Auteur: Richard D. Rieke

Richard D. Rieke has been a student of communication and law since his doctoral work at Ohio State University in 1964. His dissertation « Rhetorical Theory in American Legal Pracice » was one of the first studies to argue for a rapprochement between legal theory and rhetorical theory in relation to the practical processes of conducting trials and appeals. Since then, as a member of the faculty at Ohio State and later the University of Utah, he has continued to study trials, appellate advocacy and appellate decision making from the perspective of rhetorical/communication theory. He is currently involved with the Utah State Bar and the American Arbitration Association in making dispute resolution more accessible to citizens of Utah.