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Committees & Reports


2008- 2010 LWI Committee Assignments

Each committee or project should submit a status report approximately twice each year; the deadlines of the reports will be announced by the LWI board. You can download a list of the committees here.  You may access the current committee report form here  here. 

For sample reports, see:

 

 Committee Reports

  • Click here for the Spring 2010 Mid-Year Report.

  • Click here for the Fall 2009 Mid-Year Report.

  • Click here for the 2008 Committee reports.

 

Executive Committee of the LWI

Linda Berger (Mercer), Ken Chestek (IU), Rachel Croskery-Roberts (Michigan), Michael Higdon (UNLV), Ruth-Anne Robbins (Rutgers-Camden, Melissa Weresh (Drake)

Website Committee Liaison:  TBA

2010 Conference Planning Committee 

Co-Chairs:  Alison Julien (Marquette) and Ken Chestek (IU)
Program Committee:  Alison Julien, Chair, Joan Malmud, Co-chair, Coleen Barger,  Candace Centeno, John Mollenkamp, Julie Osied, Rebecca Scharf, Mel Weresh
Site Committee:Steve Johansen, Chair, Susan Duncan, Ruth Anne Robbins,      Libby White
Communications Committee: David Thompson, Chair
Finance Committee: Michael Higdon, Chair

 

 

ABA Standards Education Committee

Co-Chairs: Kirsten Dauphinais (North Dakota) and Ed Telfeyan (McGeorge)
Board Liaison: Suzanne Rowe (Oregon)
Members: Maria Crist (Dayton), Ralph Brill (Chicago-Kent), Cassandra L. Hill (Texas Southern), Heather Kolinsky (Barry), Sue Leimer (Southern Illinois), Michael Loudenslager (Appalachian), John A. Lynch (Baltimore), Tanya J. Pierce (Texas Wesleyan), Tracy Turner (Southwestern)

Charge: This committee should monitor programmatic changes and also ABA standards. Additional charges can be created and implemented per the discretion of the committee with board input. This is a large committee and might do better working in sub-groups.

Website Committee Liaison: TBA

 

Archives Committee

Chair: Brooke Bowman (Stetson)
Board Liaisons: Linda Berger and Yonna Shaw (Mercer)
Members: Howard Bromberg (Michigan), Mary B. Trevor (Hamline), Cynthia Stroud (Florida Coastal)
Website Committee Liaison: TBA

Charge:  This committee should work towards implementation of an archival system.

Awards Committee (Golden Pen & Others)

Chair: Susan Thrower (De Paul)
Board Liaison: Mark Wojcik (John Marshall-Chicago)
Members:  Leah Christensen (Thomas Jefferson), Kirsten Davis (Stetson), Sonia Green (John Marshall-Chicago), Hether McFarlane (McGeorge), Lou Sirico (Villanova), Christopher Wren
Website Committee Liaison: TBA

Charge:    In addition to continuing to solicit nominations for the various LWI awards and in addition to work on the planning of the awards ceremonies, this committee might want to revisit ways to present award selections to the Board. Should there be a ranking system in case the Board needs one? **This committee is also charged with working on the 25th Anniversary celebrations. It is fine to form sub-committees to handle the various projects.  

  • Click here to download the 2009 LWI Awards Report.
  • Click here to download the 2008 LWI Awards Report.

 

Bar Outreach Committee

Chair: Gail Stephenson (Southern U.)
Board Liaison: Melissa Weresh (Drake)
Members: Toni Berres-Paul (Lewis & Clark), Twinette Johnson (St. Louis), Amy L. Milligan (South Carolina), David H. Spratt (American), Victoria VanZandt (Dayton)

Website Committee Liaison: TBA

Charge: This committee should work towards two potential goals:

 

  1. “Bar Journal Roundup” system of cataloging bar journal articles about
    legal research/writing/persuasion topics (ALWD will be creating a similar committee to interface with the LWI committee).
  2. Possible other outreach that LWI can do with the practicing bar.

