ALWD (including its ABA Task Force) LWI (including its Professional Status Committee)
Monitor all ABA committee and Council of Legal Education activities relevant to the legal writing discipline in any way, including
  • Security of position
  • Outcomes and assessment
  • Experiential learning
  • Required percentages of curriculum to be taught by full-time faculty
Serve as a resource for members who are facing specific employment or professional development issues, including
  • Security of position
  • Teaching load
  • Salary and other forms of compensation
  • Voting and other governance rights
  • Titles
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