Committees

Committee members

• Abby Perdue — Wake Forest University School of Law
• Brad Desnoyer — University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Law
• Heather Baxter — Mercer University School of Law
• Meghan Sholy-Wells — University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Law

Charge

This committee recommends ways in which LWI can partner with ASP faculty to further LWI’s mission and examines the intersection between writing, research, and ASP as they relate to the NextGen Bar Exam.

Board liaison

Adam Eckart (Suffolk University Law School)

Chair / co-chairs

Heather Hall (Mississippi College School of Law)

Committee members

• Courtney Abbott Hill — Syracuse University College of Law
• Erica Sylvia — University of Massachusetts School of Law
• Erin DeWalt — University of Oklahoma College of Law
• Jennifer Brendel — Loyola University Chicago School of Law
• Kimberly Fain — Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Texas Southern University
• Mary Frances Richardson — Suffolk University Law School
• Melissa Shultz — St. Mary’s University School of Law
• Rebecca Scalio — Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
• Stacie Reardon — Washington University School of Law
• Tracey Banks — University of North Carolina School of Law

Charge

The Artificial Intelligence Committee supports LWI members as artificial intelligence changes legal communication, legal education, and legal practice. The Committee identifies emerging issues affecting legal writing and legal-skills education and develops practical resources, programming, and guidance responsive to the needs of LWI members.

Board liaison

Carolyn Williams (University of North Dakota School of Law); Meghan Sholy-Wells (University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Law)

Chair / co-chairs

Desmund Wu (University of Wisconsin Law School); Susan Tanner (University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law); Tracy Norton (Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center)

Committee members

• Bev Meyers — National University School of Law
• Carem Corvaia — St. Thomas University Benjamin L. Crump College of Law
• Colin Black — Suffolk University Law School
• Deborah Sundquist O'Malley — Saint Louis University School of Law
• Drew Simshaw — University of Nevada, Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law
• Ira Herenda Trako — Saint Louis University School of Law
• Jayne Woods — University of Missouri School of Law
• Joshua Jones — California Western School of Law / University of Connecticut School of Law
• Kimberly Fain — Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Texas Southern University
• Kirsten Davis — Stetson University College of Law
• Kristen Hardy — University of Florida Levin College of Law
• Kristina Swanson — Notre Dame Law School
• Laura Vlieg — University of Dayton School of Law
• Marci Rosenthal — Florida International University College of Law
• Margie Alsbrook — Mercer University School of Law
• Nicholas Christopolis — University of Florida Levin College of Law
• Paige Snelgro — Florida A&M University College of Law
• Rebekah Hanley — University of Oregon School of Law
• Stephan Mortellaro — The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law
• Stephanie Williams — Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law
• Tom Cobb — University of Connecticut School of Law
• Tracey Banks — University of North Carolina School of Law
• Tracy Simmon — Northern Illinois University College of Law
• Valencia Vessel Landry — Southern University Law Center

Committee members

• Ellie Margolis — Temple University Beasley School of Law
• Sherri Keene — Georgetown University Law Center
• Heather Baxter — Mercer University School of Law

Charge

This committee identifies nominees and assesses and recommends to the Board recipients of the Golden Pen, Courage, Mary Lawrence, and Hecht awards. In 2024, it will also recommend to the Board a fair, equitable, and efficient process for naming awards and review the protocol for establishing new awards and address several other special charges. The Board will also consider an LWI AI & Innovation Writing Contest.

Board liaison

Robert Parrish (Emory University School of Law)

Chair / co-chairs

Kristen Tiscione (Georgetown University Law Center)

Committee members

• Sue Chesler — Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
• Brenda Gibson — Wake Forest University School of Law
• Greg Johnson — Vermont Law and Graduate School
• Rachel Stabler — Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law

Charge

The LWI Bench and Bar Committee seeks to bridge legal writing pedagogy to the practice of law by drawing on the expertise of the practicing bench and bar to better prepare students for the practice of law. The Committee also seeks to understand the needs of the practicing bench and bar and to respond to those needs through formative legal education and supplemental training to be offered to students, the bench, and the bar.

