2006-2007 CALENDAR OF IMPORTANT DATES[1]

SEPTEMBER 2006

            September 1:                AALS Poster Competition Submission due.  AALS

                                                Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research.

NOVEMBER 2006

            November 1:                AALS Legal Writing Section Award nominations due.

            November 2-4: Faculty Recruitment Conference, Washington , D.C.

            November 30:              AALS Legal Writing Section Program Proposals for 2008

                                                due.

                                                Nominations for AALS Legal Writing Section Secretary

                                                and Chair-elect due.

DECEMBER 2006

            TBA:                            Consortium of New England Legal Writing Instructors

                                                Annual Conference.

JANUARY 2007

            January 3-6:                 AALS Annual Meeting in Washington , D.C.

            January 4:                     The AALS Section on Academic Support will hold its                                                   Workshop on “Integrating Academic Support Across the                                                          Curriculum,”  at the AALS Annual Meeting (8:30 a.m. to

                                                10:15 a.m.) 

                                                “Everything We Wish We Knew About the World of

                                                Legal Education:  An Agenda for Research.”  The AALS                                                          Committee on Research at the AALS Annual Meeting

                                                (8:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.)

            January 5:                     AALS Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research

                                                Luncheon (12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.)

                                                Presentation of the LWI Golden Pen Award and the

                                                Thomas M. Blackwell Memorial Award during the                                                                    LWI/ALWD Joint Reception at the AALS Annual Meeting

                                                (7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.)

            January 6:                     “Jury Instructions in Plain English – A Conversation with

                                                the California Justices (and Others) on Guidelines and

                                                Process.  Scribes – The American Society of Legal Writers

                                                Session at the AALS Annual Meeting  (10:15 a.m. – 12:15

                                                p.m.)

FEBRUARY 2007

            TBA                             ALWD Summer Scholarship Grants Application due.

            TBA                             Deadline for nominations to the ALWD Board of

                                                Directors.

MARCH 2007

            TBA                             ALWD Election Dates.

MAY/JUNE 2007

            May 4 & 5                   Second Global Lawyering Skills Conference.  John

                                                Marshall Law School , Chicago , Illinois .

            May 31& June 1:          Lone Star Legal Writing & Research Conference.  Texas

                                                Wesleyan University School of Law.

JULY 2007

            July 14-16                    Biennial ALWD Conference.  University of Denver

                                                School of Law , Denver , Colorado .

            July 18-20                    First International Applied Storytelling Conference,

                                                London , UK .  This conference was made possible thanks

                                                to the support of the Legal Writing Institute.

                                                The theme of the conference is “Once Upon a Legal

                                                Time:  developing the skills of storytelling in the law.”

                                                The conference will bring together academics,

                                                practitioners, and judges from common law countries

                                                to explore both the role of narrative in legal practice

                                                and curricular strategies that will prepare students to

                                                use story and narrative as they enter the practice of

                                                law.  For more information, contact Ruth Anne Robbins,

                                                ruthanne@camden.rutgers.edu or Steven Johansen,

                                                tvj@lclark.edu.

SEPTEMBER 2007

            TBA                             Central Region Legal Writing Conference