Contact Information:
The University of Akron School of Law
C. Blake McDowell Law Center
Akron, OH 44325-2901

Office: C. Blake McDowell Law Center 305
Phone: 330-972-2332
Fax: 330-258-2343
cravens@uakron.edu

Assistant Professor Sarah M.R. Cravens has been with The University of Akron School of Law since 2005. She received her A.B., magna cum laude, from Princeton University, her M.Phil from Cambridge University and her J.D., magna cum laude, from Washington & Lee University, where she was senior articles editor of the Washington and Lee Law Review. Her areas of interest include legal ethics and judicial role. Professor Cravens currently teaches Torts, Professional Responsibility and a seminar on the judicial role. She has been admitted to the Oklahoma state bar, as well as the District of Columbia bar. Prior to joining the Akron Law faculty, Professor Cravens was a law clerk for The Honorable Stephanie K. Seymour in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and was an attorney for Arnold & Porter LLP in Washington D.C. Professor Cravens writes on the role of the judge, focusing in recent articles and book chapters on the concept of impartiality, the use of appearances in recusal analysis, and the importance of explicit reason-giving in judicial opinions.