Professor Karin Mike was appointed to peer editor for the Legal Communication and Rhetoric Journal (JALWD).

She also was appointed to LWI Institutional Memory Project – an effort to ensure the history of the discipline of Legal Writing is made available online.

Professor Mika presented at two events: (1) the Legal Writing Institute Biennial Conference, held in Indianapolis, Indiana from July 17th-20th. Her topic was, “Adapting Legal Writing Education for the Online Environment: Challenges, Innovations, and Lessons, The presentation discussed how Legal Writing can be taught online, the potential international outreach of online JD programs, and how American law schools with online JD programs must be attuned to the needs (including shifting time zones and even politics) of any students that may be entering an online program.

And (2) the Western Regional Legal Writing Conference, held in Seattle, Washington from Sept. 13th-24th. My topic was, “From Peripheral to Pivotal: The Role of Legal Writing in the Modern Law School Misson.” The presentation discussed how the importance of Legal Writing and skills teaching has changed during the past four decades and discussed how Legal Writing necessarily takes a central role in developing material for online JD programs.