FAQs
Membership in LWI
• Who is eligible to join?
Anyone who is interested in legal writing or the teaching of legal
writing may join the Institute. The Board of Directors may establish
other membership criteria and requirements in the future. Currently,
no dues are required for membership.
• How do I join?
Send your name, title, organization, address, city, state, zip,
country, e-mail address, and telephone number to Yonna Shaw, by
e-mail to Shaw_YW@Mercer.EDU,
by snail mail to Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer University,
1021 Georgia Avenue, Macon, Georgia 31207, or by fax to (478) 301-2649.
For further information, please call (478) 301-2622.
Internet Discussion / Email Listservs
• Do you have an internet discussion forum? How
do I join?
Newsletter / Email notification
All members of the Legal Writing Institute are added to LWI-NET,
a one-way E-mail distribution list. LWI-NET is used to distribute
information to LWI members; it is not a discussion forum.
Internet Discussion List
The LRWPROF-L listserv is a closed discussion list intended to provide
a forum in which scholars and teachers of legal writing can discuss
topics in their field. Only professional teachers of legal writing
are eligible to join the listserv. To join the list, send an e-mail
to Judy Rosenbaum,
chair of the LWI Listserv Committee or to Ken
Chestek, list manager. Be sure to identify your school and teaching
position in your e-mail.
More information about listservs,
including listservs available to directors.
Online Resources
• What teaching resources do you have available
on the website?
The website has several “banks” of information available
including a syllabus bank, and idea bank, and coming soon, a bank
of grading rubrics.
The Syllabus Bank currently has syllabi available
to review for advanced legal writing courses. Syllabi for first-year
courses and for three-semester courses will be available in the
future.
The Idea Bank is a password-protected bank and
includes resources for Legal Writing professors such as writing
and analysis exercises, teaching ideas, and documents (including
model answers) used for large writing assignments (memorandum, brief,
and drafting problems)
The Grading Rubric Bank is forthcoming.
• Do you have any resources that address plagiarism?
Yes. The website offers a broad range of materials addressing
plagiarism, including rules,
exercises for teaching about plagiarism, and links to online resources.
• How do I access the password-protected banks?
Access to the Idea Bank is limited to those who submit documents
and professors in their first year of teaching Legal Writing. Those
who submit documents will receive a password following each biennial
LWI conference.
Employment Listings
• Are Legal Writing job openings posted?
Yes, current employment opportunities
are available online.
Conferences
• What conferences are held that focus on Legal
Writing topics?
View a list of conferences related
to Legal Writing.
• Where can I find out about the LWI Conference?
The 13th Biennial Conference
of the Legal Writing Institute will take place in the summer of
2008 in Indianapolis, Indiana. More information will be posted as
that time draws near.
Publications
• What publications are associated with the Legal
Writing Institute?
The Second
Draft is the newsletter of the Legal Writing Institute
and is published twice each year.
The Journal
of the Legal Writing Institute is a peer-edited
journal that is typically published in the fall of each year.
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