Membership in ALWD is open to all current professional teachers of legal writing at Qualifying Law Schools* with no limit on the number of ALWD members at a school. ALWD’s annual membership dues are $50 per member. These membership dues allow ALWD to provide professional development funding to members of the legal writing community. These professional development funds support such initiative as Teaching Grants, Scholarship Grants, the ALWD Distinguished Speaker Series, and the ALWD Leadership Academy.
In addition to an unlimited number of members, each law school is entitled to designate two delegates – members who can vote in elections and serve as officers/directors – each academic year.
For more information on membership or to designate delegates, please contact the ALWD Board secretary.
*ALWD’s Bylaws define Qualifying Law School. A Qualifying Law School:
(A) is accredited by the American Bar Association,
(B) has applied for provisional accreditation by the American Bar Association (regardless of the outcome),
(C) is a member of the Association of American Law Schools,
(D) has a fee-paid relationship with the Association of American Law Schools,
(E) is accredited by a state accrediting authority,
(F) is a Canadian school recognized by the Law Society of the province in which it is located, and thus by the Federation of Law Societies of Canada, or
(G) has been granted “Foreign Affiliated Status” by the Association of American Law Schools.