor
    • Nominee, 2010 Belbas-Larson Awards for Excellence in Teaching (University-wide award)
    • Nominee, 2010 John Wesley Jackson Memorial Award for Outstanding Professor
    • Listing, best labor and employment attorneys, CLIENT GUIDE: AMERICA'S LEADING LAWYERS FOR BUSINESS, Chambers USA 2007