Committees & Reports
2008- 2010 LWI Committee Assignments
Each committee or project should submit a status report by
December 15 of 2008 and 2009 and should submit a year-end report by May 15 of
2009 and 2010. Status reports are sent to the designated LWI Board liaison. You can download a list of the committees here.
Executive Committee
Linda Berger (Mercer), Ken Chestek (IU), Michael Higdon (UNLV), Susan Kosse Duncan (Louisville), Tracy McGaugh (Touro), Ruth-Anne Robbins (Rutgers-Camden)
Website Committee Liaison: TBA
2010 Conference Planning Committee
Co-Chairs: Alison Julien (Marquette) and Joan Malmud (Oregon)
Members: Colleen Barger (Arkansas-Little Rock), Candace Centeno (Villanova), John Mollenkamp (Cornell), Julie Osied (St. Thomas), Rebecca Sharf (UNLV), Mel Weresh (Drake)
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 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:
- “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).
- 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: 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), 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.
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.
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
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:
- To gather and disseminate information about law school moot court programs and competitions; and
- To facilitate communication about moot court among members of LWI.
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), 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), Natalie Tarenko (Texas Tech), Catherine Wasson (Elon)
Website Committee Liaison: TBA
Charge: This committee shoudl 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:
- Provide resources for legal writing professors regarding ways to improve/hone presentation skills.
- Work with the website/communications and listserv committees to create a database of FAQ's in Legal Writing.
- Interface with Academic Support professors to provide a searchable database of information to improve our teaching.
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 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: Mimi Samuel (chair) (Seattle), Karen Mika (CSU Ohio), Dan Real (Creighton), Kristin Simpson
Conference Technology: David Thomson (chair) (Denver), John Mollenkamp (Cornell), Gabe Tenenbaum
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
