LSU Law Professor Tracy L. M. Norton has been appointed to the tenure track as an Assistant Professor of Law at the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center.
LSU Law Professor Tracy L. M. Norton, a national and international leader in the fields of legal writing and legal education, has been appointed to the tenure track as an Assistant Professor of Law at the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center.
“I am deeply honored by the faculty’s recognition of my potential contributions to LSU Law’s scholarly community. Even more than that, after many years focused on teaching and service, I am honored to be part of an institution committed to fostering faculty excellence by allowing faculty members to align our efforts with our individual strengths and interests,” Norton said. “I am excited to embrace this new focus on scholarship, further enriching the academic environment at LSU Law.”
Norton joined the LSU Law faculty as an Associate Professor of Professional Practice at the start of the 2022-23 fall semester. She had previously taught at the Touro Law Center in Long Island, New York, since 2007. Perhaps best known for her research and presentations on cross-generational competence in legal education and the legal profession, Norton’s recent scholarship and research has also focused on making legal education more accessible through digital platforms as well as the ethical use of artificial intelligence in legal education and the practice of law.
“Professor Norton is an extraordinary teacher who is emerging as a leading scholar on the use of artificial intelligence in legal studies,” said LSU Law Dean Alena Allen. “We are excited to celebrate this important career milestone with her at LSU Law, and I look forward to watching her continued growth as a scholar.”
Among Norton’s contributions to the field of legal writing are her Interactive Citation Workbook and accompanying online Workstation, published originally in 1999. The ICW was the first digital teaching tool in widespread use in American law schools and is currently used in more than half of American law schools. A longtime member of the Legal Writing Institute, Professor Norton served two four-year terms on its Board of Directors.
In addition to her classroom teaching, Norton has taught both synchronous and asynchronous law courses since 2010. She also developed a fully online pre-law legal analysis program in New York for students interested in attending law school. During the coronavirus pandemic, she assisted faculty throughout the country in adapting to asynchronous and synchronous online course delivery.
She started her career in academia in 1997 at Texas Tech University School of Law, where she remained until 2001, when she joined the faculty at South Texas College of Law. She moved from South Texas College of Law to Touro University Law Center in 2007. Prior to teaching, Norton practiced criminal law in Texas for three years. She majored in political science at the University of North Texas before earning her juris doctor from Baylor University School of Law in 1994.