Board liaison

Em Wright (Stetson University College of Law)

Chair / co-chairs

Kari Gallagher (Notre Dame Law School); Christopher Heo (Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law)

Committee members

• Bethany Lipman — Georgetown University Law Center
• Cheryl Bratt — Boston University School of Law
• Eunice Peters — Washburn University School of Law
• Lurene Contento — Chicago-Kent College of Law
• Mary Claire Davis — West Virginia University College of Law
• Melissa Brnadman — Southwestern Law School
• Paula Reichenstein — University of North Texas at Dallas College of Law
• Caroline Rogus — Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law
• Sean McLernon — University of Pittsburgh School of Law
• Tessa Dysart — University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law

Committee members

• Heather Baxter — Mercer University School of Law
• Carolyn Williams — University of North Dakota School of Law

Committee members

• Adam Eckart — Suffolk University Law School
• Jake Carpenter — Marquette University Law School
• Lori Johnson — University of Nevada, Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law

Charge

To design and implement virtual summer and winter boot camps that equip new legal writing professors with essential pedagogical skills, resources, and support for effective teaching. The summer bootcamp will focus on foundational content and fall semester/predictive legal writing; the winter bootcamp will focus on spring semester/persuasive legal writing and oral advocacy.

Board liaison

Em Wright (Stetson University College of Law)

Chair / co-chairs

Ashley Armstrong (St. Mary’s University School of Law); Charles Oldfield (University of Akron School of Law)

Committee members

• Stephanie Der — Loyola Law School, Loyola Marymount University
• Alexandra J. Sipes — University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law
• Amy Stein — Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
• Rebecca Eshbaugh — University of Tennessee Winston College of Law
• Sam Moppett — Suffolk University Law School
• Tara Mospan — Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
• Wendy Shea — Mitchell Hamline School of Law
• Hollee Temple — University of Hawaiʻi William S. Richardson School of Law
• Rebecca Ocariz — University of Miami School of Law
• Elizabeth Sherowski — University of Detroit Mercy School of Law

Committee members

• Ellie Margolis — Temple University Beasley School of Law
• Sherri Lee Keene — Georgetown University Law Center
• Susie Salmon — University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law

Charge

This committee develops and supports discipline-building projects, supports scholarship by legal writing professors, and encourages scholarly collaboration with the larger legal academy.

Board liaison

Ellie Margolis (Temple University Beasley School of Law); Brad Desnoyer (University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Law); Sherri Lee Keene (Georgetown University Law Center)

Chair / co-chairs

Ruth Anne Robbins (Rutgers Law School); Nantiya Ruan (University of Nevada, Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law)

Committee members

• Bob Brain — Loyola Law School, Loyola Marymount University
• Ashley Chase — Stetson University College of Law
• Sarah Lee Day — Northeastern University School of Law
• Lisa M. De Sanctis — University of Florida Levin College of Law
• Amanda Fisher — University of Arkansas School of Law
• Suzanna Geiser — University of Nevada, Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law
• Lucy Jewel — University of Tennessee Winston College of Law
• Anne Mullins — Stetson University College of Law
• Kristen Tiscione — Georgetown University Law Center
• Melissa Weresh — Drake University Law School
• Jessica Wherry — University of Baltimore School of Law
• David Ziff — University of Washington School of Law

Charge

This committee fosters and supports diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in legal writing education by supporting legal writing faculty from historically excluded groups and by including a diversity of perspectives in LWI and the legal writing classroom.

