Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research

2024

• Main Program
• Award Ceremony

2023

• Main Program
• Works-in-Progress
• Pedagogy Program
• Award Ceremony
• Member School Event

2022

• Main Program
• Works in Progress
• Award Presentation

2021

• Main Program
• Works in Progress
• Award Presentation

2020

• Main Program
• Extended Program
• Luncheon
• Works in Progress

2019

• Main Program
• Joint Program
• Luncheon
• Works in Progress

Section of the Year

2020 Winner

Legal Writing, Reasoning and Research Award

The purpose of the Section Award is to honor an individual for an outstanding contribution to the field of legal writing, reasoning and research.

Nominations and Eligibility:  The criteria for the Section Award are service, scholarship, and legal-writing program design or other activity valuable to the advancement of the field of legal writing. If a Section Award is to be granted, the Chair shall announce in the spring newsletter that nominations are open for the award. The announcement shall include that nominations shall be submitted to the Awards Committee and the deadline for submission.

Announcement and Ceremony: If a Section Award is granted, the award may be announced at the next AALS Annual Meeting during the meeting or other event of the Section or as determined by the Section’s Executive Committee after obtaining AALS approval that the Section has followed it award criteria and procedures.

Recipients

Past