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EDITORS' NOTE
The legal writing discipline is a community of writers and readers.
Volume 23 marks the first volume published since the passing of one
of our beloved community members: Louis J. Sirico, Jr. Lou was a
member of the Editorial Board from 1996-2006, which oversaw the
publication of Volume 2 to Volume 12. Lou served as Editor in Chief
of Volume 4, published 1998, which was 167 pages with seven articles.
He served as Co Editor in Chief of Volume 8, published in 2002, which
was 284 pages with seven articles. But Lou's contributions to the
Journal and to the discipline of legal writing cannot be measured by
submissions reviewed, pages edited, or volumes produced.
Lou worked to create and promote excellent legal writing scholarship
not only through his own writings and his editing, but also through
his participation in the LWI Writers' Workshop, now to be known as
the Sirico Scholars' Workshop. Lou, with his patience and passion for
strong scholarship, was instrumental in creating and fostering an
atmosphere of support for new scholars in our discipline. Many of us
on the current Editorial Board-including the two of us and Kim
Holst-had the opportunity to work with Lou or have had Lou provide
feedback on works-in-progress. Kim put it best: Reflecting on Lou, it
seems fitting to reflect on his heart. He shared his love and passion
for scholarship with those around him. In this way, he was not only a
heart transplant recipient-he always transplanted a bit of his heart
with each of us.
Lou himself viewed Volume 4 of the Journal, the volume for which he
served as Editor in Chief, as a watershed moment because the
published articles expand[ed] the horizon of legal writing
scholarship.' The published articles were no longer exclusively
focused on practical pedagogy and pedagogical theory.2 Lou also
recently reflected upon the current nature of legal writing scholarship
with the following thought: As I see it, Legal Writing scholarship is
1 Louis J. Sirico, Jr., Volume 4: A Watershed Moment, 22 LEGAL WRITING 8
(2018).
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