MARCH 22, 2024
Writing Center Closed to 1L Students from April 11 @ 4:00 p.m. through April 23.
Please note that 1L students may not conference at the Writing Center for any purpose during the duration of the 1L Legal Practice exam. Thus, no 1L student will be allowed to schedule a conference for any reason beginning at 4:00 p.m. on April 11th through the end of the day on Tuesday, April 23rd. (Even though the exam period ends on Monday, we need time to confirm with the Registrar that students who sign up for conferences have submitted their exams.) Thereafter, 1L students will be allowed to schedule conferences so long as they have submitted their Legal Practice exam and the Writing Center has confirmed that the Registrar has received the exam. 1L students will have to certify that they have submitted their Legal Practice exam. Thank you.
The Writing Center will close for the semester as of December 2, 2023, the last day of classes. It will reopen on January 16, 2024, the first day of classes for the spring semester.
Good luck on exams.
OCTOBER 16, 2023
Please note that 1L students may not conference at the Writing Center for any purpose during the duration of the 1L Legal Practice exam. Thus, no 1L student will be allowed to schedule a conference for any reason beginning at 5:00 p.m. on November 9th through the end of the day on Tuesday, November 21st. (Even though the exam period ends on Monday, we need time to confirm with the Registrar that students who sign up for conferences have submitted their exams.) Thereafter, 1L students will be allowed to schedule conferences so long as they have submitted their Legal Practice exam and the Writing Center has confirmed that the Registrar has received the exam. Thank you.
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
The Writing Center will open for the semester when classes begin on Monday, August 28. The Writing Center is located in Room 537 McDonough.
Please note that the Writing Center is offering some conference times for in-person conferences only and other conference times for virtual conferences (online only). All conferences are 45 minutes long. Unless indicated otherwise, all conferences are in-person. If you sign up for an in-person conference, you must be present for the conference in the Writing Center. If you prefer to conference virtually, you must sign up for a conference that is listed as an online only conferences. Virtual online only conferences are indicated where the Senior Writing Fellow is identified by first initial and last name only. When you hover by that name, you will see a notice that the conference is online only.
For those who sign up for a virtual, online only conference, that conference will be held via Zoom or through the online conference option on WConline software. Unless you receive an email providing different instructions, all virtual conference will be held using the online conference option. You will register for these virtual conferences just as you would for any conference by signing up for a conference on the Writing Center schedule. Shortly before your appointment time, please log back into the schedule, click on your appointment and selection the red "Start or Join Online Consultation" link. Please ensure that you allow both video and audio access if prompted to do so.
If you plan to discuss a document during your conference, you MUST provide that document to the Senior Writing Fellow at least 24 hours in advance, excluding weekends. Thus, if you have a Monday conference, you must upload the document or email to the Senior Writing Fellow by Friday.
If you need to cancel an appointment, please do so at least 36 hours in advance to allow other students the opportunity to sign up and submit the paper in sufficient time.
MAY 04, 2023
The Writing Center is now closed for the semester. It will reopen when classes begin in the fall.
MARCH 07, 2023
Please note that 1L students may not conference at the Writing Center for any purpose during the duration of the 1L Legal Practice exam. Thus, no 1L student will be allowed to schedule a conference for any reason beginning at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 13th through Tuesday, April 25th Thereafter, 1L students will be allowed to schedule conferences so long as they have submitted their Legal Practice exam and the Writing Center has confirmed that the Registrar has received the exam. Thank you.
DECEMBER 01, 2022
The Writing Center will close for the semester as of December 3rd, the last day of classes. It will reopen on January 17th, the first day of classes for the spring semester.
OCTOBER 26, 2022
Please note that 1L students may not conference at the Writing Center for any purpose during the duration of the 1L Legal Practice exam. Thus, no 1L student will be allowed to schedule a conference for any reason beginning at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 10th through Tuesday, November 22nd. Thereafter, 1L students will be allowed to schedule conferences so long as they have submitted their Legal Practice exam and the Writing Center has confirmed that the Registrar has received the exam. Thank you.
The Writing Center will begin the semester offering both in-person and virtual conferences. There are a few conference times when only virtual conferences are available. Those times are designated by the Online Only designation under the name of the Senior Writing Fellow. All other conferences will be held in person or virtually at the student's preference. All conferences are 45 minutes long.
