Visiting Assistant Professor of Law

Bruce.Ching@valpo.edu

Education

J.D. - University of Michigan Law School
M.A. - University of Michigan
B.A. - University of Missouri-St. Louis

Area of Specialization

Legal Research and Writing

Courses Taught

Legal Writing

Scholarly Works

Argument, Analogy, and Audience:  Using Persuasive Comparisons While Avoiding Unintended Effects, 7 J. Ass’n Legal Writing Directors ___ (2010).
 
Attorney Referral, Negligence, and Vicarious Liability, 33 S. Ill. U. L.J. 217 (2009).
 
Things in Threes – Utilizing Tricolons – a Linguistic Look, The Law Teacher (Institute for Law Teaching and Learning), Fall 2008, at 18.
 
U.S. District Court Says Federal Privacy Requirements are Not Applicable to Practice of Law, 14 The Advocate (UAW Legal Services Plans), Sept. 2003, at 13.
 
Dealing with Telemarketing Calls, 14 The Advocate (UAW Legal Services Plans), June 2003, at 3 (before implementation of the federal do-not-call list).
 
Inverting the Viability Test for Abortion Law, 22 Women’s Rts. L. Rep. 37 (2000).
 
Nonlegal Analogies in the LRW Classroom, 8 Perspectives:  Teaching Legal Research and Writing 26 (1999).

Biography

Professor Ching previously worked for five years as a staff attorney for the United Auto Workers Legal Services Plan, advising and providing assistance to the union’s legal service offices throughout the country. He has taught legal research and writing courses at the law schools of Northern Kentucky University, University of Oregon and University of Cincinnati.

Professor Ching earned a law degree from the University of Michigan Law School, a master’s degree in English language and literature at the University of Michigan and a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Missouri-St. Louis.