Committees & Reports - 2006 through
2007
Executive
Committee
Susan Kosse (Louisville), Ruth-Anne Robbins (Rutgers-Camden),
Kristin Gerdy (BYU), Ken Chestek (IU), Steve Johansen (Lewis and
Clark), Terry Seligmann (Arkansas/Fayetteville)
Website Committee Liaison: Kristin
Gerdy
Planning Committee
for the 2008 Conference
Co-Chairs: Ruth Anne Robbins (Rutgers) and Mel
Weresh (Drake)
Members: Rachel Croskery-Roberts (Michigan), Dan
Barnett (Boston University), Hollee Temple (West Virginia), Michael
Higdon (UNLV), Anne Enquist (Seattle)
Website Committee Liaison: Dan
Real
Archives Project
Chair: Brooke Bowman (Stetson)
Board Liaison: Linda Edwards (Mercer)
Members: Linda Heimer
Website Committee Liaison: Lucas
Cupps
Charge:
a. Sort through our existing records and determine what documents
should be archived.
b. Create an index for the archives.
c. Create an electronic archive with a link from the LWI home page.
d. Establish a process for maintaining the archives in the future,
assuring that the archivists continues to receive copies of relevant
documents
Conference Scholarship
Grant Committee
Chair: Scott Fruehwald (Hofstra)
Board Liaison: Carol Parker (Tennessee)
Members: Mary Garvey Algero (Loyola), Jane Rindsberg
(Roger Williams), Lori Bannai (Seattle)
Website Committee Liaison: Jana
McCreary
ABA Standards Education
Committee
Chair: Maria Perez Crist (University of Dayton)
Board Liaison: Kristin Gerdy (BYU)
Members: Molly F. Jacobson-Greany (USF), Patricia
Rooney (Touro), Sharon Pocock, Cara Cunningham (Detroit Mercy),
Ann Killenbeck (Arkansas), Maria Crist (Dayton), Sue Liemer (Southern
Illinois), Gail Stephenson (Southern), Sigmund "Zig" Popko
(Arizona State)
Charge:
a. Compile resources for members to use in educating law schools
on standards affecting LW.
b. Educate members on selection process for site committees.
Website Committee Liaison: Kristin
Gerdy
Elections Committee
for Board of Directors
Website Committee Liaison: David
Thomson
Bar Outreach Committee
Chair: Maureen Collins (DePaul)
Board Liaison: Cliff Zimmerman (Northwestern)
Members: Nicole Chong (Penn State), Mark Osbeck
(Michigan), Sue Payne (Northwestern), Michelle Cue (John Marshall),
Deborah McGregor (IU), Linda Rogers (Wake Forest), Stacy Scaldo
(Florida Coastal), Kelly Murray (Vanderbilt), Kirby Oberdorfer (Florida
Coastal), Wendy A. Humphrey (Texas Tech)
Website Committee Liaison: Lucas
Cupps
Charge:
a, Explore one day CLE seminar in conjunction with biennial conference
for local attorneys.
b. Explore certification program for training LWI members to be
legal writing consultants.
c. Explore legal writing camps for lawyers, including whether these
camps should be co-sponsored with groups such as NITA.
d. Explore posting material or LWI members to use for CLE presentations.
Blackwell Award
Commitee (Joint Committee with ALWD)
Committee on Cooperation
Among Clinical, Pro Bono, and Legal Writing Faculty
Chair: Sarah Ricks (Rutgers)
Board Liaison: Cliff Zimmerman
Members: Rebecca Scharf (UNLV), Nancy Wanderer (Maine), Steve
Schwinn (Maryland), Deborah Schmedemann (William Mitchell College
of Law), Evelyn Tenenbaum (Albany Law School), Laurel Oates (Seattle),
Susan Wawrose (Dayton), Tom Cobb (U.Washington), Margaret Philips
(Buffalo), Tracy Bach (Vermont), Ariana Levinson (U.Louisville,
Louis D. Brandeis School of Law)
Website Committee Liaison: Jana
McCreary
Charge:
a. Explore regional legal writing critiquing workshops for clinical
faculty.
b. Explore whether the lack of a shared vocabulary between clinical
and Legal Writing faculty is a problem and if so consider how to
address it.
