Document Type
Article
Publication Title
The Second Draft
Publication Date
2024
Abstract
Pop culture can teach us a lot about the law: almost everyone knows the Miranda warnings and can recite them by heart, thanks to Law and Order and other crime dramas, the concept of a “conservatorship” is familiar to many because of Brittany Spears, and the notorious RBG has become a household name, recognizable in a crown and jabot, partly due to Kate McKinnon’s portrayal on SNL.
Commercials, and the pop culture icons featured in them, can also teach students about the art of persuasive advocacy. At the start of the spring semester, when I segue from objective analysis to persuasive advocacy in my legal writing course, I let Kendall Jenner and Serena Williams introduce the concept of Aristotelian Rhetoric. It turns out, they are very effective teachers.
Recommended Citation
Allison Wexler Weiss, Everything You Need to Know about Aristotelian Rhetoric You Can Learn from Kendall Jenner and Serena Williams, 37:1 The Second Draft, Oct. 2024.