Scribes is an national society of judges, lawyers, law professors, legal publishers, legal writers, and legal editors who are dedicated to improving legal writing across the profession.  For more than fifty years, Scribes has pursued that goal by sponsoring competitions, workshops, and institutes, and by publishing legal periodicals, including the first scholarly journal devoted exclusively to effective legal writing, The Scribes Journal of Legal Writing.

        Scribes has over 2,000 members. Its members serve on nine committees, some of which choose the winners of the annual Book Award, Brief-Writing Award, and Law-Review Award.  The winners of these awards typify the clear, concise, felicitous legal writing that Scribes strives to promote.  Scribes also presents legal-writing workshops and seminars, often at the Annual Meeting of the American Bar Association.

         In addition to the Scribes Journal of Legal Writing, Scribes publishes The Scrivener, its official newsletter, four times a year.  The Scrivener includes Scribes news, membership news, editorials, and articles on legal writing.