Previous Summer Scholarship Grant Recipients
2007 Grants ~ $2,500–$5,000
ALWD award grants
Brady Coleman ~ Boulder, Colorado ($2,500)
A Computational Linguistic Analysis of US Supreme Court Briefs
Anna Hemingway ~ Widener University School of Law ($5,000)
The Ethical Obligations of Lawyers, Law Students and Law Professors Telling Stories on Web Logs
Lance N. Long ~ Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School ($5,000)
Clearly, Intensifiers Make a Difference—Or Do They?
Carol Wallinger ~ Rutgers School of Law–Camden ($5,000)
Moving From First to Final Draft: An Empirical Study on Motivating LRW Students to Flow Through the Writing Process
LWI award grants
Katerina Lewinbuk ~ South Texas College of Law ($2,500)
Can Successful Lawyers Think in Different Languages? Understanding Critical Strategies that Support Teaching and Learning Appropriate Lawyering Skills that are Detrimental to the Practice of Law in a Global Multinational Environment
Julie A. Oseid & Leah M. Christensen ~ University of Saint Thomas School of Law ($2,500)
Sex, Lies, and Law Reviews: Uncovering the Mysteries of Those Who Hold All the Power—The Student Editors
Sheila Rodriguez ~ Rutgers School of Law—Camden ($5,000)
Taming Hubris: Using Conferences and Guided Self Assessment to Ease the Triumphant Undergraduate Writer’s Transition to Novice Legal Writer
2002 Grants ~ $5,000
Jason Eyster
Examining how courts actually use precedent and the implications of it for teaching legal writing and analysis based.
James Levy ~ Boulder, Colorado
Examining the importance of social-psychological interactions and relationships in the classroom. The work will examine personality traits, characteristics, and classroom behaviors of effective teachers and offer recommendations for handling difficult situations in the classroom.
Susan Kosse ~ Louisville (jointly)
David ButleRichie ~ Appalacian (jointly)
Conducting a comparative study of the views of legal writing professors, attorneys, and judges on what constitutes good legal writing.
2001 Grants ~ $5,000
Maria Perez Crist ~ The University of Dayton
Jessica Elliott ~ Quinnipiac University