When you sign up for a conference, please indicate that you would like the conference to be in person by clicking on the button: No, meet face to face. If conferencing in person, please go to the Writing Center, located in Room 537 McDonough.
Virtual conferences will be held via Zoom or through the online conference option on WConline software. Unless you receive an email providing different instructions, all virtual conference will be held using the online conference option. You will register for these virtual conferences just as you would for any conference by signing up for a conference on the Writing Center schedule. Shortly before your appointment time, please log back into the schedule, click on your appointment and selection the red "Start or Join Online Consultation" link. Please ensure that you allow both video and audio access if prompted to do so.
If you plan to discuss a document during your conference, you MUST provide your document to the Senior Writing Fellow at least 24 hours in advance, excluding weekends. Thus, documents for Monday conferences should be uploaded or emailed to the Senior Writing Fellow by Friday.
You may access Writing Center Guides and Handouts at this link: Writing Center Guides and Handouts
APRIL 30, 2022
The Writing Center is now closed for the semester. Good luck on finals. We will reopen when the academic year begins in August.
MARCH 29, 2022
Please note that 1L students may not conference at the Writing Center for any purpose during the duration of the 1L Legal Practice exam. Thus, no 1L student will be allowed to schedule a conference for any reason beginning at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 7th through Wednesday, April 20th. Thereafter, 1L students will be allowed to schedule conferences so long as they have submitted their Legal Practice exam and the Writing Center has confirmed that the Registrar has received the exam. Thank you.
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
Please note that all Writing Center conferences scheduled for the last week of classes, Nov. 29th-Dec. 3rd will be held virtually.
Unless you receive an email providing different instructions, all virtual conferences will be held using the online conference option. Shortly before your appointment time, please log back into the schedule, click on your appointment and select the red "Start or Join Online Consultation" link. Please ensure that you allow both video and audio access if prompted to do so.
Please note that the Writing Center will close for the semester at the end of the day on Dec. 3rd.
OCTOBER 26, 2021
Please note that 1L students may not conference at the Writing Center for any purpose during the duration of the 1L Legal Practice exam. Thus, no 1L student will be allowed to schedule a conference for any reason beginning at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 11th through Tuesday, November 23rd. Thereafter, 1L students will be allowed to schedule conferences so long as they have submitted their Legal Practice exam and the Writing Center has confirmed that the Registrar has received the exam. Thank you.
SEPTEMBER 02, 2021
This semester, Fall 2021, the Writing Center will offer both in-person and virtual conferences. There are a few conference times when only virtual conferences are available. Those times are designated by the Online Only designation under the name of the Senior Writing Fellow. All other conferences will be held in person or virtually at the student's preference.
If conferencing in person, please go to Room 537 McDonough. Both the student and the Senior Writing Fellow must remain masked throughout the conference.
Unless you receive an email providing different instructions, all virtual conference will be held using the online conference option. You will register for these virtual conferences just as you would for any conference by signing up for a conference on the Writing Center schedule. Shortly before your appointment time, please log back into the schedule, click on your appointment and selection the red "Start or Join Online Consultation" link. Please ensure that you allow both video and audio access if prompted to do so.
The Writing Center will open on September 7th. Both in-person and virtual conferences will be available.
MARCH 29, 2021
Please note that 1L students may not conference at the Writing Center for any purpose during the duration of the 1L Legal Practice exam. Thus, no 1L student will be allowed to schedule a conference for any reason beginning at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 15th through Tuesday, April 27th. Thereafter, 1L students will be allowed to schedule conferences so long as they have submitted their Legal Practice exam and the Writing Center has confirmed that the Registrar has received the exam. Thank you.
JANUARY 08, 2021
The Writing Center will open for the spring semester on Monday, January 25th, the first day of classes for the spring semester.
The Writing Center is closed for the semester. It will reopen the first week of Spring semester classes in January.
AUGUST 28, 2020
Welcome to the Georgetown Law Writing Center.
This semester, the Writing Center will open on September 8th and will remain open through the last day of classes, December 4, 2020. All Writing Center conferences will be held virtually this entire semester.
To get started, register for an account by clicking the link to the left. The Writing Center is open to all members of the Georgetown University Law Center community.
