Event: Legal Writing and Rhetoric at CCCC 2026

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Dear Colleagues,

If you'll be attending 4Cs next week, we hope you will join us for what promises to be a thought-provoking roundtable at the 2026 CCCC Annual Convention:

📌 The Role of Law in College Composition and Communication

🗓 Thursday, March 5, 2026 | 12:15 PM – 1:30 PM EST

📍 Room 26A, Ballroom Level C4, Huntington Convention Center

Session Code: B.12

Sponsored by the Legal Writing and Rhetoric Standing Group, this session gathers voices from writing studies, communications, rhetoric, and law — including teachers, scholars, and practitioners — to explore a central question: Why do we bring discussions of legal rhetoric and legal writing into the college classroom and to CCCC?

Our presenters bring a rich range of perspectives from institutions including Widener University Delaware Law School, Stetson University College of Law, the University of California Davis, James Madison University, and Palm Beach Atlantic University.

Whether you are a composition instructor curious about legal discourse, a rhetoric scholar exploring genre across disciplines, or a legal writing professional interested in composition pedagogy, this roundtable has something for you. Come ready to engage — this is an interactive conversation, not a traditional panel.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Warm regards,

Lindsay Head 

On behalf of the Legal Writing and Rhetoric Standing Group

Lindsay Head, J.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Law

Widener University Delaware Law School

4601 Concord Pike Wilmington, DE 19803

email: lsh...@widener.edu

pronouns: she/her/hers

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