Beth Honetschlager
Legal Writing InstructorEmail: bhonetschlager@hamline.edu
Phone: 651-523-2068
B.A., Macalester College
M.A., University of Iowa
J.D., University of Iowa
“As lawyers, words are our tools, so it is very important for students to learn to effectively use words to inform and persuade. In addition, students must learn to effectively find the law, so they can give the best answers to the questions they have been asked. The legal research and writing program at Hamline uses a combination of legal writing classes, legal research labs, and individual tutorials to help students acquire excellent legal research and writing skills.”
Instructor Honetschlager teaches first-year law students in Hamline’s legal research and writing program. She has a passion for good writing and enjoys working with students as they learn to read, think, and write about the law.
Before joining the Hamline faculty, Instructor Honetschlager was a research attorney and editor with the Legal Research Center in Minneapolis, where she was a “legal ghost writer.” She researched and wrote briefs, office memoranda, multi-state surveys of the law, and other documents for attorneys. She also edited other attorneys’ writing. She has taught legal writing to law students at the University of Minnesota Law School and to paralegals for the National Business Institute. She also has clerked for a Hennepin County district court judge.
Instructor Honetschlager graduated from the University of Iowa College of Law with distinction, and was a note and comment editor for the Iowa Law Review. She serves as an assistant editor for the Journal of the Legal Writing Institute, and is a member of the Legal Writing Institute and Minnesota Women Lawyers.