Bryan Garner presented the Lifetime-Achievement Award
to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg,
who could not attend the meeting but kindly sent
a DVD of her acceptance speech.

2009 Brief Award winners Justin Jenson and
Bridget Burke of the South Texas College of Law.

Moot-Court Coach Robert Galloway (left) and Donald
Guter, Dean of the South Texas College of Law (right), accompanied 2009 Brief Award winners Bridget Burke
and Justin Jenson to the meeting.

Featured speaker Ralph Brill of the Chicago-Kent
College of Law treated the crowd to a brief history
of legal-writing programs.

Book-Award-Committee Chair Michael B. Hyman
presented the coveted Book Award to The Challenge: Hamdan v. Rumsfeld and the Fight over Presidential Power and read comments from the book’s author,
Jonathan Mahler.

Former Executive Director Joseph Kimble and current Executive Director Norm Plate greeted Scribes members
and their guests as they arrived at the luncheon.

Former Executive Directors Joseph Kimble
and Glen Peter Ahlers.

Joseph Kimble, Editor in Chief of The Scribes Journal of Legal Writing, presented a decorative scroll to the Legal Writing Institute in recognition of its 25th anniversary.

Legal Writing Institute board members Mark Wojcik, Kenneth Chestek, and Judy Rosenbaum, accompanied
by featured speaker Ralph Brill (second from left),
Joseph Kimble (second from right), and former
Scribes President Otto Stockmeyer (right).

Scribes President Stuart Shiffman
welcomed Scribes members
and their guests to the meeting.

Legal Writing Institute board member
Mark Wojcik of the John Marshall Law
School–Chicago accepted the decorative
scroll presented to the Legal Writing
Institute in recognition of its 25th anniversary.

Scribes members and their guests enjoyed a luncheon prepared by the chefs at Swissôtel Chicago.