ASSOCIATION OF LEGAL WRITING DIRECTORS

Programs

1. Held a 3-day conference attended by approximately 200 legal-writing professionals that featured approximately 40 presentations related to leadership, scholarship, and legal-writing pedagogy, an innovative teaching workshop, a leadership academy, and opportunities for new legal-writing directors to network.

   $76,723 spent$125,150 earned by the program
   48% of program spending

2. Published a new volume of Legal Communication & Rhetoric, the scholarly journal of the Association of Legal Writing Directors.

   $17,440 spent$1,459 earned by the program
   11% of program spending

3. Provided Teaching Grants to twelve legal writing professionals to explore innovative teaching ideas and produce teaching tools, materials, and curriculum that will assist others in the field.

   $15,375 spentof which $15,375 as grants
   10% of program spending

4. Continued publication of the 7th edition of the ALWD Guide to Legal Citation, which is intended to improve the teaching and use of legal citation in legal documents, and began preparation of an updated 8th edition.

   $15,275 spent$57,211 earned by the program
   10% of program spending

5. The organization, jointly with the Legal Writing Institute, presented the Blackwell Award and held a reception for the recipient. The award is presented annually to a person who has made an outstanding contribution to improve the field of legal writing.

   $8,503 spent$4,633 earned by the program
   5% of program spending

6. Operated the organization's website, alwd.org, as a resource for its members and other members of the legal-writing profession.

   $7,714 spent
   5% of program spending

7. Provided Distinguished Speaker Grants to three law schools to bring in legal-writing scholars for presentations to their faculty and students.

   $6,655 spentof which $6,655 as grants
   4% of program spending

8. Sent a representative to meetings of the ABA's Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar to provide the organization's views on standards affecting legal education, legal-writing programs, and the organization's membership.

   $5,352 spent
   3% of program spending

9. With the Legal Writing Institute and LexisNexis, provided Scholarship Grants to two legal-writing professionals to produce scholarly articles related to the doctrine, application, and pedagogy of legal writing.

   $3,667 spentof which $3,667 as grants
   2% of program spending

10. Conducted an annual surveys of legal-writing programs and professionals, the results of which are used to assess and improve legal-writing programs and the status and working conditions of legal-writing professionals.

    $1,158 spent$579 earned by the program
    1% of program spending

11. Presented diversity awards to two recipients. The awards honor persons inside or outside the organization who have made significant accomplishments in the area of diversity, equity, and inclusion. The award reflects the organization's conviction that meaningful inclusion of diverse voices and experiences is necessary for improving legal education and the analytic, reasoning, and writing abilities of lawyers.

    $1,000 spentof which $1,000 as grants
    1% of program spending

12. Provided grants to two law schools to conduct a Scholars Forum in connection with legal-writing conferences. The fora are designed to provide legal-writing professionals with support and guidance in developing and completing scholarly articles.

    $917 spentof which $917 as grants
    1% of program spending

13. The organization's Publication's Committee held writing circles that provided an opportunity to legal-writing scholars to receive feedback from other legal-writing professionals on their works-in-progress.

    $585 spent
    0% of program spending

The 13 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $160,364.