Erin Ann Donelon

Erin Ann Donelon is a Senior Lecturer at Tulane University Law School, where she serves as Director of Legal Research & Writing. She has over a decade of experience teaching legal research and writing, following a clerkship with U.S. District Judge Eldon Fallon and Judge Jacques Wiener of the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Prior to law school, she taught first-grade in San Francisco.

• JD, summa cum laude, Loyola University (2001)
• BA, Tulane University (1994)

Her research focuses on Legal Writing and Copyright Law, with published works addressing pedagogical strategies and liability frameworks in intellectual property. She previously co-authored an influential article on improving legal writing programs through student feedback.