Scott Anderson
Clinical Professor of Legal Research & Writing
Department
- Law School
Contact Information
- 614-2366589
- sanderson@law.capital.edu
- Capital University Law School
Biography
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Legal Research and Writing, Scott Anderson, bring an extensive legal career to the law school. Prior to joining the Capital faculty, he served as a staff attorney at the Ohio Criminal Sentencing Commission and as the Commission’s juvenile coordinator. His experience also includes prosecuting adult felony crimes for the Licking County Prosecutor’s Office before being promoted to managing attorney of the juvenile and civil divisions. Associate Dean Anderson also brings extensive teaching experience having served as a part-time instructor teaching contemporary ethical theory and the philosophy of law at The Ohio State University and as a seminar instructor on a variety of legal issues for state agencies and the Ohio Judicial College. Associate Dean Anderson has been a member of the American Philosophical Association, the Committee on Juvenile Rights in the Justice System, and the Ohio Supreme Court Workgroup on Juvenile Defendant Access to Legal Counsel. He holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from The Ohio State University and a J.D. from Case Western Reserve University.He was appointed Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in June, 2021.- Ph.D. (Philosophy), The Ohio State University
- J.D., Case Western Reserve University School of Law
- B.A., The Ohio State University
- Legal Writing and Analysis
- Criminal Law and Procedure
- Theories of Punishment
- Philosophy of Law
- Legal Indeterminacy and Vagueness
Books
Legal Contextualism: Law’s “Open Texture” as Contextual Vagueness, VDM Verlag Publishing (2010).
Law Review Articles
Reimagining Drug Crimes as Result-Oriented Offenses, ___ Ohio St. J. Crim. L. ____ (forthcoming 2021) (symposium).
Anticipating the Judicial Response to Ohio's Proposed Statewide Sentencing Database, ____ Fed. Sent'g Rep. ____ (forthcoming Apr. 2021).
"We Represent the Law Prof Guild,” Micro Symposium: Stanley Fish and the Meaning of Academic Freedom, 9 FIU L. Rev. 33 (Fall 2013).
Plain Language and Statutory Drafting: A Stark Contrast, 69 Clarity 26 (Jan. 2013).
The Right to Confront Witnesses, but not Necessarily at Trial: Predicting a Judge-focused Remedy in Williams v. Illinois, 39 Rutgers L. Rec. 75 (2012).
Legal Contextualism: Law’s “Open Texture” as Contextual Vagueness, VDM Verlag Publishing (2010).
“Reimagining Drug Crimes as Result-Oriented Offenses,” Understanding Drug Sentencing and Its Contributions to Mass Incarceration, Conference at Moritz College of Law, Columbus, OH, June 10-12, 2021
“The Power of the Letter to Persuade,” Political Theological Network Conference, Union Theological Seminary, New York, NY, October 18, 2019
“Truth Isn’t Truth: Legal Storytelling under the Normative Constraints of Viability, Validity, and Verifiability,” Seventh Applied Legal Storytelling Conference, University of Colorado, Boulder, Wolf School of Law, July 11, 2019
“LSAT to Law School,” Nineteenth Annual Rocky Mountain Legal Writing Conference, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Boyd School of Law, March 15, 2019
“Following the Thread of Your Argument: From Lines to Webs,” One-Day Workshop: Moving from the Brief to the Podium: Teaching Oral Advocacy, University of Akron School of Law, Akron, OH, November 30, 1018
“X Marks the Spot: Chiasmus as a Persuasive Technique in Legal Reasoning,” New England Consortium of Legal Writing Teachers Conference, Vermont Law School, South Royalton, VT, September 12, 2014
“Chiastic Structure in Legal Argument,” ALWD Scholars Forum, Southeastern Regional Legal Writing Conference, Savannah Law School, Savannah, GA, April 26, 2013
“A Novel Teaching Practice,” Legal Writing Institute Workshop, The Ohio State University, Moritz School of Law, Columbus, Ohio, December 2, 2011
“Once and For All: The Manifold Contexts of Adjudication,” Conference on Pragmatist and Contextualist Approaches to Vagueness in Legal Theory and Philosophy, Albert-Ludwigs- Universitat, Freiburg, Germany, July 2, 2011
“Legal Analysis and the Primary Problem of Vagueness,” Capital Area Legal Writing Conference, George Washington University School of Law, Washington, DC, February 25, 2011
“Using ‘Certified Conflicts’ to Teach Relevance and Reasonableness,” First Annual Empire State Legal Writing Conference, Hofstra University Law School, Long Island, New York, May 14, 2010