 

Committee on Committees

Chair: Alison Julien (Marquette)
Board Liaison:  Michael Smith (University of Wyoming)
Members: Mark Osbeck (Michigan), Judy Rosenbaum (Northwestern), Rachel Croskery-Roberts (Michigan), Melissa Weresh (Drake)
Website Committee Liaison: TBA

Charge:  This committee should develop updated forms for members seeking to participate in LWI committees. The committee should work with the LWI Secretary and with the 2010 conference planners to develop methods for disseminating information about each committee’s progress. 

Click here to download the application form.

 

Committee on Cooperation Among Clinical/Externship and Legal Writing Faculty

Chair: Ariana Levinson (U.Louisville, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law)
Board Liaison: Cliff Zimmerman (Northwestern)
Members: Catharine Du Bois (Colorado), Elizabeth Fajans (Brooklyn), Miki Felsenburg (Wake Forest), Thalia Gonalez (Denver), Tonya Kowalski (Washburn), Amy Langenfeld (Arizona State), Patricia Legge (Rutgers-Camden), Stephen Paskey (McGeorge), Hazel Weiser (SALT-Executive Director)

Website Committee Liaison: TBA

Charge:   This committee should find active ways to foster collaboration at a local and national level about the teaching of lawyering skills. The committee should also help clinicians know about the resources of LWI. One idea – think about working with the clinicians who supervise judicial externship placements. LWI certainly has resources to help.  

Committee on Cooperation Between Pro Bono & LW Professors

Chair:  Jamie R. Abrams (American)
Board Liaison:  Anne Enquist (Seattle)
Members:  Tracy Bach (Vermont), Sarah Ricks (Rutgers-Camden), Wendy Shea (Southern U.), Gabrielle Stafford (Colorado), Amy Vorenberg (Franklin Pierce), Susan Wawrose (Dayton) (advisory)

Charge:  This committee should find active ways to promote pro bono work, whether in the Legal Writing classroom or as part of professional development.

Diversity Initiatives Committee

Chair: Starla J. Williams (Widener)
Board Liaison: Ruth Anne Robbins (Rutgers-Camden)
Members: Crisarla Houston (Florida A&M), Kim D. Chanbonin (John Marshall)

Charge:  This is a new committee, charged with finding active ways to promote diversity and inclusion in the LWI community.


Global Legal Writing Skills/International Outreach Committee

Board Liaison:  Tracy McGaugh (Touro)
Chair:  Cynthia Adams (IU)
Members:  Karen Bysiewicz (Penn State), Julie Campagna (John Marshall-Chicago), Nancy Burkoff (Pittsburgh), Elizabeth Inglehart (Northwestern), Debra Lee, Jason Palmer (Stetson), Susan Wawrose (Dayton), Scott S. Wishart (Univ. of Navarra-Spain), Emily Zimmerman (Drexel)

Charge:  This committee is a combination of the prior committees about international conference/teaching resource and skills.  This committee should continue that work and should also advicse the LWI Board about which international programs we should be developing (if any).  Additionally, the committee should work on developing resources for professors and students.

Those interested in having a professor from another country visit their school or organiziation should click here to fill out a request form.

 

Idea Grants

Chair: Steve Johansen (Lewis & Clark)
Board Liaison: Susan Duncan (Louisville)
Members: Julie Oseid (William Mitchell), Tracie R. Porter (Chicago-Kent), Adam Todd (Baltimore)
Website Committee Liaison: TBA

Charge: Develop Policies for applications; solicit and select proposal

 

Listserv Committee

Board Liaison: Judy Rosenbaum (Northwestern)
Chair:  Kathryn Sampson (Arkansas)
Members: Ken Chestek (IU) (advisory), Kimberly Phillips (Texas Tech.), Judy Rosenbaum (Northwestern)
Website Committee Liaison: TBA

Charge:  Continue to develop policies as appropriate.  Maintain listserv and correct any function difficulties.

