The Law School's Individualized Writing Instruction Service (IWIS) provides help with writing to any law student, at any ability level. IWIS offers writing instruction tailored to each student's learning style and focused on each student's particular writing concerns.
Services Available:
Individual Conferences - address your questions and concerns about writing, large or small, in a confidential setting; and
Group Workshops - learn more about topics of interest, such as improving writing samples or reorganizing for greater persuasion, in workshops for students scheduled throughout the year.
Current Topics
For 1LsDuring the exam period, appointment times will still be available several days a week for advice on papers, writing for work, writing samples, and other writing projects. Check the door to room 2378 for a schedule of available days and times, or email mbray@wisc.edu.
UPCOMING WORKSHOP:
Writing Persuasive Fact Statements and Issues
This workshop shows you how to adapt and bend the rules about clear sentence structure and paragraph organization to create Statements of Fact that emphasize key points. It also shows how to use phrase structures and word choice to make your Issues more persuasive. The workshop includes examples of the techniques, and provides opportunities for you to explore how the techniques would work in your assignment.
Tuesday, 4/19, 12:30 to 1:10 in room 2225
Tuesday, 4/19, 2:25 to 3:05 in room 2225
Friday, 4/22, 12:30 to 1:10 in room 3247
Also check out the rest of the upcoming workshops.
If your writing sample isn't working for you, you may want some advice about ways to upgrade it. Or you may want help writing quick but unique thank you letters. Or you may want to work on correcting writing in the light of feedback you may have received from you teachers, employers, or career services advisers. Finally, you might want an individual session to help you get organized for a course paper or law review article.
Schedule of Upcoming IWIS Workshops
Office of IWIS - Room 2378 - Directions and Map
Got a quick question? mbray@wisc.edu
Articles about legal writing
- Tips for Creating a Professional Tone
- Structuring Your Own Style
The Writing Center
For students needing additional help with basic writing skills, the University of Wisconsin's Writing Center offers free workshops and classes on grammar, punctuation, and basic sentence/paragraph structure. Classes, which include titles such as Four Weeks to Better Grammar and Perfecting Your Punctuation, are offered at a variety of times. The Writing Center also provides links to on-line writing resources.
