J. Christopher Rideout*
* © J. Christopher Rideout 2013. Professor of Lawyering Skills and Associate Director of Legal Writing, Seattle UniversitySchool of Law. Portions of this article were first presented at the 2009 Applied Legal Storytelling Conference held at Lewisand Clark Law School and, in 2012, to the University of Denver law faculty. The author wishes to thank those who madecomments at those two presentations and, in addition, to thank Marilyn Walter and Sara Benson for their helpful commentson the manuscript of this article.