Committee on Committees
Chair: Michael Smith (University of Wyoming)
Members: Judy Rosenbaum (Northwestern), Anne Enquist
(Seattle), Rachel Croskery-Roberts (Michigan), Susan Kosse (Louisville),
Judith Stinson (ASU), Jessica Elliott (Roger Williams)
Website Committee Liaison: Mimi
Samuel
Golden Pen Committee
Chair: Joe Kimble (Cooley)
Board Liaison: Suzanne Rowe (Oregon)
Members: William J. Roden (Cardinal Stritch), Lou
Sirico (Villanova), Susan Thrower (De Paul), Mark Wojcik (John Marshall),
Chris Wren
Website Committee Liaison: Mimi
Samuel
Idea Bank
Chair: Carol Wallinger (Rutgers)
Board Liaison: Terry Seligmann (Drexel)
Members: Janis Kirkland, Janet Dickson (Seattle),
Sandy Patrick (Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark),
Leah Christensen (Univ. of St. Thomas), Lisa Capasso (Rutgers)
Website Committee Liaison: Dan
Real
Charge:
a. Complete posting of 2006 submissions.
b. Establish procedure for rolling admissions.
c. Solicit problems that can be used by casebook faculty in non-LW
courses.
Listserv Committee
Chair and Board Liaison: Judy Rosenbaum (Northwestern)
Members: Ken Chestek (IU), Dori Kaplan, Kathleen
Miller (LSU)
Website Committee Liaison: Mimi
Samuel
Long Term Conference
Planning Committee
Chair & Board Liaison: Dan Barnett (BC)
Members: Terry Seligmann (Drexel), Ruth Anne Robbins
(Rutgers-Camden), Suzanne Rowe (Oregon), Kirsten Dauphinais (North
Dakota), Jennifer Chiovaro (Georgia State)
Website Committee Liaison: Jana
McCreary
Charge:
a. Explore options for future conferences at hotels, law schools
or other venues.
b. Explore positives & negatives of co-hosting conferences.
c. Explore whether we should have annual conferences.
d. Explore whether we should cap the size of conferences.
e. Explore whether LWI should have mid-week versus Wednesday - Saturday
conferences
Committee on Monitoring
Programs
Chair: Kim Coats (Arkansas)
Board Liaison: Judy Rosenbaum (Northwestern)
Members: Twinette L. Johnson (St. Louis)
Website Committee Liaison: Kristin
Gerdy
Charge:
Compile a list of programs that have undergone program changes
and contact people.
Monograph Committee
Co-Chairs: Steve Johansen (Board Liaison) (Lewis & Clark)
& Jane Kent Gionfriddo (Boston College)
Members: Susan DeJarnatt (Temple), Kathleen Elliott Vinson
(Suffolk), Allison Julien (Marquette)
Website Committee Liaison: Jana
McCreary
Charge:
a. Explore possible configurations of this series, including appropriate
topics for individual monographs;
b. Explore the audience of the series (or individual volumes)-e.g.,
less experienced teachers or more experienced teachers;
c. Explore the editorial structure for the series;
d. Explore publication options and their financial feasibility
New Member Outreach
Committee
Chair: Jennifer Romig (Emory)
Board Liaison: Tracy McGaugh (South Texas)
Members: Beth Cohen (Western New England), Tamara
Herrera (Arizona State), Elsa Miller (No. Illinois), Hether McFarlane(Pacific-McGeorge),
Amy Langenfeld (Arizona State), Melody Daily (Missouri-Columbia),
Jim Levy (Nova Southeastern), Yvonne Ekern (Santa Clara)
Website Committee Liaison: David
Thomson
Charge:
a. Complete updating of the new member handbook.
b. Plan new members' events at the biennial conference.
c. Explore ways to aid new members in between conferences
Plagiarism Committee
Co-Chairs: Molly Lien (John Marshall) and Maureen
Kordash (John Marshall)
Board Liaison: Anne Enquist
Members: Kim Phillips, Larry Gillis (Kaplan), Meredith
Stange (Northern Illinois), Lisa Bradley (Gonzaga), Alice Perlin
(Loyola)
Website Committee Liaison: Lucas
Cupps
Charge:
Coordinate the website posting of existing materials and resources
on plagiarism.
