Barbara Lentz is one of the school’s experienced legal research and writing professors. She also has developed a Business Drafting course that is an upper level elective for JD and LLM students seeking transactional writing skills. Barbara coordinates the transfer and visiting student orientation program, serves as a member of the Law School Admissions Committee, and mentors transfer and first year students with special attention to the job search. She was selected to be a member of the Legal Writing Institute’s national New Member Orientation program in 2004, and has served since that time. She has spoken at regional and national legal writing conferences about integrating transactional and drafting skills into the curriculum. Before joining Wake Forest, Barbara was an associate with the Dickinson Wright PLLC law firm in Detroit, Michigan and with an employment law boutique firm in North Carolina. Barbara teaches math enrichment programs in the public elementary school, is an active member of her college admissions program and neighborhood association, and, with her husband, raises their two children Bennett (6) and Harry (1) and two Labrador retrievers.
