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Collected here are the programs from LWI conferences since 1984. We have uploaded the best quality copies we have. If you have a better copy for us, please let us know!
1984 Teaching Legal Writing (August 151-6)
The University of Puget Sound School of Law, Tacoma, Washington
1986 Legal Writing: The Next Step (July 17-19)
The University of Puget Sound School of Law, Tacoma, Washington
1988 Teaching Legal Writing (August 4-6)
The University of Puget Sound School of Law, Tacoma, Washington
1990 Teaching Legal Writing (July 27-29)
Wayne State University Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
1992 Teaching Legal Writing (July 31-August 2)
The University of Puget Sound School of Law, Tacoma, Washington
1994 The Future of Legal Writing: Looking Ahead to the 21st Century (July 28-31)
Chicago-Kent College of Law Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois
1996 Learning from the Disciplines (July 18-20)
Seattle University School of Law, Seattle, Washington
1998 Advancing Professionalism (June 17-20)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
2000 Moving On: Preparing Students for Life After the First Year (July 19-22)
Seattle University School of Law, Seattle, Washington
2002 Reflections and Visions: The Past, Present, and Future of Legal Writing (May 29-June 1)
University of Tennessee College of Law, Knoxville, Tennessee
2004 Horizons: Marking the Twentieth Anniversary of the Founding of the Legal Writing Institute (July 21-24)
Seattle University School of Law, Seattle, Washington
2006 Legal Writing on the Move (June 7-10)
Hosted by Emory University School of Law, University of Georgia School of Law, Georgia State University College of Law, John Marshall Law School – Atlanta, Mercer University Walter E George School of Law, in Atlanta, Georgia
2008 Racing Toward Excellence (July 14-17)
Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis, Indiana
2010 New Horizons: Looking Toward LWI’s Next 25 Years (June 27-30)
Marco Island, Florida
2012 Reinvigorate with New Ideas for Teaching and Professional Development (May 29-June 1)
Palm Desert, California
2014 Philadelphia IS Legal Writing (June 29-July 2)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2016 Blazing Trails in Portland (July 10-13)
Portland, Oregon
2018 Back to School (July 11-14)
Marquette University Law School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2020 Teaching, Writing, and Thriving at All Stages (July 15-16, September 18, & November 18)
Virtual Conference
2022 Punctuated Equilibrium (July 20-23)
Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C.