Paige Kohn

Professor of Legal Writing

Department

• Law School Faculty

Contact Information

• pkohn@law.capital.edu
• Capital University Law School

Biography

After over a decade of experience as a lawyer, generally focused on civil litigation in the private and public spheres, Professor Kohn started teaching full-time at Capital University Law School in 2022. Since then, she has primarily taught first-year legal writing, but also transactional drafting. More recently, she became a faculty advisor for the Capital University Law Review and will teach a new drafting course, Justice Advocacy, which melds drafting principles through the lens of social and economic justice.

Prior to her current role, Professor Kohn worked as a staff attorney to Judge Mark A. Serrott at the Franklin County Common Pleas Court. In this position, she drafted decisions, assisted with mediations, and generally oversaw the civil docket. While at the court, she advanced her expertise in the areas of legal writing, contracts, property, torts, and administrative law. Professor Kohn also worked as a litigation associate at Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, where she concentrated on antitrust and e-discovery. 

Professor Kohn has written several articles on legal topics such as litigation, mediation, and e-discovery. Many of these were published in outlets such as the Columbus Bar Lawyers Quarterly, ABA Litigation Journal, and Columbus CEO. In fall 2025, the Southern Illinois University Law Journal will publish “Ending the Cycle: A New Approach to Decriminalize Mental Illness.”

Professor Kohn also regularly presents at conferences, which have included the AALS Annual Meeting, LWI Biennial and Workshops, Lone Star Legal Writing Conference, and SEALS. Topics involved innovative legal writing teaching techniques, the NextGen Bar exam and holistic lawyering skills, and integration of professional identity formation (ABA Standard 303(b)) and law student education on bias and racism (ABA Standard 303(c)) into the curriculum.