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Background of Association of Legal Writing Directors
The Association of Legal Writing Directors (ALWD), formed in 1996, is a non-profit professional association of directors and former directors of legal research, writing, analysis, and advocacy programs from law schools in the United States, Canada and Australia. The goal of this organization is to "improving legal education and the analytic, reasoning, and writing abilities of lawyers." It has more than 400 members representing more than 130 law schools.

Committees of ALWD
ALWD created a new learning committee in Spring 2020 called, "the ALWD Online/Distance Learning Committee", as other law schools turned to online/long distance learning. Other committees include:


 * ABA Task Force
 * Adjunct Programs Committee
 * ALWD Guide Task Force
 * Berger Award Selection Committee
 * Blackwell Award Selection Committee
 * Blackwell Reception Committee
 * Bylaws Committee
 * Conference Committee
 * Distinguished Speaker series Committee
 * Diversity Committee
 * Elections Committee
 * Leadership and Development Committee
 * New Directors Committee
 * New Member Outreach Committee
 * Publications Committee
 * Scholars Forum Committee
 * Scholarship Grants Committee
 * Survey Committee
 * Teaching Grants Committee
 * Teaching Workshops Committee
 * Website Committee

Additional Information
The ALWD compiles the ALWD Guide to Legal Citation, which primarily competes with the Bluebook style guide, a system developed by the law reviews at Harvard, Yale, University of Pennsylvania, and Columbia.