2002 Survey Results
Association of Legal Writing Directors/ Legal Writing Institute
This 2002 ALWD/LWI Survey Results Report includes responses from a record number of law schools in the United States - 154 this year - for an 83% response rate. The respondents answered questions about the operation of their legal research and writing programs during the 2001-2002 academic year. This report is a snapshot of these programs. It is an admittedly inexact composite picture of many unique programs of great variety and complexity. Nevertheless, the survey results show common practices, trends, and other valuable insights about the state of legal writing training in American law schools.
This survey report also includes data from the 2001 survey for purposes of comparison. You will see the left-hand column by each question includes both the number of responses in each category from the 2001 survey, where available, and the 2002 survey. Averages and other relevant data from the 2001 survey are also included throughout this report, where available, to allow rough comparison. Please realize, of course, that some variations measure real changes in LRW programs from last year, while others reflect changes in the respondent group.
Thanks go to all who participated in this survey. We appreciate your feedback; your time and effort are valuable to all of us. Thank you.
Jo Anne Durako and Kristin Gerdy
Survey Committee Co-Chairs