Board liaison

Sherri Lee Keene (Georgetown University Law Center)

Chair / co-chairs

Ashley B. Armstrong (St. John’s University School of Law); Susan McMahon (University of California, Irvine School of Law)

Committee members

• Nicole Raymond Chong — Penn State Law
• Della Thompson-Bell — Southwestern Law School
• Tracy Almanzan — St. Mary’s University School of Law
• Jarrod Reich — Boston University School of Law
• Joy Kanwar — Brooklyn Law School
• Amanda Elyse — University of Washington School of Law
• Waris Husain — Howard University School of Law

Committee members

• Abigail Perdue — Wake Forest University School of Law
• Heather Baxter — Mercer University School of Law
• Brad Desnoyer — University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Law

Charge

Among other things, the Emeritus Engagement Committee will: 1) Develop and oversee processes to recognize and honor retiring LWI members at the end ofeach academic year; 2) Design, sponsor, and/or coordinate programming tailored to retired faculty and those entering the later stages of their careers; 3) Explore opportunities for seasoned and emeritus members to remain engaged with LWI through inter-generational mentorship and other community-building activities; 4) Collaborate with the Institutional Memory Project and other committees to develop initiatives to preserve LWI’s history; and 5) Foster ongoing outreach to emeritus members and advise LWI on matters affecting their engagement and inclusion.

Board liaison

Abigail Perdue (Wake Forest University School of Law)

Chair / co-chairs

Candace Centeno (Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law); Jane Grise (University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law)

Committee members

• Mary Barnard — University of Wisconsin Law School (Emeritus)
• Diane Edelman — Brooklyn Law School (Retired June 2026)
• Lisa Eichhorn — University of South Carolina Joseph F. Rice School of Law (Emeritus)
• Steve Johansen — Lewis & Clark Law School (Emeritus)
• Terri LeClercq — University of Texas School of Law (Retired)
• Hether MacFarlane — University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law
• Laurel Oates — Seattle University School of Law (Emerita)
• Judy Rosenbaum — Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
• Grace Tonner — University of California, Irvine School of Law

Committee members

• Abby Perdue — Wake Forest University School of Law
• Carolyn Williams — University of North Dakota School of Law
• Brad Desnoyer — University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Law
• Heather Baxter — Mercer University School of Law

Committee members

• Brad Desnoyer — University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Law
• Joan Rocklin — University of Oregon School of Law
• Amanda Stephen — University of Washington School of Law
• Alexa Chew — UNC School of Law
• Jason Palmer — Stetson University College of Law

Charge

This committee develops resources to improve global legal skills education of international law students studying in the U.S. and promote global legal skills in U.S. legal education.

Board liaison

Sylvia Lett (University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law)

Chair / co-chairs

Robin Juni (The George Washington University Law School); Rachel Croskery-Roberts (University of California, Irvine School of Law)

Committee members

• Jaime Aleman — St. Mary’s University School of Law
• Elizabeth Bloom — Northeastern University School of Law
• Mireille Butler — University of Washington School of Law
• Katya Cronin — George Washington University Law School
• Kimberly Dasse — University of North Dakota School of Law
• Paula Enguidanos — Seattle University School of Law
• Laurel Simmons — University of Houston Law Center
• Carly Toepke — Southern Illinois University Simmons Law School
• Andrew Turner — University of Wisconsin Law School
• Christine Venter — Notre Dame Law School

Board liaison

Lori Johnson (University of Nevada, Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law)

Chair / co-chairs

Andrele Brutus St. Val (University of Pittsburgh School of Law)

Charge

To develop strategies and initiatives that promote access, preparation, and support for students pursuing clerkships.

Board liaison

Abigail Perdue (Wake Forest University School of Law)

Chair / co-chairs

Kari Gallagher (Notre Dame Law School); Katrina Robinson (Cornell Law School); Kerry Kornblatt (University of Michigan Law School)

Committee members

• Allison Weiss — Washington and Lee University School of Law
• Aliza Milner — Syracuse University College of Law
• Amy Levin — Loyola Law School, Loyola Marymount University
• Emily Cohen — Washington University School of Law
• Janice Baker — University of South Carolina Joseph F. Rice School of Law
• Jennifer Davis — University of Massachusetts School of Law
• Mary Davis — West Virginia University College of Law
• Nicole Raymond Chong — Penn State Law
• Sara Warf — UNC School of Law
• Tamara Herrera — Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
• Tessa Dysart — University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law
• Whitney Heard — University of Houston Law Center

Charge

The LWI Monograph endeavors to select and reprint foundational articles on specific topics crucial to the teaching, curriculum, scholarship, or professional status of legal communication.

