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10th Biennial Applied Legal Storytelling Conference

Click below for more details on registration, accommodations, and programming. We look forward to seeing you in Ann Arbor in July!

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December Bootcamp

If you missed the December Bootcamp and would like to access the recorded content, you may register to receive the recorded content below.

Joint Comment Regarding Standard 405

Click here to read the Joint Comment to the Council regarding Standard 405 and see LWI’s ongoing advocacy efforts to improve the status of legal writing faculty nationwide. 

2023-24 Joint ALWD/LWI Survey

The report on the Individual Phase of the 2023-24 Joint ALWD/LWI Survey results is now available! Thank you to all members of the community who responded, and special thanks to the Joint Survey Committee, led by LWI co-chair Ted Becker and ALD co-chair Marci Rosenthal. 

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    Meet the Board Event

    <p>Have you ever considered running for the LWI Board? If so, then please join LWI Board members via&nbsp;<strong>Zoom on</strong>&nbsp;<strong>Nov. 15 from 4-5pm</strong></p>

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    New England Legal Writing Conference

    <h3>New England Legal Writing Conference: <em>The Future of Legal Education is Golden</em></h3>

    <p>Suffolk University Law School is hosting a conference this fall on Thursday, November</p>

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    15th Global Legal Skills Conference

    <p>Please visit the conference website for details about the conference:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ntu.ac.uk/about-us/events/events/2023/7/15th-global-legal-skills-conference">https://www.ntu.ac.uk/about-us/events/events/2023/7/15th-global-legal-skills-conference&nbsp;</a></p>

    <p>We are excited to announce that the 15th Global Legal Skills Conference will take</p>

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    LWI Bootcamp 2.0

    <p><strong>Recording and materials from the live presentation are now available!! Register to receive access.&nbsp;</strong></p>

    <p>The Legal Writing Institute is pleased to follow our inaugural New</p>

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    LWI New Teacher Training Bootcamp

    <p>The Legal Writing Institute is pleased to invite all new teachers of legal writing to participate in our second New Teacher Training Bootcamp! “New” doesn’t</p>

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    Peer Scholarship Exchange

    <h3><strong><span><strong><span><span><span><span><strong><span><span><span>New Workshop Series</span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></strong></span></strong></h3>

    <p><span><span><span><span>LWI is sponsoring a new scholarship workshop, modeled after workshops held in other disciplines. Each Peer Scholarship Exchange (“PSX”) will bring together</span></span></span></span></p>

Standard 405 Advocacy Updates

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<p>You can read about and stay updated on the joint effort to revise Standard 405 on the <a href="https://www.lwionline.org/resources/status-related-advocacy">Professional Status Committee and Status-Related Advocacy</a> page. You can also <a href="https://www.lwionline.org/joint-comment-council-regarding-standard-405">click here</a> to read the most recent Joint Comment supporting and suggesting revisions to the Council’s August 2024 proposal.</p>