Spring 2012
Starting on Monday, January 23, the Writing Center will be open with a full schedule. Students can sign up for conferences using TutorTrac on Saturday, January 21. For all conferences on or after January 23, students must upload their drafts and agenda to TutorTrac at least 24 hours in advance of the conference.
Spring 2012 Master Schedule
Overview
The Writing Center, a component of the Legal Research and Writing Program, offers one-on-one writing conferences, multi-person workshops, videos, tip sheets, and other resources to legal writers of any class year and ability.
The Writing Center is staffed by 45 Writing Fellows - upper-level law students with strong writing and analysis skills. Writing Fellows are trained to work with writers at any stage of the writing process, from brainstorming and outlining, to developing the structure of a legal analysis, to publishing a near-finished product. The goal of each writing conference is to help student writers become skilled and critical readers of their own writing.
Writing Fellows do not spell-check, grammar-check, cite-check, or proofread. Instead, they help students develop strategies for recognizing global problems in their work.
Who We Serve
The Writing Center welcomes all law students, including:
- 1Ls working on LRW assignments
- Students working on writing samples
- 2Ls and 3Ls working on seminar papers or journal notes*
- LLMs working on theses*
- Students working on papers for skills competitions*
*You must confirm with your professor or skills board advisor that you are permitted to use the Writing Center.
Policies and Guidelines
Please review the following document before signing up for a conference or workshop.
Writing Center Policies and Guidelines [pdf]
Location
The Writing Center is located in Burns 416 and 419, and in Stuart 423 of the Law School.
Contact Information
E-mail: writingcenter@law.gwu.edu
Phone: 202.994.4650
The Writing Center is directed by Professor Iselin Gambert, who joined the faculty in 2009. A graduate of GW Law, she served as a Writing Fellow for two years as a law student.
Writing Fellows: Please follow this link for TWEN access.