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handle is hein.journals/secnd21 and id is 1 raw text is: U Legal Writing on the Move The following is the text of Susan Hanley Kosse's opening remarks at the LWI conference held in Atlanta in June 2006. Good Morning. I'm Susan Kosse, President of the Legal Writing Institute, and I am here to welcome you to the 2006 Biennial Conference of the Institute. First, let me thank Jennifer Chiovaro, Dean Kaminshine, Georgia State, and all the Georgia law schools for hosting us. The opening reception was fantastic and we appreciate your warm southern hospitality. Also before continuing, I want to thank Terry Seligmann, our outgoing President. We owe her a debt of gratitude for leading us these past two years. Terry is a model of professionalism and calmness. During my years as co-chair of the Seattle conference with her and now as one of her board colleagues, I have never seen her rattled even when dealing with hot topics. She leads with a soft, gentle approach that all of us appreciate. Terry, please accept this gift as just a small token of our appreciation for all that you have done for us and this organization. As you know the theme of the conference is Legal Writing on the Move. This theme is perfect on so many levels. For some of the over 550 participants here (and that is an all time record for a LWI conference) you are moving into the field of legal writing for the first time. If you have joined the field of legal writing within the past two years or if this is your first conference, please stand up so we can publicly acknowledge and welcome you. We are so glad you are here and let me warn you that my first conference was just six years ago and now I am the president! For others, we are moving forward either by enjoying more job security at our schools, taking on administrative roles within our schools, or becoming recognized as outstanding teachers and scholars. And as we move forward we are reaching more and more milestones. This year we received many joyful announcements of our members becoming tenured. We also received news of teachers winning university and community awards as well as placing articles in top journals and authoring books. Our members also stay on the move hosting international conferences on legal writing, planning symposia on writing-across-the-curriculum, and helping their schools comply with the new ABA standards. We have some members among us who take this moving idea literally and are moving within the profession to new schools. Our own institute has recently moved from Seattle to Mercer. For those members moving this year, we wish you good luck at your new law schools. Finally, we have members now beginning to move beyond the profession without leaving it behind. I am excited that the Peak Years track planned by Anne Enquist will provide an opportunity for our most experienced members to share and discuss the many innovative ideas they have for making the most of their careers. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2

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