Honoring the life of Thomas F. Blackwell for his personal and professional qualities as a Legal Writing educator, the Legal Writing Institute and the Association of Legal Writing Directors give this award to recognize a person who has made an outstanding contribution to improve the field of Legal Writing by demonstrating:
- an ability to nurture and motivate students to excellence;
- a willingness to help other Legal Writing educators improve their teaching skills or their Legal Writing Programs; and
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an ability to create and integrate new ideas for teaching and motivating Legal Writing educators and students.
Nomination Information:
- A Call for Nominations is made in the late spring/early summer and the winner is announced in the early fall.
- The award is usually presented at the AALS annual meeting in January.
- Nomination materials should support as fully as possible the listed criteria as well as any other information the nominating person believes would help the Committee in its selection process.
- Nominations are welcome for previously nominated candidates; the nomination and its supporting materials should be re-submitted as the Committee does not retain previously submitted materials.
