ALWD Association of Legal Writing Directors

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