Monitor all ABA committee and Council of Legal Education activities relevant to the legal writing discipline in any way, including
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Security of position
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Outcomes and assessment
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Experiential learning
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Required percentages of curriculum to be taught by full-time faculty
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Serve as a resource for members who are facing specific employment or professional development issues, including
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Security of position
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Teaching load
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Salary and other forms of compensation
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Voting and other governance rights
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Titles
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Attend ABA committee meetings and Council of Legal Education Meetings |
Gather information about status issues and challenges facing our membership and provide informal mentoring and information as needed to individual legal writing faculty facing challenges at their institutions |
Submit biannual reports (written and oral) on activities to the Council of Legal Education; Submit written comments and provide testimony on any proposed changes to ABA standards |
Develop policy positions with respect to issues related to specific status issues described above |
Provide formal and informal mentoring and information for legal writing directors and other leaders facing challenges at their institutions |
Provide informal mentoring and information for individual legal writing faculty of all statuses facing challenges at their institutions |
Report to membership on advocacy efforts described above |
Help the LWI Board speak on behalf of its membership with respect to these issues |
Support the ALWD-LWI annual survey of legal writing programs |
Support the ALWD-LWI annual survey of legal writing programs |