Scribes has more than 2,000 members, including many law schools and courts that have joined as institutional members.

Scribes is headed by a board of legal-writing experts, law-school deans, judges, and outstanding lawyers.

Scribes' main publication, The Scribes Journal of Legal Writing, was the first journal in the field and remains the premier journal of legal writing. Cooley sponsors the production, printing, and mailing of the Scribes Journal, which is distributed to some 9,000 readers.

In addition, Scribes publishes a quarterly newsletter, The Scrivener. And it gives three annual awards for legal writing and advocacy — awards that are coveted by authors, publishers, and law schools.

For more information, visit www.scribes.org.

Membership is open to any member of the legal profession.

The latest issue of The Scribes Journal of Legal Writing, whose production and mailing is sponsored by Cooley Law School, was recently featured in a front-page article in the New York Times.

May 20, 2011
This issue contains transcripts of Bryan Garner's interviews with U.S. Supreme Court Justices on legal writing and advocacy, and it has created a small sensation on the Internet.

Professor Joe Kimble is the Journal's editor in chief, and Professor Mark Cooney is an associate editor. Besides supporting the Journal, Cooley is the home of Scribes' administrative office. The executive director is Professor Norman Plate.

Cooley professors are heavily involved in Scribes.

Professor Norm Plate is the organization's executive director.

Professor Joseph Kimble is editor in chief of the Scribes Journal.

Professor Jane Siegel is the editor of The Scrivener.

And Professor Otto Stockmeyer is a past president of Scribes, having served in that capacity from 2005-2007.