Teaching Professor
(315) 439-0071
rsrisman@syr.edu
Curriculum Vitae [PDF]
Richard S. Risman
Professor Risman has taught at law schools for more than 30 years, first with the Albany Law School as a Legal Skills Professor, and at the College of Law.
He teaches Legal Communication and Research I, II, and III, LL.M. courses, an upper-level bar passage course, and in the Orange Edge pre-1L courses. He has taught his courses overseas as well.
He has coached numerous moot court teams, including the College of Law’s award-winning National Moot Court Competition team.
He is admitted to practice in New York and Federal courts.
Education
- State University of New York at Buffalo
J.D. 1984 - State University of New York at Buffalo
B.A., cum laude 1981