Kim M. Baker has been teaching writing in academe and business for 19 years. As the Writing Specialist, Professor Baker supports all law students as they work to improve their writing skills, beginning in Legal Methods first year and continuing through seminar papers, writing samples, test taking, and job applications. Professor Baker also works to end violence against women, including performing in the annual Until the Violence Stops Festival Providence. Her poetry has been published widely in print and online. In February 2010, Professor Baker won fourth place in the Poetry Society of New Hampshire National Contest, and her essays have been broadcast on National Public Radio of Rhode Island. Professor Baker’s first play was stage read at the Culture*Park Short Plays Marathon in New Bedford, MA, November 2009.