Professional Development
Committee
Chair: Bonny Tavares (Temple)
Board Liaison: Carol Parker (Tennessee)
Members: Emily Zimmerman (Drexel), Joan Malmud
(Oregon)
Website Committee Liaison: David
Thomson
Charge:
a. Collect and post tenure standards.
b. Collect and post contract standards.
c. Prepare resources to help members prepare for annual, promotion
and tenure reviews.
Scholarship Development
Committee
Chair: Ben Templin (Thomas Jefferson)
Board Liaison: Terry Seligmann (Drexel)
Members: Kathryn Sampson (University of Arkansas),
Hans Linnartz (Duke), Karin Mika (Cleveland Marshall), Christine
Venter (Notre Dame)
Website Committee Liaison: David
Thomson
Charge:
a. Propose guidelines and procedures for awarding summer research
stipends.
b. Propose guidelines and procedures for awards for various categories
of scholarship.
c. Coordinate with website committee posting of scholarship resources.
Scholarship
Outreach Committee
Chair: Robin Boyle (St. John's)
Board Liaison: Linda Edwards (Mercer)
Members: Ursula Weigold, Andrew Solomon (South
Texas), Lucille Jewell (Marshall), Dorothy Bisbee (Suffolk)
Website Committee Liaison: David
Thomson
Charge:
Propose ways to assist the membership with identifying opportunities
for scholarly presentations. Some ideas may include establishing
guidelines for works in progress exchanges and creating a speaker's
bank for conference planners.
Second Draft Advisory
Committee
Chair: Kathy Vinson (Suffolk)
Members: Lisa Healy (Suffolk), Samantha Moppett
(Suffolk), Stephanie Hartung (Suffolk)
Website Committee Liaison: Jana
McCreary
Survey Committee-Joint
Committee with ALWD
Co-Chairs: Phil Frost (Michigan) and Ken Chestek
(IU)
Board Liaison: Ken Chestek (Indian)
ALWD Board Committee Liaison: Kristin Gerdy (Brigham
Young)
Members: Nancy Soonpaa (Texas Tech), Molly Current
(Santa Clara), Karen Koch (William & Mary), Judy Rosenbaum (Northwestern),
Jean Rosenbluth (Southern Cal.)
Website Committee Liaison: Kristin
Gerdy
Teacher Exchange
Visitor Committee
Chair: Terry Pollman (UNLV)
Board Liaison: Dan Barnett (BC)
Members: Julie Clement (Thomas Cooley), Diane Edelman
(Villanova), Rebekah Hanley (Oregon), Kirsten Davis (Arizona State),
Jonathan Gordon (Case Western)
Website Committee Liaison: Mimi
Samuel
Charge:
Explore ways to facilitate exchanges of LW faculty between institutions.
Teaching Resources
Committee
Chair: Catharine Wasson (Widener)
Board Liaison: Suzanne Rowe (Oregon)
Members: Ted Becker (Michigan), Mary Trevor (Hamline),
Chris Trudeau (Thomas Cooley), John Mollencamp (Missouri), Natalie
Tarenko (Texas Tech), Linda Berger (Thomas Jefferson), Jessica Price
(Marquette)
Website Committee Liaison: Mimi
Samuel
Charge:
Compile teaching resources on frequently asked topics to include
on website or problem bank.
Upper Level
Legal Writing Courses Committee
Chair: Laurie O'Neal (Idaho)
Board Liaison: Michael Smith (University of Wyoming)
Members: Curt Nesset, Mary Rose Strubbe, Myra Orlen
(Western New England), Lyn Goering (Washburn), Lisa Hatlen (Marquett),
Doretta McGinnis (Widener), Judy Fischer (Louisville), Elizabeth
A. Keith (Mason)
Website Committee Liaison: Jana
McCreary
Charge:
a. Create content for website that would aid members with upper
level writing issues.
b. Compile list of school curriculum offerings for upper legal writing
and contact persons.
c. Explore possibility of hosting with deans a conference on topic
of meeting 302-1 ABA standards.
Web Site Committee
Chair: Mimi Samuel (Seattle)
Board Liaison: Ken Chestek (Indiana)
Members: Kristin Gerdy (Brigham Young), ex officio,
Jana McCreary (Texas Wesleyan), David Thomson (Denver), Dan Real
(Creighton), Lucas Cupps (Seattle)
Charge:
Update the website regularly with submissions from other committees.
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