Legal English Faculty

Professor Stephen Horowitz

  • Lecturer of Legal English and former Director of Online Legal English Programs
  • Visiting Professor, Kyiv-Mohyla Academy Law School
  • JD, Duke University School of Law
  • Masters in TESOL, CUNY-Hunter College
  • BA, University of Pennsylvania
  • Classes taught: Legal English I (Torts) & Legal English II (Criminal Procedure) for 2-Year LLM students
  • Foreign Languages: Japanese, Spanish, and some ability to communicate in Ukrainian, Chinese, Hebrew, and Portuguese
  • Editor, Georgetown Legal English Blog
  • Co-host, USLawEssentials Law & Language Podcast
  • Connect with Prof. Horowitz on LinkedIn
  • Bluesky: @gtlegalenglish

Professor Heather Weger

  • Lecturer of Legal English
  • PhD, Applied Linguistics, Georgetown
  • MAT, TESOL & Bilingual Education, Georgetown
  • MA, Adult & Higher Education, University of Oklahoma
  • BA, Washington University in St. Louis
  • Classes: Fundamentals of Legal Writing I & II
  • Foreign Languages: German, Spanish, and a little bit of French, Korean, and Japanese

Professor Julie Lake

  • Lecturer of Legal English
  • PhD, Applied Linguistics, Georgetown 
  • MS, Linguistics, Georgetown
  • BA, Oberlin College
  • Classes: 
  • Foreign Languages: German, French, Hebrew, and a little bit of Hindi

Professor Benjamin Cheng

  • Lecturer of Legal English
  • JD, University of Pennsylvania
  • AB, Harvard
  • Classes:
  • Foreign Languages: Chinese (Mandarin) and a little Japanese

Professor John Dundon

  • Lecturer of Legal English
  • JD, George Washington University
  • MA, Applied Linguistics, Columbia University
  • BA, University of Virginia
  • Classes:
  • Foreign Languages: French, Russian, Farsi, Tajik and Rushani

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Professor Michelle Ueland

  • Director, Center for Legal English
  • PhD, Language, Literacy and Sociocultural Studies, University of New Mexico
  • MA, Applied Linguistics, Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
  • BA, English Literature and Women’s Studies, Minnesota State University
  • Classes: Advanced Scholarly Writing; Oral Communication in the Law;  
  • Second Language: Spanish

Professor Craig Hoffman (retired)

  • Director, Legal English Programs
  • Professor of U.S. Legal Discourse
  • JD, University of Texas
  • PhD, Linguistics, University of Connecticut
  • BA, William & Mary 

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