Greetings,
As you may have seen, next year’s Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) will be held in Cleveland, Ohio on March 4th-7th, 2026, and the CFP is asking broadly: “Why do we go to the conference?”
As CCCC organizers ask us to consider what conferences do and create in terms of conversation, scholarship, teaching, and community engagement, the Legal Writing and Rhetoric Standing Group asks you to consider how this relates to the role of law in college composition and communication.
Why do we bring discussions of legal rhetoric and legal writing to the college classroom and CCCC? Is it to prepare law students? Engaged citizens? Generate discourse? Uphold democracy? What bridges are we building? Who can, does, and should contribute to these conversations? Why do they matter? What more can we do? What are we already doing? What and how can we learn from one another?
Our Standing Group invites you to contribute to a robust roundtable discussion of these and related questions at CCCC 2026. We hope to bring together a variety of perspectives (teachers, scholars, practitioners, graduate students, law students, etc.) from a variety of disciplines (e.g., writing studies, communications, rhetoric, and law).
Is there something you are working on now that has implications in both law and college composition and communication? Do you have a unique perspective on the role of law in education? Do you view particular scholarship essential to this discourse? Are you invested in the interdisciplinarity of law, rhetoric, and writing? If so, please consider joining us in Cleveland next year!
Interested? Simply submit a short proposal including your name, institution, title or role, and preferred email address, along with a brief (50-100 words) description of your perspective and/or contribution to the roundtable discussion—the Legal Writing and Rhetoric Standing Group’s sponsored session: “The Role of Law in College Composition and Communication.”
Proposals (and any related questions) should be directed to Prof. Lindsay Head at lhead on or before May 23, 2025.
We look forward to your contribution and to furthering this conversation in Cleveland next year!
All my very best,
Lindsay Head, Chair
Legal Writing and Rhetoric Standing Group
Lindsay Head, J.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Law
Director of Moot Court
Jacksonville University College of Law
121 W. Forsyth St., Jacksonville, Florida 32202
Email: lhead
Website: www.ju.edu/law/