Board liaison

Jake Carpenter (Marquette University Law School)

Committee members

• Megan M. Durkee — University of Virginia School of Law
• Eric Fisher — University of North Carolina School of Law
• Christina M. Frohock — University of Miami School of Law
• Amy Griffin — Georgetown University Law Center
• Ellie Margolis — Temple University Beasley School of Law
• Sean F. McLernon — University of Pittsburgh School of Law
• Ruth Anne Robbins — Rutgers Law School
• Karen J. Sneddon — Mercer University School of Law
• Katherine T. Vukadin — South Texas College of Law Houston

Charge

This committee gathers and disseminates information about moot court programs and competitions, including collection and coordination of lists of programs and banks of moot court problems, supports the LWI Moot Court Advisors Handbook, and fosters more scholarship and presentations about topics relevant to moot court.

Board liaison

Susie Salmon (University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law)

Chair / co-chairs

Jessica Mahon Scoles (Western New England University School of Law)

Committee members

• Beena Ahmad — City University of New York School of Law
• Colin Black — Suffolk University Law School
• Caroline Boch — University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law
• Margaret Brenan Correoso — Florida International University College of Law
• Amy Enix — Vanderbilt University Law School
• Jenni Goldson — Capital University Law School
• Heather Gram — Wake Forest University School of Law
• Ally Sipes — University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law
• Ira Herenda Trako — Saint Louis University School of Law
• Carlos Yunsan — University of Tennessee Winston College of Law

Charge

This committee welcomes new members into the LWI community, assists new members in identifying legal writing resources, and helps new members find ways to become more involved in service and leadership positions. It does so through outreach activities at conferences and online roundtable events. During the 2026-2028 Biennium, this committee will have a special charge of hosting new member programming at the 2028 Biennial Conference, including a happy hour for new members, a lunch for new members, and mentor coffee chats. In addition, the committee will expand its outreach to new members by planning additional events at other national conferences, such as the Applied Legal Storytelling Conference and the AALS Annual Meetings, and the regional legal writing conferences. The committee will also continue its mentoring program, which pairs experienced legal writing professors with new legal writing professors at the beginning of each school not year.

Board liaison

Adam Eckart (Suffolk University Law School)

Chair / co-chairs

Kelly Gamble (University of Cincinnati College of Law); Amanda Stephen (University of Washington School of Law)

Committee members

• Mireille Butler — University of Washington School of Law
• Nicole Cordoba — University of Texas School of Law
• Harmony Decosimo — University of North Carolina School of Law
• Rebecca Eshbaugh — University of Tennessee Winston College of Law
• Luke Everett — University of North Carolina School of Law
• Taylor Farr — University of Arkansas School of Law
• Jason Freitag — Indiana University Maurer School of Law
• Joseph Hummel — University of North Texas at Dallas College of Law
• Samantha Moppett — Suffolk University Law School
• Rebecca Rich — Duke University School of Law
• Joan Rocklin — University of Oregon School of Law
• Elizabeth Rylander — George Washington University Law School
• Lauren Sancken — University of Washington School of Law
• Heidi Thompson — Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center
• Kathy Vinson — Suffolk University Law School

Charge

Charge: This committee plans and organizes a combination of virtual and in-person One-Day Workshops held in December of each year.

