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Kenneth D. Chestek*
* © Kenneth D. Chestek 2010. Clinical Professor of Law, Indiana University School of Law–Indianapolis. This article is based on a presentation that the author made to the Applied Legal Storytelling Conference, Chapter Two: Once Upon a Legal Story, held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon in July 2009; I am grateful for the excellent feedback and discussion by participants at that conference. I was assisted during the design phase of my study by Professors Ruth Anne Robbins, Richard Neumann, and Michael Smith, who helped me kick around ideas for how to isolate the “story” variable in order to create a meaningful study. I also want to thank the members of the combined Indiana Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, and the Appellate Practice Committee of the Section of Litigation of the American Bar Association, all of whom provided input to the design of the study. I also wish to thank Professors Ruth Anne Robbins, Ruth Vance, and Laura Graham, who participated in a small-group session with me at the Legal Writing Institute’s 2009 Writer’s Workshop in Welches, Oregon; the faculties at Indiana University School of Law–Indianapolis and the Lewis & Clark Law School for providing valuable input after faculty colloquia; and Professors Kathy Stanchi, Linda Edwards, and Susan Duncan for their helpful comments. I would also like to thank my research assistants, Kelly Brummett (who managed the online survey expertly) and Shena Wheeler (who provided valuable research assistance on the article itself).