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Teaching Bank Membership<p>List of The Deborah Hecht Memorial Writing Award Winners: <a href="/awards/deborah-hecht-memorial-writing-award" target="_blank">Here</a></p>
<p>The Deborah Hecht Memorial Writing Award honors the life of our colleague, Deborah Hecht. The award is given to the writing specialist who writes the best article for The Second Draft during a two-year period. The award is presented during the LWI Biennial Conference. <br>
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<p>List of Courage Award Winners: <a href="/awards/terri-leclerq-courage-award" target="_blank">Here</a></p>
<p>Terri LeClercq created the Courage Award to honor "courage writ large" concerning legal writing. Through the award, the Legal Writing Institute seeks to honor a member who has demonstrated courage by doing, despite fear, something that most people would not do. <br>
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<p><a href="/awards/mary-lawrence-award">List of Award Winners Here</a></p>
<p>The Mary S. Lawrence Award recognizes an individual from the legal writing community for a combination of pioneering scholarship and innovative curriculum or program design. <br>
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<p><a href="https://www.lwionline.org/emerging-scholar">Learn more here</a></p>
<p><span><span><span><span>This new award (created 2019) recognizes emerging scholars in our discipline to foster a new generation of scholars while recognizing the rich diversity of our community. </span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span>Unlike the Phelps Award, this award is limited to a professor’s first or second full-length, published article on legal writing doctrine or pedagogy. </span></span></span></span></p>
<p><a href="https://www.lwionline.org/influential-teaching-award">Learn more here</a></p>
<p><span><span><span><span>This new award (created 2019) recognizes outstanding teachers who have influenced the teaching of legal writing beyond their individual classrooms. With this award, we acknowledge our continued commitment to excellence in teaching and advances in legal writing pedagogy. This is not a lifetime achievement award. </span></span></span></span></p>
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