Vice Dean
Director, Fitzsimmons Center for Litigation and Advocacy; Co-Director, Legal Writing Program; Teaching Professor
Classes Taught
- Legal Analysis, Reasoning, and Writing
- Appellate Advocacy
- Federal Judicial Externship
Biography
Jessica Haught received her J.D., Order of the Coif, from the West Virginia University College of Law. She graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in Economics and Political Science from Bethany College. Professor Haught worked as an associate at Reed Smith LLP in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where her practice focused on complex commercial litigation and financial services litigation. She clerked for the Honorable Gary L. Lancaster, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. She taught Legal Research and Writing as an Adjunct Associate Professor at Duquesne University School of Law in 2009-2010.
Publications and Research
- Health Care at a Price: The Impact on Young Adults’ Medical Privacy and Autonomy of Being Covered on Their Parents’ Health Insurance Until Age Twenty-Six, Family Law Quarterly, Vol. 51, Nos. 2 & 3.
Education
- J.D., West Virginia University College of Law, 2004
- B.A., Bethany College, 1999
