2024 Blackwell Memorial Award for Outstanding Achievement

The Association of Legal Writing Directors and the Legal Writing Institute are proud to announce that Kristen K. Tiscione is the winner of the 2024 Thomas F. Blackwell Memorial Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Legal Writing!

 

Proposal to Eliminate Standard 405(d)

The ABA has agreed to study the ALWD/LWI joint proposal that would eliminate Standard 405(d), which allows schools to use short-term contracts and limit governance rights for LRW faculty. 

2022 Recipient of the Teresa G. Phelps Award

The Board of Directors of the Legal Writing Institute is delighted to announce that Robert Anderson is the 2022 recipient of the Teresa Godwin Phelps Award for Scholarship in Legal Communication.

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