2024 Recipients

Aysha Ames, Fordham University School of Law
Counter Story: Using ‘Outsider’ Narratives to Tell Complete Stories

Stephanie Der (LMU Loyola Law School-Los Angeles)
Rethinking the Legal Research Process in Light of Generative AI

Julie Lake and Heather Weger (Georgetown University Law Center)
An Innovative Approach to Strengthen Multilingual Student Voices and Autonomy in Legal Writing Classes

Bryan Schwartz (University of Arizona Rogers College of Law)
Advanced Lawyering Skills for the NextGen Bar & Future Criminal Practitioner

Carolyn Williams (University of North Dakota School of Law)
Team-Based Learning Study Guides and Readiness Assessment Quizzes

2023 Recipients

Veronica J. Finkelstein, Wilmington University School of Law
Underscoring the Importance of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Through a Realistic Legal Writing Case File

Stephen Horowitz, Georgetown University Law Center, and Daniel Edelson, Seton Hall University School of Law
High Quality, Self-Paced, Online Legal English Legal Writing Lessons

Tracy Norton, Susan Tanner, and Will Monroe, Louisiana State University, Paul M. Herbert Law Center
A Toolkit for Embracing the Challenges and Promises of Generative AI for Legal Writing

2022 Recipients

Jill Barton, University of Miami School of Law
Level Up for Law School: Lessons to Prepare You to Write, Act, and Think Like a Lawyer

Heidi Brown, Brooklyn Law School
A “Positive Intervention” to Amplify Quiet Voices in the Law Classroom: My Quiet Gifts Matter

Elizabeth Sherowski, University of Detroit Mercy School of Law
Oral Reports of Research Results: A Set of Teaching and Learning Materials

Michelle Zakarin, Touro College, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
Legal Writing and OER to Provide Access to All: Reducing the High Cost of Law Books Without Reducing the Quality

2021 Recipients

Claire Keefe Coleman, Drexel University Kline School of Law
Student Brief Problem: Cooper v. Stockett: Memorandum of Law in Support of Summary Judgment for Invasion of Privacy and Defamation, Incorporating Critical Race Theory

Christine Venter, Notre Dame Law School
Course Creation: “Professional Identity Formation and the Roles of a Lawyer”

Debra Austin, University of Denver Sturm College of Law
Prosocial Leadership: Creating a Culture of Stewardship

2020 Recipients

JoAnne Sweeny & Kurt X. Metzmeier, University of Louisville, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
Creating a Legal Research and Writing “Lab” for Use in Conjunction with Substantive Law Seminars and Law Review Writing to Satisfy the Upper Level Writing Requirement

Gina Nerger, The University of Tulsa College of Law
Implementing Flawed Samples into the Legal Writing Curriculum

2019 Recipients

Deirdre M. Bowen, Seattle University School of Law
Analysis Drills in a Legal Writing Classroom Lab

Pamela DeMartino, Widener University Commonwealth Law School
Customizing Podcasts to Enhance Legal Writing Instruction

Elizabeth Frost, University of Oregon School of Law
From Seat to Screens: Creating an Online, Distance Learning Writing Course for Upper-Level Students

Nancy Millar, Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School; Delaware Law School (2019–2020)
Integrating Mind, Brain & Education Principles into Legal Education: Practical Applications of Collaborative Learning & Environmental Instruction in the Legal Writing Course

2018 Recipients

Heidi Brown, Brooklyn Law School
Helping Legal Writing Students Acknowledge Lawyering Fears, Explore Mistake-Making, and Build Character-in-Context

Ruth Anne Robbins, Rutgers Law School
Legislative Advocacy and Education, and the Role of Stylized Legal Drafting

Carolyn V. Williams, University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law
Online Summer Intensive Research and Writing

2017 Recipients

Caroleen M. Dineen, Florida A&M University College of Law
Drafting for the Law and Policy Advocate/Activist Attorney

Anna P. Hemingway, Widener University Commonwealth Law School
Incorporating Lessons of Diversity in the Legal Writing Classroom

Melissa Bezanson Shultz and Christine Tamer, UNT Dallas College of Law
Advanced Legal Writing Practicum: From Bar to Practice Readiness

Ursula Weigold, University of Wisconsin Law School
Using Blended Learning Tools to Teach Stare Decisis

2016 Recipients

Pam Jenoff, Rutgers School of Law
Preparation for Practice: The Writing Intensive

Bernadette Gargano, SUNY Buffalo Law School
Contracts in Context

Aliza Milner, Syracuse University College of Law
A Seat at the Table: Deliberation Exercises in Legal Education

2015 Recipients

Jessica Clark and Karen Thornton, George Washington University
Introduction to Legal Research &Analysis for Candidates in the [Graduate School Partnership] Program

Lisa A. Rich, Texas A&M University School of Law
Legal Drafting & Public Policy: Effective Written Communication in Policy Making

Monica Piga Wallace, Buffalo Law School
Putting Lawyering Skills to Work: Criminal Defense Appeals

2010 Recipients

Jason K. Cohen
Melissa Weresh
Carol Wallinger

2009 Recipients

Ruth Anne Robbins
Mary Ann Robinson & Alison Kehner
Susan Duncan
Rachel Smith