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Each year, ALWD and LWI jointly sponsor a national survey of legal writing programs. The survey collects data on program design, curriculum, salary, workload, and status issues. Almost all law schools in the U.S. participate in these surveys.
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New Workshop Series
LWI is sponsoring a new scholarship workshop, modeled after workshops held in other disciplines. Each Peer Scholarship Exchange (“PSX”) will bring together
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LWI's We Write Retreats provide a fixed space and dedicated time for legal writing professors to devote themselves to focused and intensive scholarly writing, away
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ConferenceHow do you teach oral advocacy skills in your first-year writing course, appellate advocacy course, or moot court program?
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October 21, 2017
Regent University School of Law,
Virginia Beach, VA
Contact: janikir@regent.edu
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Conference
September 15-16, 2017,
at Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law,
Indianapolis, IN