Donna L. Eng
Legal Skills Professor
Professor Donna Eng teaches Legal Writing I and II and Pre-Trial Practice at the University of Florida Levin College of Law. She also serves as the Faculty Advisor to the UF Law Moot Court Team.
Professor Eng’s scholarship and presentations focus on the pedagogy of Legal Writing and citations and the need for an evolving Legal Writing curriculum to prepare students for the NextGen Bar Exam, which will be required to practice law in Florida beginning in July 2028.
Professor Eng joined UF Law after practicing for twenty-six years in the State of Florida. During her last nine years in practice, Professor Eng was Board Certified by the Florida Bar in Appellate Practice. She has substantial experience in complex commercial litigation, criminal appellate and trial work, and served as a career law clerk to a United States Magistrate Judge in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Given her broad background, Professor Eng often shares her practical experience with her students.
Education
J.D., Loyola University School of Law
B.A. Florida State University
Courses
- Legal Writing I and II
- Pre-Trial Practice
Publications
ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS
- From Builders to Editors: Reimagining How We Teach Citation in the AI Era, 30 Legal Writing 271 (2026) (co-authored with Assistant Professor of Law Margie Alsbrook, Mercer University School of Law), From Builders to Editors: Reimagining How We Teach Citation in the AI Era | Published in Legal Writing
- Keeping the Ball Rolling: Enhancing the LRW and Skills Curriculum by Incorporating NextGen Bar Foundational Skills and AI Innovations, The Second Draft, Vol. 38, No.3 (Jan. 9, 2026), https://www.lwionline.org/article/keeping-ball-rolling-enhancing-lrw-and-skills-curriculum-incorporating-nextgen-bar.
- The Role of ‘Light Plagiarism’ in Legal Writing, from a Recent Practitioner’s Perspective, Stetson Law Review Forum, The Unending Conversation in Legal Writing Scholarship, 9 Stetson L. Rev. F., no. 2, (2025), https://stetsonlawreview.org/article/the-role-of-light-plagiarism-in-legal-writing-from-a-recent-practitioners-perspective/.
- Should Legal Writing Professors Continue to Teach Traditional Legal Citation Rules for Parentheticals Despite the Increased Usage of (Cleaned Up) Parentheticals?, The Second Draft, Vol. 37, No.2 (Oct. 31, 2024), Should Legal Writing Professors Continue to Teach Traditional Legal Citation Rules for Parentheticals Despite the Increased Usage of (Cleaned Up) Parentheticals? | LWI
ACADEMIC WORKS IN PROGRESS
- Everything Old is New Again: Using Gen AI to Emphasize the Old-Fashioned Skills of Close Case Reading, Rule Synthesis and Persuasive Storytelling.
PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS
- Is F.S. §732.703 Susceptible to a Constitutional Challenge by a Former Spouse Whose Claim for Benefits is Denied?, FLORIDA BAR JOURNAL, Vol. 91, No. 5 (May 2017).
- Online Defamation: Do Hyperlinks Constitute Republication for Florida Defamation and Trade Libel Claims?, FLORIDA BAR JOURNAL, Vol. 90, No. 5 (May 2016).
- Pretrial Restraint of Assets: Lawful Governmental Interference with the Right to Counsel of Choice?, FLORIDA DEFENDER, Vol. 25, No. 3 (Fall 2013).
- The Viability of an Insanity Defense in Federal Revocation Proceedings, FLORIDA DEFENDER, Vol. 24, No. 4 (Winter 2012).
- The Unsettled State of Pregnancy Discrimination Claims Under the Florida Civil Rights Act of 1992, FLORIDA BAR JOURNAL, Vol. 86, No. 8 (Sept./Oct. 2012).
- The Importance of Federal Habeas Review as a Means to Challenge Florida’s Death Penalty Sentencing and Drug Possession Statutes, FLORIDA DEFENDER, Vol. 23, No. 4 (Winter 2011).
- Battling International Piracy of the Copyright Industries through NAFTA, LOY. INTELL. PROP. & HIGH TECH. L. Q., Vol. 2, No. 4 (1997).