ALWD Association of Legal Writing Directors

LRW Faculty Evaluation Standards

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Standards and Procedures for Appointment, Retention, and Promotion of Villanova Full-Time, Non-Tenure Track Legal Writing-Faculty

Evaluation University of Arkansas School of Law Personnel Document on Evaluative Criteria, Procedures, and General Standards for Initial Appointment, Successive Appointments, Promotion, Tenure, and Annual Review of Faculty (revised 2001)

University of Arkansas School of Law Performance Standards for Evaluation of Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Teaching within the Legal Research and Writing Program (updated 2001)

University of Arkansas, Little Rock, Final Tenure Track Proposal (1998)

Hofstra Law School Standards for the Dean and Faculty to Use in Determining Contract Renewal for Legal Writing Instructors

Mercer University School of Law Policy Committee Proposal: Nature and Term of Appointments for Teaching Legal Writing

Washington University School of Law (St. Louis) Standards for the Dean and Faculty to Use in Determining Contract Renewal for Legal Writing Lecturers in Law [The director of the program advises that she would recommend replacing the “Outstanding” standard with an “excellent” standard or something similar—“outstanding” was very difficult to administer in practice and inconsistent with overall standards of "excellence" used for tenure-track reviews. This document will likely be amended this year to replace “outstanding” with “excellent.”]

Temple University School of Law Performance Standards and Procedures for Evaluation and Promotion of Full-Time Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Teaching within the Legal Research and Writing Program (adopted Fall 2000)