Rate My Professor Pete Nemerovski

Pete Nemerovski serves as Associate Professor of Law and Director of Advocacy at High Point University Kenneth F. Kahn School of Law, overseeing the Legal Research and Writing curriculum for first-year students in small classes. A recognized expert in legal writing pedagogy, he joined High Point University in 2024 after teaching at the University of North Carolina School of Law from 2017, where he served as Clinical Associate Professor teaching Research, Reasoning, Writing, and Advocacy I and II, Writing for the Bar, and Writing for Practice. He participated in faculty committees including the Facilities Study Task Force, Professionalism Standards Task Force, and Committee on Student Wellness. Earlier, from 2010 to 2017, he was Professor of Legal Writing at the University of Miami School of Law, chairing the Legal Communication and Research Skills faculty from 2012 to 2014, developing an innovative citation guide, and creating “Grammar After Dark” workshops for struggling students. Before entering academia, Nemerovski clerked for Judge Damon J. Keith of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and practiced civil litigation at large firms in Los Angeles and Miami. He earned an A.B. in politics, magna cum laude, from Princeton University and a J.D., cum laude, from the University of Michigan.

Professor Nemerovski’s scholarship centers on the intersection of law and politics, legal writing, and emerging issues like generative AI in legal education. His publications include “McConnell’s Gamble,” 83 La. L. Rev. 493 (2023); “You Can Call Me Al: Regulating How Candidates’ Names Appear on Ballots,” 99 Neb. L. Rev. 848 (2021); “Occupational Hazard: A Critique of California Elections Code § 13107(a)(3),” 48 J. Legis. 86 (2021); forthcoming “Friend or Foe? Generative AI and Legal Writing,” 78 Me. L. Rev. (2026); and “Arrows in the Quiver: College Admissions After SFFA v. Harvard,” 59 Loy. L.A. L. Rev. (2026). He has also published on mental health challenges among lawyers and empirical studies of LRW hiring. Nemerovski maintains active involvement in the Association of Legal Writing Directors and Legal Writing Institute, serving on various national committees, and has presented extensively on legal writing topics at conferences including the Legal Writing Institute Biennial, Rocky Mountain Legal Writing Conference, and Carolinas Colloquium. He is a leading thinker on the impact of generative AI on teaching legal writing.