Board liaison

Kristen Murray (Temple University Beasley School of Law)

Chair / co-chairs

Amy Soled (Rutgers Law School); Carem Corvaia (St. Thomas University Benjamin L. Crump College of Law)

Committee members

• Addison O'Donnell — Syracuse University College of Law
• Aamir Abdullah — University of Hawaiʻi William S. Richardson School of Law
• Betsy Byra — Suffolk University Law School
• Joy Herr-Cardello — University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law

Charge

This committee identifies and implements ways to foster faculty engagement with social justice concerns, including collaboration with bar associations, reshaping legal writing curricula around social justice themes, and supporting faculty pro bono work as well as non-law related community service. This committee may do things like adding social justice-themed problems to the teaching bank, connecting members with voluntary pro bono opportunities, working with our status committees to endorse the ability of professors to use something like a pro bono amicus brief to meet a scholarship requirement for promotion or pay purposes, developing a toolkit with tips on how to conduct classroom conversations around social justice themes, and creating diverse community service and pro bono opportunities at our conferences and workshops (or in between).

Board liaison

Nancy Soonpaa (Texas Tech University School of Law)

Chair / co-chairs

Sarah Dingivan (St. Mary’s University School of Law)

Committee members

• Ilene Strauss — Fordham University School of Law
• Cathy Lizotte — Northeastern University School of Law
• Frances Walters — Georgetown University Law Center
• Merf Ehman — Seattle University School of Law
• Caitlin May — University of Georgia School of Law

Charge

This committee serves as a resource for members facing status-related challenges or seeking to take advantage of status-related opportunities at their law schools (including but not limited to issues related to security of employment, compensation, workload, voting). This committee also supports LWI’s broader advocacy efforts on status issues, including supporting the interests of legal writing faculty regarding advocacy related to ABA Accreditation Standards.

Board liaison

Ellie Margolis (Temple University Beasley School of Law); Brad Desnoyer (University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Law)

Chair / co-chairs

Bob Brain (Loyola Law School, Loyola Marymount University); Mary Bowman (Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law); Angie McDuff (University at Buffalo School of Law)

Committee members

• Jarrod Reich — Boston University School of Law
• Richard Luedeman — University of Baltimore School of Law
• Jennifer Brendel — Loyola University Chicago School of Law
• Sue Liemer — Elon University School of Law
• Eric W. Shannon — St. John’s University School of Law
• Hilary Reed — University of Houston Law Center
• Caroleen Dineen — Elon University School of Law
• Mary-Beth Moylan — University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law
• Karen Cooper — Emory University School of Law
• Mel Weresh — Drake University Law School
• Rosa Castello — St. John’s University School of Law
• Julie Zink — University of Cincinnati College of Law
• Richard Neumann — Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
• Tamara Herrera — Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
• Wendy A. Humphrey — Texas Tech University School of Law
• Anne Alexander — University of Missouri School of Law
• Deborah O’Malley — Saint Louis University School of Law

Charge

This committee uses social media to promote LWI and its mission to improve the teaching and quality of legal communication. It also explores strategies to use social media and other PR tools to raise LWI’s profile among members of the bench and bar and position LWI with media sources as a source of expertise on issues in our discipline. It also manages the LWIC community, including maintaining the membership to LWIC, monitoring LWIC usage and policies, ensuring compliance with LWI’s Visual Identity Manual, reminding users to observe LWIC policies (when necessary), and overseeing maintenance and updating of the LWI website.

Board liaison

Lori Johnson (University of Nevada, Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law)

Chair / co-chairs

Afton Cavanaugh (University of Baltimore School of Law); Joshua Jones (California Western School of Law / University of Connecticut School of Law)

Committee members

• Nicole Chong — Penn State Law
• Kim Holst — Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
• Karen Cooper — Emory University School of Law
• Laura Conner — University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Law
• Niccol Kording — University of Detroit Mercy School of Law

Charge

To publish three times a year short, readable, lightly footnoted essays and articles related to teaching legal research and writing that combine theory with practical experience and personal insight.