Long Term Planning

Board Liaison: Ruth Anne Robbins (Rutgers-Camden)
Chair:  Steve Johansen (Lewis & Clark)
Members: Ken Chestek (IU), Susan Duncan (Lousville), Jane Kent Gionfriddo (Boston College) Ruth Anne Robbins (Rutgers-Camden)
Website Committee Liaison: TBA

 

Monograph Project

Board Liaison:  Tracy McGaugh (Touro)
Chair: Jane Kent Gionfriddo (Boston College)
Members: Susan DeJarnatt (Temple), Kathleen Elliott Vinson (Suffolk), Allison Julien (Marquette)
Website Committee Liaison: TBA



Moot Court Committee

Board Liaison:  Robin Boyle (St. John's)
Co-Chairs:  Jim Dimitri (IU) and Melissa Greipp (Marquette)
Members:  Coleen Barger (Arkansas-Little Rock), Jason Cohen (Rutgers-Camden), Allison Martin (IU), Jessica Price (Marquette) 

Charge:  This is a new committee, created at the request of six members of the initial committee.  The charge, per the founding members' request:

  1. To gather and disseminate information about law school moot court programs and competitions; and
  2. To facilitate communication about moot court among members of LWI.
  •  Click here for a link to information on Moot Court Competitions.

New Member Outreach Committee

Chair: Melody Daily (Missouri-Columbia)
Board Liaison: Susan Duncan (Louisville)
Members: Beth Cohen (Western New England), Karen B. Cooper (Emory), Scott Fruewald (Hofstra), Sanford N. Greenberg (Chicago-Kent), Rosa Kim (Suffolk), Faisal Kutty (Osgoode Hall Law School of York), Megan McAlpin (Oregon), Jennifer Murphy Romig (Emory), Mary Nagel (John Marshall-Chicago), Njeri Rutledge (South Texas)
Website Committee Liaison: TBA

Charge:  Develop new charges/mission as the committee deems appropriate.  Otherwise, continue to provide new opportunities for new members to feel welcomed into the LWI community.

 

Plagiarism Committee

Chair: Lisa Bradley (Gonzaga)
Board Liaison: Linda Berger (Mercer)
Members: Jennifer Brendel (Loyola-Chicago), Brenda D. Gibson (North Carolina Central U.), Rebekah Hanley (Oregon), Craig Lawson (Nebraska)
Website Committee Liaison: TBA

Charge:  This committee should update the LWI resources to include information about electronic materials and plagiarism.

Professional Development Committee (Formerly Teaching Resources & Scholarship Outreach)

Co-Chairs:  Andrew Solomon (South Texas), Karen Sneddon (Mercer), and Susan E. Provenzano (Northwestern)
Board Liaison:  Robin Boyle (St. John's)
Members: Linda Anderson (Stetson), Ted Becker (Michigan), Mark Burge (Texas Wesleyan), Hillary Burgess (Hofstra), Susan Chesler (Arizona State), Christine Ciambella (George Mason), Jennifer A. H. Hodge (George Mason), Lucy Jewel (John Marshall-Atlanta), Maryellen O'Brien (Barkley School of Law), Alice Perlin (Loyola-Chicago), Susie Spies Roth (Northwestern), Natalie Tarenko (Texas Tech), Catherine Wasson (Elon)
Website Committee Liaison: TBA

Charge:  This committee should have sub-groups.  The committee is a reformed version of two committees that were overlapping in purpose/scope.  There are three main goals of this commitee:

  1. Provide resources for legal writing professors regarding ways to improve/hone presentation skills.
  2. Work with the website/communications and listserv committees to create a database of FAQ's in Legal Writing.
  3. Interface with Academic Support professors to provide a searchable database of information to improve our teaching.

Pre-Law Outreach Committee (a joint committee with AALS/LWRR Media Committee)

Board Liaison: TBA
Chair:  TBA
Members: TBA
Website Committee Liaison: TBA

 

LWI Scholarship Grants Committee (works with ALWD committee)

Chair: Robin Wellford Slocum (Chapman)
Board Liaison: Terry Seligmann (Drexel)
Members:  Lisa Eichhorn (South Carolina), Judy Fischer (Louisville), Mary Garvey (Loyola-New Orleans), Tamara Herrera (Arizona State), Tom McConnell (Pace), Ben Templin (Thomas Jefferson)
Website Committee Liaison: TBA

Charge:  This committee should create an archival list of who has received the scholarship grants and where/when the scholarship was published.  The committee should send out announcements on the listserv about scholarship recipient placements of completed works.

