Andrele Brutus St. Val

Andrele Brutus St. Val is an Associate Professor of Legal Writing. Her scholarship interests include legal education pedagogy, with a particular focus on online teaching and fostering student well-being, as well as labor and employment law. Since joining the faculty in July 2020, she has been a dynamic presence, deeply engaged in teaching, scholarly pursuits, and service to the institution and the legal education community at large. She co-created a unique course titled "Thriving in the Law: Tools for Academic, Professional, and Personal Well-being," aimed at equipping students with resilience skills, habits, and routines in different areas of their lives to minimize stress and optimize well-being. She is also a member of the Resilience and Engagement Project, underscoring her commitment to holistic student development.

Professor St. Val is actively engaged in the legal writing community. Currently, she is the Assistant Editor in Chief of the Journal of the Legal Writing Institute and has served as the managing editor of two prior journal publications. She is a member of the Legal Writing Institute (LWI) and the Association of Legal Writing Directors (ALWD). She is also an avid presenter at national conferences and workshops, covering topics ranging from online teaching strategies to professional identity formation.

Prior to her current position, Professor St. Val served as a Visiting Assistant Professor at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, where she navigated the intricacies of online legal education while managing a team of adjunct faculty. She also supervised law students as a staff attorney in the University of Michigan Unemployment Insurance Clinic. Before entering academia, she worked as Court Attorney/Executive with the Wayne County Probate Court in Detroit, MI, and as a Career Law Clerk at the Florida Second District Court of Appeal. She received her J.D. from Florida A&M University College of Law and her LL.M. in Labor and Employment Law from Wayne State University Law School. She is licensed to practice law in Florida and Michigan.

In her free time, Professor St. Val loves to read, travel, and spend time with her family. She is also fluent in Haitian-Creole and is working on improving her French.