The HLS Writing Fellows offer comments and one-on-one consultations on writing-in-progress.
Who Comes to the Writing Center
The Writing Center is for HLS students writing analytical papers:
- Upper-Level J.D.s writing for courses, prizes, publications, and the analytical paper requirement (professional documents should go to the Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs).
- 1L J.D.s writing for electives and prizes (LRW coursework should go to your Climenko Fellow and/or BSA).
- LL.M.s and S.J.D.s writing for prizes and publications (coursework should go to the LL.M. Writing Program).
- Recent Alumni pursuing publication of papers started at HLS.
What You Can Bring Us
- Research Papers
- Response Papers
- Short Essays
- Law Review and Journal Articles
- Opinion Pieces
- Blog Posts
- Conference and Class Presentations
- Book Projects
What We Can Do
- Plan a Writing Project
- Build Ideas in Conversation
- Deepen your Research
- Strengthen an Argument
- Outline a Paper
- Give Feedback on a Draft
- Edit Sentences
- Pursue Publication
What Happens in a Consultation
- You schedule an appointment at https://hls.mywconline.com.
- You submit your writing: anything you’ve done so far, even if it’s just messy notes or a rough draft.
- We send back written comments and an agenda for a conversation about your paper.
- We meet to discuss the paper: this is where the magic happens and ideas are strengthened in conversation.
- You move the paper along to the next step in the writing process: come see us again if we can be helpful.
We require 24 hours for papers up to 25 pages, 48 hours for papers up to 50 pages, and 72 hours for papers longer than 50 pages.
Sessions conventionally run for 25 or 50 minute increments.