Allyson Shumaker is an Assistant Professor in the Legal Research & Writing Program at the University of Oklahoma College of Law.
Professor Shumaker graduated magna cum laude from the University of North Texas with a bachelor's degree in journalism, with a concentration in strategic communications. She earned her J.D. from the University of Oklahoma College of Law, graduating first in her class. While in law school, she served as editor-in-chief of the Oklahoma Law Review and received several honors, including the Joel Jankowsky Award, the Professional Responsibility Award, and the Oklahoma Bar Association’s Outstanding Senior Law Student Award. Upon graduation, she was inducted into the Orders of the Coif, Solicitors, and Scribes.
Following law school, Professor Shumaker worked in private practice as a civil litigator. She then served as a judicial law clerk to Chief United States District Judge Scott L. Palk in the Western District of Oklahoma and Magistrate Judge Elsa M. Bullard in the District of Minnesota.
Professor Shumaker is admitted to practice in Oklahoma and Minnesota.