LWI One Day Conferences 2015 Host Schools, Dates, and Themes

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1 School Coordinator/Site Chair Date Theme 12/4 The Evolving Legal Writing Classroom Creighton (Omaha) Chicago Kent 1 P age Carol Knoepfler CarolKnoepfler@creigh ton.edu Doug Godfrey dgodfrey@kentlaw.iit.ed u LRW: It's more than a memo; bringing drafting, negotiations, oral communications, and electronic communications into the classroom. Teaching with technology Teaching to different learners Expanding the LRW curriculum Upper-level courses, writing across the curriculum, collaborating with clinics Assessing what we do Presentations which focus on teaching writing as a process: Critical reading, Rule formation, Research Plans, Outlining Continuing to teach good writing skills in upper division courses Collaborating with clinics and building on the externship experience Preparing students to work with mid-level and senior attorneys; preparing students for solo practice Developing teaching techniques that take into account not only the generational shift but also students cultural and legal traditions ESL and EFL challenges; Collaborating with ASP Where are legal markets going? And what skills will our students need? Exercises and program innovations which prepare practice-ready students Hot topics in teaching 12/11 Teaching Today's Students with Today's Tools for Tomorrow's Practice Understanding the generational shift and recognizing its implications Developing teaching techniques that take into account not only the generational shift but also students cultural and legal traditions ESL and EFL challenges Encouraging appropriate collaboration Developing relevant research techniques Observations from attorneys about what they see in today s students

2 Concordia (Boise) Denver Law Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff Tanya Bartholomew and how law schools can address employers needs Hot topics in LRW curriculum development 12/4 The Evolving Legal Research & Writing Classroom LRW: It's more than a memo. Bringing drafting, negotiations, oral communications, and electronic communications into the classroom. Teaching with technology Teaching to different learners Expanding the LRW curriculum Upper-level courses, writing across the curriculum, collaborating with clinics Assessing what we do Hot topics in teaching 12/5 Taking it to the Next Level: Your Course, Your Program, Your Career how to overhaul your course top to bottom; how to fine-tune a particular module for the best teaching and learning experiences; how to develop and implement a strategy for enhancing the status of your program at your school; how to flourish in (or completely change) your school s leadership model; how to improve your program s recognition in the academic community; how to become a leader in your program, school, or academic community; how to focus your professional identity as a teacher, scholar, or social justice crusader; how to get recognized in your school and in the legal writing community; or other hot topics in transforming legal education 2 P age

3 Florida A & M (Orlando) Florida International (Miami) Northern Illinois University School of Law 3 P age Bill Henslee william.henslee@famu.edu Christyno Hayes chayes@fiu.edu Dionne Anthon danthon@fiu.edu Meredith Stange mstange@niu.edu Jeanna Hunter jeannah@niu.edu 12/4 Preparing the Academically Unprepared Law Student Presentations which focus on teaching writing as a process Critical reading Rule formation Research Plans Outlining Continuing to teach good writing skills in upper division courses Preparing students to work through the writing process with mid-level and senior attorneys Developing teaching techniques that take into account not only the generational shift but also students cultural and legal traditions ESL and EFL challenges Collaborating with ASP It's not just the memo anymore. Bringing oral communications, electronic communications, and drafting into the classroom. Where are legal markets going? And what skills will our students need? Hot topics in the legal field 12/4 Teaching: Both Tried and True and Something New Seeking presentations that discuss proven methods and/or new and fresh ideas on any topic for first-year or upper-level LRW courses, e.g.: Teaching Methods or Innovations Classroom Exercises Problem/Assignment Design Feedback and Assessment (incl. Conferences) Course/Program Design Research Citation or Grammar Classroom Exercises 12/4 Back to Basics: Adapting to the Academically Underprepared Student exercises, teaching strategies, and curriculum adaptations for reaching these students; opportunities for Legal Writing to lead the way in addressing student needs;

4 Ohio State, Moritz Tulane (New Orleans) 4 P age Katherine Kelly Kelly.864@osu.edu Ingrid Mattson Mattson.30@osu.edu 12/11 Erin Donelson edonelon@tulane.edu 12/4 opportunities for collaboration between Legal Writing and both ASP and doctrinal professors; using assessments to guide change; using technology to enhance fundamental writing skills; the role of Legal Writing in bar and practice preparation Collaboration Inside and Outside the Legal Writing Classroom Maximizing resources/time by collaborating with other legal writing professionals (internal and external). Collaborating with external authority (alums, new practitioners) to make messages credible and get buy-in from students. How student collaboration enhances the legal writing classroom. Improving transfer of skills by collaborating with doctrinal colleagues/clinics. Collaborating with law librarians to better integrate legal research and writing concepts. Using technology to collaborate across time and space. Hot topics in the legal field Preparing Practice Ready Students Exercises and program innovations which prepare practice-ready students Working with today's senior attorneys It's not just the memo anymore. Bringing oral communications, electronic communications, drafting, and negotiations into the classroom. Upper division course development Bringing the local bar into the classroom Collaborating with clinics and building on the externship experience Managing your practice Preparing students to work with mid-level and senior attorneys; preparing students for solo practice. Where are legal markets going? And what skills will our students need? Hot topics in the legal field

5 USC, Gould (Los Angeles) Washington University in St. Louis Widener Law Commonwealth (Harrisburg, PA) 5 P age Lybby Carroll lcarroll@law.usc.edu Jo Ellen Lewis lewisj@wustl.edu Anna Hemingway aphemingway@widener.edu. 12/4 Legal Writing Today: Modifying the Traditional Classroom to Meet Current Requirements Meeting requirements for experiential learning through LRW Meeting pedagogical requirements for more active learning in the LRW classroom Meeting the needs of different learners in the LRW classroom Meeting the demand for more practice-ready students Building skills creating exercises and assignments that prepare students for the global practice of law Adapting to increasing international LL.M. enrollment in legal writing and other skills courses Expanding the LRW curriculum Upper-level courses, writing across the curriculum, collaborating with clinics Hot topics in teaching Please feel free to describe a different topic if you believe that it would fit within that theme 12/4 Tried and True: Sharing what Works for you in Your Legal Writing Course Seeking presentations that offer new and fresh ideas on any legal writing topic, e.g.: Classroom Exercises Teaching Methods First-Year or Upper-Level Classes New Content for New Legal Markets Programmatic innovations 12/4 What the Best Legal Writing Professors Do in the Classroom Meeting students where they are "Tried and true" or "out with the old and in with the new": do we need to change our pedagogy? Teaching to different learners

6 Teaching with technology Teaching with games Bringing the local bar and bench into the classroom Peer teaching and review Panel discussion on best practices in using teams Applying cognitive science in the classroom Should students have a writing course every semester? Integrating legal writing and academic success Expanding the classroom - teaching legal writing online Hot topics in teaching legal writing Please feel free to describe a different topic if you believe it would fit within the theme LWI Committee Co-Chairs: Amy Stein, Hofstra Law School, Amy.R.Stein@Hofstra.edu (site coordinators) Cindy Archer, Loyola Law School Los Angeles, Cindy.Archer@lls.edu (presenter coordination) Jason Palmer, Stetson, jspalmer@law.stetson.edu (registration) 6 P age