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Law School Hosts National Legal Writing Conference
07/28/2008
IU Law-Indianapolis hosted the 13th national biennial conference of the Legal Writing Institute, July 14-17, bringing more than 600 legal writing faculty members from 13 countries to Inlow Hall. The program kicked off with a reception at the Artsgarden in downtown Indianapolis.
Conference sessions covered more than 100 different topics, among them, Using 'Real World' Documents to Teach Persuasive Writing; The Changing Nature of Legal Research and Legal Authority in the Electronic Age; Dealing with Race, Culture and Gender in the Classroom; and Communicating with Millennials: Teaching and Preparing the Next Generation of Lawyers.
The Site Chair for the national conference was Professor Deborah McGregor, Assistant Director of the Legal Analysis Research and Communication Program at the law school. All of the members of the school’s legal writing faculty were involved with the planning for the conference, including the director, Professor Joan Ruhtenberg, and Professors Cynthia Adams, Ken Chestek, Jim Dimitri, Allison Martin, and Joel Schumm.
The Legal Writing Institute (LWI) is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving legal writing by providing a forum for discussion and scholarship about legal writing, analysis and research. The LWI has more than 2,100 members and includes representatives from 38 countries.
