Ronda Fox
Fox & Frumkin
11355 West Olympic Boulevard
Suite 200
Los Angeles, California 90064
(310) 559-2522
rondafox@ca.rr.com
EDUCATION
Legal
University of California, Davis
September 1984 – June 1987
J.D.
Honors: American Jurisprudence Award; Top 10%
Graduate
University of California, Berkeley
September 1982 – June 1984
Visiting Doctoral Scholar
University of California, San Diego
September 1980 – June 1982
Ph.D. English and American Literature/Composition Studies
Doctoral Dissertation: A Study of Metaphor in the Writing of Nine- and
Thirteen-Year-Olds, College Freshmen, and Graduate Students in the
Humanities and Sciences
Undergraduate
University of California, San Diego
September 1977 – June 1980
B.A. English and American Literature
Honors: Dean’s List
EMPLOYMENT
Academic
Loyola Law School
August 2011 – Present
Writing Specialist: Instruct Students in Legal Writing
legalwritingtutor.com
2007 -- Present
Writing Consultant: Tutor Students in and Edit Legal Writing
Santa Monica College
September 2011 -- Present
Instructional Assistant ESL: Tutor Students in College Writing
University of Southern California School of Law
August 2005 – May 2006
Adjunct Clinical Professor: Taught Legal Writing and Advocacy
Loyola Law School
August 2004 – May 2005
Adjunct Clinical Professor: Taught Legal Research and Writing
Loyola Law School
Fall 2003
Adjunct Clinical Professor: Taught Legal Research
University of California, Berkeley
September 1982 – June 1984
Teaching Associate: Taught Freshman Composition (Subject A)
University of California, San Diego
September 1981 – June 1982
Teaching Associate: Taught Freshman Composition (Muir 10, 11)
University of California, San Diego
Summer 1980
Writing Instructor: Taught EOP Summer Bridge writing course
University of California, San Diego
September 1978 – June 1980
Writing Tutor: Tutored Student in Freshman Composition (Muir 10, 20)
Legal
Fox & Frumkin
1994 – Present
Partner
California Appellate Project
1989 – 1994
Appellate Panel Attorney
Pettit & Martin
1987 – 1989
Associate Attorney
Summer 1986
Summer Law Clerk
Honorable Harry Pregerson
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Fall Semester 1986
Extern
Law Offices of Karl Seuthe
Summer 1985
Summer Law Clerk
COURSES TAUGHT
Legal Writing and
Advocacy
University of Southern California School of Law
Director Jean Rosenbluth
Los Angeles, California 90089
Legal Research
And Writing
Loyola Law School
Director Arnold Siegel
919 South Albany Street
Los Angeles, California 90015-1211
Subject A:
Freshman
Composition
University of California, Berkeley
Supervisor Kim Davis
216 Dwinelle Annex
Berkeley, California 94720
Muir 10, 11
Freshman
Composition
University of California, San Diego
Director Barbara Tomlinson
Muir Writing Program, C-006
La Jolla, California 92093
Introduction to
College Writing
University of California, San Diego
Supervisor John Waterhouse
Summer Bridge Program
La Jolla, California 92093
EXAMINATION FIELDS FOR DOCTORATE
Empirical Research in and Theory of Metaphor
Narrative Method in Virginia Woolf
Metaphors for Consciousness in Woolf, Joyce, and Lawrence
TITLE OF DOCTOR’S DISSERTATION
A Study of Metaphor in the Writing of Nine- and ThirteenYear-Olds, College Freshmen, and Graduate Students in the
Humanities and Sciences
DISTINCTIONS
American Jurisprudence Award
University of California Regents Fellowship
Dean’s List
COURSE WORK
Teaching of Writing Practicum
Charles Cooper
UCSD
The Writing Process
Charles Cooper
UCSD
Special Projects: Readings in
Composition Theory
Charles Cooper
UCSD
Special Projects: Readings in
Reader-Response Criticism
Charles Cooper
UCSD
Research in Writing Practicum
Brooke Neilson
UCSD
Theory of Metaphor
George Lakoff
UCB
Critical Theory
Don Wayne
UCSD
Ancient Literary Criticism
Page Dubois
UCSD
Special Studies: Woolf, Joyce
And Lawrence
Frederick Crews
UCB
Special Studies: Composition
Research
Sarah Freedman
UCB
Modern Russian Poetry
Olga Hughes
UCB
Semiotics
David Antin
UCSD
The Bible
Jonathon Saville
UCSD
Ancient Greek-Roman Philosophy
Jonathon Saville
UCSD
Realism in 19th Century Art and
Literature
Bram Dijkstra
UCSD
REFERENCES
Dean Jean Boylan
Associate Dean for Clinical Programs and Experiential Learning
Loyola Law School
(213) 736-8130
Professor Jean Rosenbluth
Director, Legal Writing and Advocacy
University of Southern California School of Law
(213) 740-3199
Professor Arnold Siegel
Director, Legal Research and Writing
Loyola Law School
(213) 736-8189
Joyce Cheney
Director of the English and Humanities Tutoring Center
Santa Monica College
(310) 434-4682
Professor Janet Harclerode
Santa Monica College
(310) 434-4569