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Legal Writing Institute 2014-‐16 Committees LWI Board Committee on Committees
Charge: To coordinate communications between the Board and LWI
Committees, to assess and recommend changes in committee structures and
operations, and to make recommendations on committee appointments.
Sue Painter-Thorne (Mercer) ([email protected])
Kim Chanbonpin (John Marshall Law School) ([email protected])
Mark Wojcik (John Marshall Law School) ([email protected])
Awards Committee (Board Liaison Kim Chanbonpin)
Charge: To identify nominees and to assess and recommend to the Board
recipients of the Golden Pen, Courage, and Hecht awards. The Committee may
also be given responsibility for coordinating awards presentations and for
establishing a nomination and recommendation process for any other award
authorized by the Board.
Susan Bay (Marquette) – Co-Chair
Lurene Contento (John Marshall Law School) – Co-Chair
Anne Enquist (Seattle)
Myra Orlen (Western New England)
Kathy Vinson (Suffolk)
Bar Outreach Committee (Board Liaison Kim Chanbonpin)
Charge: To identify and implement ways that legal writing professors and the
practicing bar can actively work together to improve the quality of legal writing.
Ted Becker (Michigan) – Co-Chair
Sherri Lee Keene (Maryland) – Co-Chair
Heather Baum (Villanova)
Kristy Cote (Creighton)
Lee Dickinson (Vanderbilt)
Erin Donelon (Tulane)
Kristin Hazelwood (Kentucky)
Laura Reilly (SUNY Buffalo)
Lisa A. Rich (Texas A&M)
Trilby Robinson-Dorn (UC Irvine)
Clinical Cooperation Committee (Board Liaison Ruth Anne Robbins)
Charge: To identify and implement ways that legal writing and clinical professors
can actively work together to improve the quality of skills education in law
schools.
Kathleen Narko (Northwestern) – Co-Chair
Lynn Su (New York Law School) – Co-Chair
Evangeline Abriel (Santa Clara)
Geraldine Griffin (Suffolk)
Maureen Straub Kordesh (John Marshall Law School)
Tonya Kowalski (Washburn)
Monica Wallace (SUNY Buffalo)
Diversity Initiatives (Board Liaison Candace Centeno)
Charge: To foster and support diversity in legal writing education by supporting
legal writing faculty of color, GLBTQ legal writing faculty, legal writing faculty
with disabilities, and the inclusion of diverse perspectives in the legal writing
classroom.
Iva Johnson Ferrell (Widener) – Chair
All LWI members are welcome to join the Diversity Initiatives Committee. You
may join the Diversity Initiatives listserv by contacting Teri McMurtry-Chubb at
[email protected].
“Faces of LWI” Committee (Board Liaison Cassandra Hill)
Charge: To explore and communicate the emerging identity of LWI and its
members.
Bob Brain (Loyola LA) – Co-Chair
Linda Edwards (UNLV) – Co-Chair
Grace Hum (USF) – Co-Chair
Sha-Shana Crichton (Howard)
Olympia Duhart (Nova Southeastern)
Tamara Herrera (ASU)
Greg Johnson (Vermont)
Karin Mika (CSU)
Jennifer Romig (Emory)
Danielle Weatherby (Arkansas-Fayetteville)
Global Legal Writing Skills Committee (Board Liaison Kim Holst)
Charge: To gather and disseminate resources that help legal writing professors
teach students and lawyers whose native language is not English, whether in the
U.S. or internationally.
Sammy Mansour (Michigan State) – Co-Chair
Cara Cunningham Warren (Detroit Mercy) – Co-Chair
Cynthia Adams (Indiana McKinney)
Mary Adkins (Florida)
E. Joan Blum (Boston College)
Diane Edelman (Villanova)
Katrina June Lee (Ohio State)
Hether Macfarlane (Pacific McGeorge)
Chantal Morton (Melbourne)
Jessica Rubin (Connecticut)
Mimi Samuel (Seattle)
John B. Thornton (Northwestern)
Idea Bank Committee (Board Liaison Alison Julien)
Charge: To oversee and maintain the success of the Idea Bank and to identify
and implement ways to encourage and support expansion, development, and use
of Idea Bank resources.