- You must sign up for a conference at least 24 hours in advance and must provide a copy of the document that you want to discuss at your conference to the Senior Writing Fellow at least 24 business hours prior to your scheduled conference. (Documents for Monday conferences must be uploaded or sent to the Senior Writing Fellow by Friday.) You may upload the document to your appointment form.
- All conferences are 45 minutes long.
- You may sign up for only one conference per week.
- Senior Writing Fellows will not provide written feedback nor will they edit and proofread your document. Instead, Senior Writing Fellows provide verbal feedback and discuss the strengths/weaknesses of your writing as well as respond to specific questions or concerns you may have.
- You will register for appointments on the Writing Center schedule (just as you may have done in the past for face-to-face conferences). Shortly before your scheduled conference, you just log back into this schedule and click on your appointment. Then click on the red "Start or Join Online Consultation" link. Please accept any prompt to allow video and audio. We intend to hold virtual video conferences and thus ask that you allow video. If allowing video is a problem, you should email in advance the Senior Writing Fellow with whom you are scheduled to conference. We look forward to "seeing" you!
APRIL 05, 2020
Please note that 1L students may not sign up for Writing Center appointments for any purpose during the period of the final Legal Practice assignment. Thus, no 1L student may sign up for an apointment from now through the end of the day on Friday, April 17th, or through any extension the individual student may have received. Thank you for your cooperation.
MARCH 19, 2020
The Writing Center will reopen on Monday, March 23. All conferences will be held virtually. You will register for appointments just like before and provide your document to the Senior Writing Fellow at least 24 hours in advance of the conference. Shortly before your scheduled conference, you just log back into this schedule and click on your appointment. Then click on the red "Start or Join Online Consultation" link. Please accept any prompt to allow video and audio. We intend to hold virtual video conferences if at all possible. Thanks for your patience and we look forward to "seeing" you!
MARCH 16, 2020
Consistent with the University decision to move all classes to virtual learning, the Writing Center will be moving to virtual conferencing instead of face-to-face conferencing until further notice. To prepare the Writing Center for this move, the Writing Center will be this week. All conferences presently scheduled for this week have been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience caused. We are working to move to virtual conferencing as quickly as possible. We will post a new Announcement once we are ready for virtual conferencing. Thanks for your patience.
AUGUST 31, 2019
Welcome to the Georgetown Law Writing Center.
To get started, register for an account by clicking the link to the left. The Writing Center is open to all members of the Georgetown University Law Center community.
- You must sign up for a conference at least 24 hours in advance and must provide a copy of the document that you want to discuss at your conference to the Senior Writing Fellow at least 24 business hours prior to your scheduled conference. (Documents for Monday conferences must be uploaded or sent to the Senior Writing Fellow by Friday.) You may upload the document to your appointment form.
- All conferences are 45 minutes long.
- You may sign up for only one conference per week.
- Senior Writing Fellows will not provide written feedback nor will they edit and proofread your document. Instead, Senior Writing Fellows provide verbal feedback and discuss the strengths/weaknesses of your writing as well as respond to specific questions or concerns you may have.
The Writing Center is closed for the summer. The Writing Center will reopen when classes begin. Those seeking assistance with writing samples during the summer should contact OCS.
APRIL 04, 2019
Please note the students in the first year Legal Practice class may not utilize the Writing Center for any reason beginning at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 4 until 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 16, 2019. In addition, students with extended time or deferred time for the Legal Practice exam may not utilize the Writing Center during the April 4-16 blackout period AND may not utilize the Writing Center until after they have submitted their Legal Practice take home exam. The Registrar will be consulted to ensure that students who schedule conferences after April 16th have submitted their Legal Practice exams. Thank you.
AUGUST 23, 2018
Please note the students in the first year Legal Practice class may not utilize the Writing Center for any reason beginning at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 8 until 8:00 a.m. on Monday, November 19, 2018. In addition, students with extended time or deferred time for the Legal Practice exam may not utilize the Writing Center during the November 8-19 blackout period AND may not utilize the Writing Center until after they have submitted their Legal Practice take home exam. The Registrar will be consulted to ensure that students who schedule conferences after November 19th have submitted their Legal Practice exams. Thank you.
