Areas of Expertise
Legal Writing, Legal Advocacy, Legal Profession, Administrative Law
Courses
Introduction to Legal Analysis, Research, and Communications, Introduction to Legal Advocacy, Introduction to the American Legal System, Legal Profession, Legal Writing and Social Justice Advocacy, Introduction to the American Legal System, Administrative Law
Biography
Paul Koster 26T teaches Introduction to Legal Analysis, Research, and Communications, Introduction to Legal Advocacy, Legal Profession, and Legal Writing and Social Justice Advocacy. He also serves as faculty advisor to the Emory Law School Supreme Court Advocacy Program. He was awarded the Minister Gloria Jean Fowler Angel Award by the Emory Law Class of 2024, Professor of the Year by the Emory Black Law Students Association in 2023, and the Provost’s Distinguished Teaching Award for Excellence in Graduate and Professional Education in 2021.
Koster practiced law for nearly twenty years, including ten years as managing partner of a boutique Atlanta law firm that he co-founded. During his time in practice, he was named a Georgia Super Lawyer and a Georgia Super Lawyer Rising Star on multiple occasions. Following law school, he served as a staff attorney for the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit and as a judicial clerk for the Honorable Stephanie Duncan-Peters of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
Koster serves on the Board of Directors of the Georgia Asylum and Immigration Network and as a member of the American Bar Association Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs. In 2026, he served as a Fulbright Specialist at National Law University Jodhpur in India, where he taught courses and delivered presentations on legal writing, legal advocacy, and the rule of law. He is a fellow of the American Bar Foundation and serves as a faculty member for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy.
Koster previously served as chair of the Legal Writing Institute Pro Bono Committee and co-chair of the Legal Writing Institute Biennial Conference Well-Being Subcommittee. He has also served as a visiting faculty member at the Peking University School of Transnational Law and the University of Warsaw Center for American Law Studies.