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The Association of Legal Writing Directors is now on Twitter! We hope you'll follow us for ALWD news and announcements.

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ALWD/LWI/LexisNexis Scholarship Grant Application Now Available. Members, check your email. Applications due 2/23.

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ALWD announcement: applications for 2024 Teaching Grants, supporting professional development of legal research and writing faculty, are due 2/5. Grants enable educators to explore teaching ideas of interest and produce teaching materials that will assist others in the field.

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The ALWD Publications Committee is compiling the quarterly digest of scholarship. Members, check your email, and share your post 10/1/23 publications.

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ALWD members, did you hear? SAVE the DATE for the Blackwell Award Reception at AALS in D.C., honoring Kris Tiscione. Thursday, January 4, 2024, 8:00–10:00 p.m.

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Reposting the announcement by @JessicaRGunder is a better way to celebrate and share her contribution in @TulaneLawReview than our original post. It's exciting to see our discipline exploring important issues relating to generative AI.

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I am excited to be publishing this article with @TulaneLawReview! (Article is forthcoming and feedback is still welcome) https://t.co/wmJfDJ8RUU

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New scholarship alert: ALWD Board member Jessica Gunder (@uidaholaw) has authored a piece on how courts should address AI when pro se litigants rely on it. https://t.co/JTHsgtweOe

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And Susan McMahon of @ASUCollegeOfLaw encouraged law professors to embrace a "pedagogy of disruption and creation" to prepare students to creatively advocate for positive change. https://t.co/XTGRxTxYqy

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Last weekend's Western Regional Legal Writing Conference @usfca School of Law included some intriguing and inspiring talks. It provided a great start to the fall semester. Lineup appears here: https://t.co/8Nn1lg9sfV

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For example, here's the thought-provoking work @djsziff presented, Citation, Slavery, and the Law as Choice: Thoughts on Bluebook Rule 10.7.1(D). https://t.co/qvVJHdLUMi

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@VanNesteMaureen Try this: https://t.co/FQIv6R23tH

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ALWD members: how do you want to contribute this year? Please complete the ALWD Committee Preference Form by today.

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Likely a helpful tool for law students working to review and revise their legal writing.

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Do you find it helpful to sometimes have text read aloud to you?

Quick Microsoft Word tip: newer versions of Word have a "Read Aloud" option under the "Review" tab!

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Do you find it helpful to sometimes have text read aloud to you?

Quick Microsoft Word tip: newer versions of Word have a "Read Aloud" option under the "Review" tab!

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Share your recent work with @JALWD, accepting submissions through Sept. 1. https://t.co/cmhmjX94Ne

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ALWD folks who are thinking about and experimenting with AI: thoughts? Perhaps for complex matters AND ALSO FOR STUDENTS it's best to bring AI tools into the equation later in the writing process?

[Daniel Schwarcz @Dschwarcz]

Most assume that AI is best used in legal writing to help generate a first draft. But this can undermine human understanding of the legal issues. For complex matters it’s thus best to use AI to create a SECOND draft after you work through the problem independently.

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This announcement may be interesting to leaders in legal writing education who are considering what could, should, and will change with the rapid development of accessible generative AI tools.

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@mch_tweets @ASUCollegeOfLaw @UMichLaw Page 35, n.54, cites this piece: https://t.co/MQ8JNLH2tt

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Fun find: Chapter 1 of the new 6th ed. of Ethical Problems in the Practice of Law cites both Alyssa Dragnich of @ASUCollegeOfLaw and @mch_tweets of @UMichLaw.

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The baton has been passed. Rachel Croskery-Roberts of @UCILaw is now the President of @ALWD_tweets. Looking forward to a great year under Rachel's leadership.

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One day left to register. Do. Not. Delay.

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The ALWD Biennial Conference registration deadline is June 15. Please join us!

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