2024–2025 Institutional Survey Results
Association of Legal Writing Directors & Legal Writing Institute
This report presents the results of the Institutional Survey component of the ALWD/LWI Legal Writing Survey for 2024–2025. The survey provides information about legal research and writing faculty, programs, and courses at 128 North American law schools, representing approximately 66% of the 195 law schools invited to participate.
This report is the latest iteration of a multi-year effort to modernize the longstanding ALWD/LWI Survey and expand the breadth of information collected. Although no survey instrument can perfectly capture the varied, complex, and unique circumstances at every law school, the results provide valuable insight into current practices and emerging trends in legal writing education across North America.
While the report is necessarily an inexact composite of those circumstances, it highlights common practices and offers valuable information about the current state of legal writing education.
We extend our sincere thanks to the designated respondents at each participating law school who took the time to complete the 2024–2025 Institutional Survey. The valuable information contained in this report would not be possible without their time, expertise, and thoughtful participation.
Survey Committee
2024–2025
- Ted Becker (Co-Chair)
- Marci A. Rosenthal (Co-Chair)
- Kimberly Holst
For questions or additional information about the survey results, please contact the Survey Committee at ALWD.LWI.Survey@gmail.com.