Jessica Clark (George Washington, visiting at Georgetown) – Co-Chair
Sabrina DeFabritiis (Suffolk) – Co-Chair
Michelle Butts (Southern University)
Jane Grise (Kentucky)
Katherine Silver Kelly (Ohio State)
Janis Kirkland (Regent)
Carol Mallory (Massachusetts)
Jennifer North (Charleston)
Karen Sanner (Saint Louis University)
Meredith Stange (Northern Illinois University)
Carol Wallinger (Rutgers-Camden)
Listserv Committee (Board Liaison Michael Higdon)
Charge: To maintain the membership list of the listserv, to monitor listserv usage
policies and listserv usage, and, when necessary, to remind users to observe
listserv policies.
Jodi Wilson (Memphis) – Chair
Cynthia Adams (Indiana McKinney)
Kevin Eberle (Charleston)
Cathren Koehlert (Barry)
Judy Rosenbaum (Northwestern)
[Michelle Cue, ex officio]
LWI Scholarship Grants Committee (Board Liaison Sam Moppett)
(Joint committee with ALWD)
Charge: To mentor emerging scholars seeking scholarship grants and to assess
and recommend to the ALWD and LWI Boards recipients of the joint scholarship
grants.
Ellie Margolis (Temple) – LWI Chair
Kirsten Davis (Stetson)
Ann M. Killenbeck (Arkansas-Fayetteville)
Lisa Reel Schmidt (Drake)
Christine Venter (Notre Dame)
Amy Vorenberg (New Hampshire)
Moot Court Committee (Board Liaison Rebecca Scharf)
Charge: To gather and disseminate information about moot court instruction,
programs, and competitions and to encourage communication about moot court
among LWI members.
Brooke Bowman (Stetson) – Co-Chair
Susie Salmon (Arizona) – Co-Chair
Julie Baker (Suffolk)
Sara Benson (Illinois)
Todd Bruno (Charleston)
Chris Evers (Qatar)
Seth Lahn (Indiana Maurer)
Mary Nagel (John Marshall Law School)
Suzianne Painter-Thorne (Mercer)
Jerry Rock (Albany)
Kent Streseman (Chicago-Kent)
[Jim Dimitri, Melissa Greipp, ex officio]
New Member Outreach Committee (Board Liaison Rebecca Scharf)
Charge: To welcome new members into the LWI community through such efforts
as outreach activities at legal writing and other conferences, and to assist new
members in identifying legal writing resources and finding ways to become more
involved in service and leadership positions.
Jacob Carpenter (Marquette) – Co-Chair
Laura Graham (Wake Forest) – Co-Chair
Maureen Johnson (Loyola LA)
Philip C. Kaplan (Suffolk)
Rachel Stabler (Miami)
One-Day Workshops Committee (Board Liaison Linda Berger)
Charge: To organize and coordinate LWI’s one-day workshops and to identify
and implement initiatives to develop and promote future workshops.
Cindy Archer (Loyola LA) – Co-Chair
Jason Palmer (Stetson) – Co-Chair
Amy Stein (Hofstra) – Co-Chair
Lisa Bradley (Gonzaga)
Lucy Jewel (Tennessee)
Susan Joffe (Hofstra)
Lori Johnson (UNLV)
Allison Mittendorf (Ohio Northern)
[Joan Rocklin, Laurel Oates, Rachel Croskery-Roberts, ex officio]
Plagiarism Committee (Board Liaison Alison Julien)
Charge: To gather and disseminate information and resources addressing
evolving issues of plagiarism in the legal writing classroom, in law schools
generally, and in legal practice.
Nicole Chong (Penn State Dickinson) – Chair
Joseph Bazan (Minnesota School of Business)
Caroleen Dineen (Florida A&M)
Gabrielle Goodwin (Indiana Maurer)
Emily Grant (Washburn)
Carol C. Knoepfler (Creighton)
Pre-Law Outreach Committee (Board Liaison Mel Weresh)
Charge: To identify and implement ways to promote legal writing as an integral
part of legal education in undergraduate and other pre-law programs.
Margaret Hannon (Michigan) – Co-Chair
Lance Long (Stetson) – Co-Chair
Jan Baker (South Carolina)
Deborah Borman (Northwestern)
Tina Boudreaux (Tulane)
Rachel Goedken (Creighton)
Nancy Millar (Arizona Summit)
Kristen Murray (Temple)
Tracy McGaugh Norton (Touro)
Jenn Rosen (Arizona Summit)
Michael Sackey (Tulane)
Caroline Sheerin (Iowa)
Pro Bono Cooperation Committee (Board Liaison Mary Bowman)
Charge: To identify and implement ways to foster and support pro bono work by
legal writing professors, whether in the legal writing classroom or as part of their
professional development.
