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LWI has nearly 3,000 members. Members represent all ABA-accredited law schools in the United States as well as law schools in other countries. LWI members also come from undergraduate schools and universities, the practicing bar and the judiciary, and independent research-and-consulting organizations. Anyone who is interested in legal writing or the teaching of legal writing may join LWI.
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Teaching Bank MembershipPlease join LWI at one or more of the 2021 One-Day Workshops (please note whether the workshop will be presented virtually or in person) listed below. You can register by clicking HERE.
Registration fees: $30 for one workshop, $55 for two workshops, $75 for three or more; Institutional Rate: $240 for unlimited workshops
Friday, December 3
Stetson University College of Law (EST), Virtual
Looking Forward: Strategies for Assessment that Ensure Equity, Measure Learning, and Prepare Students for the Demands of Practice
Assessment in legal writing courses has always been a sticky topic—if you grade every assignment, is it fair to use the same objective criteria for assignments early in the semester as you do for assignments later in the semester? If not, what is a fair way to adjust the scale? Should legal writing be graded? If your course is pass/fail, how do you motivate students to take your class seriously? Are you bound by a mandatory median or curve? How does the curve negatively or positively impact grades for your students? Have you considered labor-based grading as a solution to the conundrum of creating equitable assessment strategies that effectively measure learning while preparing students for the demands of practice?
University of Oregon School of Law (PST), Virtual
(Not) Just Visiting: Navigating Early Careers in Legal Writing
The One-Day Workshop will focus specifically on Visiting Assistant Professors (VAPs) and will be delivered in three parts: (1) morning sessions featuring presentations from experienced professors on mentoring and supporting VAPs in their teaching, scholarship, job search, and service and connections to the national community, (2) a lunchtime plenary address, and (3) afternoon sessions featuring current VAPs, including a VAP roundtable discussion and scholarship mini-presentations.
University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law (EST), Virtual
This is Who We Are: Teaching Professional Identity, Diversity, and Cultural Competency
How has your school used innovative strategies to support teaching diverse perspectives and students from all walks of life? Law school has not traditionally been terribly diverse. Not only does this homogeneity negatively impact the law school experience, but the practice suffers when people can't access attorneys who share their life experiences and perspective. All students benefit from diverse perspectives on the law, on learning, and on life in general. Supporting a diverse student body requires a commitment to encouraging cultural competency throughout our legal education. What does your school do across cohorts to foster professional identity and support diversity in the practice?
Saturday, December 4
University of Illinois Chicago School of Law (CST), virtual
Rethinking Leadership: An LRW Perspective on Institutional Hierarchies
Over this year and last, members of the LRW community have stepped into leadership roles to help our institutions move through the pandemic, societal unrest, and to maintain equilibrium in the face of momentous changes in legal education. UIC Law invites proposals for our LWI One-Day Workshop on the theme of Rethinking Leadership: An LRW Perspective on Institutional Hierarchies, broadly construed:
Friday, December 10
UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law (PST), in person
The Changing Roles of Legal Research in the LRW Curriculum
How do you incorporate legal research into your course? If you don't, why don't you? If you do, do you still teach print research? What's your balance between Boolean and natural language searches? Do you go beyond the "Wexis" platforms? How do you incorporate exercises or textbooks? Do you co-teach with law librarians or invite librarians or research vendors into your class?
South Texas College of Law Houston (CST), virtual
Your One Best Thing
When you think about your teaching, what is your best lesson/class/exercise? Share it with us!
Saturday, December 11
University of Florida Levin College of Law (EST), in person
Your One Best Thing
When you think about your teaching, what is your best lesson/class/exercise? Share it with us!