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Dr. Nancy Caine Harbour, J.D.Program Coordinator, Ass't. Professor Paralegal Studies(Legal Assisting)
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Courses Taught :
LEGL 211, LEGL 304, LEGL 305, LEGL 212, LEGL 416, LEGL 417 and LEGL 479, |
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Short Bio:Dr. Harbour has been a Michigan personal injury trial attorney for over 25 years and is a former journalist. Prior to joining EMU, she worked at the law firm of Butzel Long in Detroit as a Professional Development Director. She was a partner in charge of the asbestos personal injury docket at the Southfield law firm of Martens, Ice, Israel, for 18 years, where she hired and trained paralegals. Dr. Harbour has also conducted legal writing seminars and advocacy coaching for lawyers and law firms. Prior to entering the practice of law, Dr. Harbour was a newspaper reporter in Cleveland, Ohio; Alexandria, Va.; and Goshen, N.Y. She joined EMU as a full-time lecturer in the paralegal program in 2004. She has a BA degree (magna cum laude) in Journalism from the University of Detroit and her Juris Doctor from The John Marshall College of Law, The Cleveland StateUniversity. |
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Areas of Expertise:Legal, writing, courtroom and trial skills, the practice of trial law from the perspective of both the attorney and paralegal and personal injury law. |
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Most Important/Recent Publications (More available upon request)
Four Chapters(on professional development, legal writing, client advocacy and civil litigation) in the American Bar Association -published text The Effective Associate Training and Development Program,
by Anderson and Boyer. “Worth Reading About: Using Paralegals and EMU’s Paralegal Internship Program,” State Bar of Michigan LawPractice Management Newsletter (July 2005); “Eleven Tips for Clear, Concise Legal Writing,”
State Bar Labor and Employment Lawnotes (Fall 2002); “Plain English in Workers’ Compensation,” Michigan Bar Journal (August 1984); “A Judge’s Brief for Effective Legal Writing,” Inter Alia (Spring 2004).
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