The New Scholars Showcase features
three newer scholars who teach legal writing and who have been selected by the Section's Program Committee through a competitive process. This year the
committee chose the three presenters from a pool of fourteen applicants. Each
scholar will present their works-in-progress or recently completed article.
Each scholar will have approximately 10-12 minutes to present, and the
remainder of the session will be spent on questions and comments from the
audience.
A “new scholar” is:
(1) anyone who teaches legal writing and has been in the legal academy for
seven years or fewer or anyone who teaches legal writing who within the last
seven years has moved into a position or had their position converted to one
that requires publication; and
(2) who has a work-in-progress, an article accepted for publication (but not
yet published), or an article that has been published since January 1, 2017.
Experienced mentors will assist the new scholars in honing their work for
presentation and publication.