Board liaison

Meghan Sholy-Wells (University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Law)

Chair / co-chairs

Susan Azyndar (Notre Dame Law School)

Board liaison

Em Wright (Stetson University College of Law)

Chair / co-chairs

Kristin Gerdy Kyle (Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School); Cara Cunningham Warren (University of Detroit Mercy School of Law); Joshua Jones (California Western School of Law / University of Connecticut School of Law)

Committee members

• Laura Graham — Wake Forest University School of Law
• Margie Alsbrook — Mercer University School of Law
• Brooke Bowman — Stetson University College of Law

Charge

The committee provides outreach and resources to foster and support the teaching of legal writing and maintaining the LWI Teaching Bank. During the 2026-2028 Biennium, this committee will have the following special charges: (1) to improve the functionality of the Teaching Bank, including improving navigation and search functions; (2) to grow the type and number of resources in the Teaching Bank; and (3) to promote and advertise the Teaching Bank to the LWI community.

Board liaison

Jake Carpenter (Marquette University Law School)

Chair / co-chairs

Wendy Shea Mitchell (Hamline school of Law); Kim Peterson (University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Law)

Committee members

• Alissa Bauer — Brooklyn Law School
• Emily Dinsmore — University at Buffalo School of Law
• Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff — Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
• Pam Hollern — Elon University School of Law
• Tenikka Jones — Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College of Law
• Krystal Moczygemba O'Connor — St. Mary’s University School of Law
• Kathleen Potter — United States Air Force Academy
• Annie Scardulla — University of North Carolina School of Law
• Amanda Sholtis — Widener University Commonwealth Law School
• Benjamin Shorey — Suffolk University Law School
• Clarisa Sudarma — University of California, Davis School of Law
• Wendi Wilson — St. Mary’s University School of Law

Charge

The Virtual Events Protocols Ad Hoc Committee will create a set of guidelines to govern LWI events that include virtual components. The Ad Hoc Committee will liaise with LWI committees that have previously offered or been asked to offer virtual events, including the One-Day Workshops Committee, the Bootcamp Committee, and the AI Committee to gather information about challenges encountered or concerns that have arisen in the course of virtual events. The Committee will consult with outside resources to develop an understanding of best practices for online events, including practices related to 1) attendees’ use of AI transcription/notetaking tools, 2) name/likeness/image permissions from presenters and attendees, 3) pricing guidelines for synchronous attendance vs. recorded content, 3) the use of LWI branding to ensure virtual events and related digital imagery is consistent with LWI’s visual identity, 4) hosting/storage of recorded content, 5) accessibility in digital content, 6) permission-levels for sharing recorded content (downloadable, expiring links, etc.), and 7) other issues related to hosting virtual events. The Ad Hoc Committee shall prepare a report and a series of recommended protocols for virtual events to present to the LWI Board for approval.

Committee members

• Em Wright — Stetson University College of Law
• Desmund Wu — University of Wisconsin Law School
• Joy Herr-Cardello — University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law
• Kristen Murray — Temple University Beasley School of Law
• Charles Oldfield — University of Akron School of Law

Charge

The Well-Being Committee is committed to fostering a supportive community for legal writing professors by promoting awareness of well-being resources, organizing impactful programming, and encouraging the integration of holistic well-being practices into legal writing education.

Board liaison

Nancy Soonpaa (Texas Tech University School of Law); Robert Parrish (Emory University School of Law)

Chair / co-chairs

Jarrod Reich (Boston University School of Law); Nyla Millar (Widener University Delaware Law School)

Committee members

• Alissa Bauer — Brooklyn Law School
• Megan Boyd — University of Illinois Chicago School of Law
• Jenny Kappus — Cleveland State University College of Law
• Sue Liemer — Elon University School of Law
• Chad Noreuil — Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
• Colleen Parker — St. John’s University School of Law
• Maya Simek — Case Western Reserve University School of Law
• Ann Sinsheimer — University of Pittsburgh School of Law
• Kathy Vinson — Suffolk University Law School
• Patti Winograd — Loyola University Chicago School of Law