Kirsten Clement (Florida Coastal) – Co-Chair
Rima Sirota (Georgetown) – Co-Chair
Rebecca Blemberg (Marquette)
Bernadette Gargano (SUNY Buffalo)
Stephanie Hartung (Suffolk)
Melissa Henke (Kentucky)
Anne Ralph (Ohio State)
Jarrod F. Reich (FSU)
Sarah Ricks (Rutgers-Camden)
Gabe Teninbaum (Suffolk)
Professional Development Committee (Board Liaison Kris Tiscione)
Charge: To provide resources and mentoring activities to foster and support
professional development and leadership growth by legal writing professors.
Dana Hill (Northwestern) – Co-Chair
Abigail Perdue (Wake Forest) – Co-Chair
Michelle Cue (DePaul)
Allison Kort (UMKC)
Tanya Pierce (Texas A&M)
Adrienne Smith (Boston University)
Scholarship Development & Outreach Committee (Board Liaison Kris
Tiscione)
Charge: To provide outreach and resources to foster and support scholarship by
legal writing professors and to find innovative ways to promote legal writing
scholarship.
Shailini George (Suffolk) – Co-Chair
Nantiya Ruan (Denver) – Co-Chair
Rosa Kim (Suffolk)
Sue Liemer (Southern Illinois)
Elizabeth Megale (Savannah)
Mark Osbeck (Michigan)
Survey Committee (Board Liaison Michael Higdon)
(Joint committee with ALWD)
Charge: To conduct an annual survey of legal writing programs, to report the
results to the membership, and to continue to implement the updates
recommended by the joint ALWD-LWI committee in December 2011.
George Mader – LWI Chair
Alyssa Dragnich (Miami)
Andrea Funk (Whittier)
Stephen Paskey (SUNY Buffalo)
Abigail Patthoff (Chapman)
Mary Trevor (Hamline)
Teaching Resources & Development Committee (Board Liaison Sue
Painter-Thorne)
Charge: To provide outreach and resources to foster and support the teaching of
legal writing, including upper-level writing courses and outcomes assessment
measures; to collect, develop, and evaluate resources that address additional
subject matters and newer methods of communicating with students; and to
maintain and update the Frequently Asked Questions resource for teachers.
Susan Chesler (ASU) – C0-Chair
Karen Sneddon (Mercer) – Co-Chair
Anne Alexander (Missouri)
Heather Baxter (Nova Southeastern)
Jacqueline Kutnik-Bauder (Saint Louis University)
Patrick Long (SUNY Buffalo)
Kelley Mauerman (Whittier)
Sarah Jane Morath (Akron)
Anne Mullins (North Dakota)
Julie Ryan (USC)
Brian Sites (Barry)
Website & Social Media Programs Committee (Board Liaison Mark
Wojcik)
Charge: To oversee maintenance and updating of the existing website,
(www.lwionline.org), to coordinate LWI’s social media programs, to make shortterm and long-term recommendations for improvement and use of the existing
website, and to help LWI committees make efficient and productive use of the
committee wiki pages.
Daniel Real (Creighton) – Co-Chair
Neil Sobol (Texas A&M) – Co-Chair
Meredith Aden (Memphis)
Suzanna Moran (Denver)
[Kristen Murray, ex officio]
Writers’ Workshop Committee (Board Liaisons Kim Holst & Ruth Anne
Robbins)
Charge: To oversee and maintain the success of the LWI Writers’ Workshops and
to encourage and support the continuing development of emerging scholars.
Deborah Gordon (Drexel)
Kim Holst (ASU)
Steve Johansen (Lewis & Clark)
Chris Rideout (Seattle)
Ruth Anne Robbins (Rutgers-Camden)
Lou Sirico (Villanova)
LWI Boards & Conference Committees
Journal of the Legal Writing Institute: members are recommended by the
Editorial Board and approved by the LWI Board (Board Liaison Sam Moppett)
LWI Monograph Series: members are recommended by the Editorial Board and
approved by the LWI Board (Board Liaison Linda Berger)
Second Draft: members are recommended by the Editorial Board and approved
by the LWI Board (Board Liaison Candace Centeno)
2016 Conference Committees: members of the conference committees will be
selected after the 2014 Conference.

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