 

 

Second Draft Advisory Committee

Board Liaison: Melissa Weresh (Drake)
Chair: Kathy Vinson (Suffolk)
Members: Lisa Healy (Suffolk), Samantha Moppett (Suffolk), Stephanie Hartung (Suffolk)
Website Committee Liaison: TBA

Survey Committee-Joint Committee with ALWD

Chair: John Mollenkamp (Cornell)
Board Liaison: Ken Chestek (Indiana)
Members: Karen Koch (William & Mary),  David Krech (West Virginia) Karin Mika (CSU)
Website Committee Liaison: TBA

Teacher Exchange/Visitor Committee

Chair: Deborah B. McGregor (IU)
Board Liaison: Ken Chestek (IU)
Members: Linda J. Barris (Louisville), Julie Clement (Thomas Cooley), Molly Current (San Diego), Lisa Mazzie Hatlen (Marquette), Jeanne Kaiser (Western New England), Kris Panikowski (San Diego), Ruth Vance (Valparaiso)
Website Committee Liaison: TBA

Charge:  This committee should come up with goals for the biennium and work toward implementation.

 

Upper Level Legal Writing Courses Committee

Co-Chairs: Myra Orlen (litigation) (Western New England) and Lisa Penland (drafting) (Drake)
Board Liaison: Michael Smith (University of Wyoming)
Members: Carolyn Broering-Jacobs (Cleveland Marshall), Paige Canfield (St. Louis), Jessica Clark (George Washington), David Epstein (NY Law School), Douglas Godfrey (Chicago-Kent), Browning Jeffries (John Marhsall-Atlanta), Ann McGonigle Santos (Suffolk), Laurie O'Neal (Idaho), Jason Palmer (Stetson), Sharon Popock (Touro), Jennifer Shepppard (Mercer)
Website Committee Liaison: TBA

Charge:  This committee needs to develop new charges.  The committee should divide into subgroups to handle drafting as well as litigation-based upper level writing courses.  If there are any other subgroups (seminars? writing workshops?), let us know.  * * * * Before you more toward the clinic/externship writing courses, please interfacew with the LWI committee on cooperation with clinic/externship.

 

 

Writers Workshop

For more information about participating in the 2009 Writers Workshop, click here.

 

Writers Workshop Alumni Committee (aka Foundation)

Chair:  Chris Rideout (Seattle)
Board Liaison:  Michael Higdon (UNLV)
Members:  Brooke Bowman (Stetson), Kimberly Holst (Hamline), Lou Sirico (Villanova), Jill Ramsfield (Hawaii), Linda Edwards (UNLV)

Charge:  This is a new committee, charged with finding additional revenue sources for LWI and should oversee the LWI store/conferences sales.  The committee should also develop policies that are consistent with tax laws for the revenue sources (in other words, should research and know the implicatios of maintaining an LWI "store," etc.).  Finally, the committee should report to the Board of Directors as soon as possible on policies for the appropriate use of the LWI logo/name.

 

Website and Communications Committee (including Idea Bank)

(for a graphical representation of how these sub-committees will work together, please download the .pdf file at the top of this page)

Chair and Board Liaison: David Thomson (Denver)

Idea Bank Subcommittee:  Carol Wallinger (chair) (Rutgers-Camden), Sabrina DeFabritiis, Mary Ray

Listserv Subcommittee:  Kathryn Sampson (chair) (Arkansas), Judy Rosenbaum (Northwestern), Kimberly Phillips

Website Subcommittee:   Gabe Teninbaum (chair) (Suffolk), Mimi Samuel (Seattle), Karen Mika (CSU Ohio), Dan Real (Creighton), Kristin Simpson

Conference Technology:  David Thomson (chair) (Denver), John Mollenkamp (Cornell), Gabe Teninbaum

Long-Term Planning:  Kristen Murray (chair), Julie St. John, Kevin Oates (Drexel), Neil Sobol, Susan King

Policy Development:  David Thompson (chair) (Denver), Carol Wallinger (Rutgers-Camden), Kathryn Sampson (Arkansas), Mimi Samuel (Seattle), Kristen Murray
 
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