Vol. 22, 2018

Legal Writing: The Journal of the Legal Writing Institute

You never know how work in our field, or work on the LWI Journal, may make a lasting impression on you.

Serving as the editor-in-chief of Legal Writing was a wonderful opportunity for humility for me. I was very bad at it.

On this milestone marking three decades of LRW scholarship, it’s easy to overlook that in publishing a peer-edited journal staffed entirely by volunteers, failure is always an option.

A look back at the Legal Writing Institute’s 25th anniversary celebration and symposium held in November 2010.

An introduction to the Volume 22 essay series: Writing About Legal Writing

I do not overstate when I say that JLWI's articles have taught me, inspired me, stretched me, moved me, improved me, and changed me as a teacher, writer, and person.

As with many stories, the story of legal writing does not have a clear beginning or end, nor does its character manifest itself in a single, clear dramatis personae.

Legal writing scholars turned their eye towards the question of how we read and write and developed a body of scholarship that has enriched the discipline.