Storytelling for Oppositionists and Others: A Plea for Narrative

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Richard Delgado

Seattle University School of Law

Date Written: August 1, 1989

Abstract

This is one of the earliest pieces to address legal storytelling or narrative analysis. It explains why it is helpful both to tell and analyze legal stories. A middle section tells a story of a single event – a black lawyer interviews for a position at a top school and is rejected – from several points of view. The article thus is both an exemplar of legal storytelling as well as an effort to analyze and defend the genre.

Suggested Citation

Delgado, Richard, Storytelling for Oppositionists and Others: A Plea for Narrative (August 1, 1989). Michigan Law Review, Vol. 87, No. 2411, 1989, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1577362

Richard Delgado (Contact Author)

Seattle University School of Law ( email )

WA
United States

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