At Writers Conference, Lawyer Wins the Day

Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore's Dave Cohan (left) got a perfect rating from the students in his class on writing and the law.^

Handshake 2.0's Anne Clelland with her class.^

FRONT publisher Tom Field ponders a question in his class.^

FRONT editor Dan Smith with Hollins' Celia McCormack (left) and conference scholarship recipient Elizabeth Jones.^

Opening night speakers Sara Elizabeth Timmins (left) and Janis Jaqith pose with an amused editor and their T-shirts saying, "This is the back, read the FRONT".^

The Roanoke Regional Writers Conference, sponsored by the FRONT and Hollins University saw a lawyer win its most popular class designation--a turn of events almost nobody would have anticipated.

Dave Cohan's class in the professional writing and the law drew a packed classroom and the reviews from the students reslted in a perfect score for the Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore lawyer.

Hollins Horizon student Elizabeth Jones was presented the conference's scholarship (the amount hasn't been determined, based on the money taken in and expenses). The conference featured 24 classes and two roundtable discussions for the region's avocational and vocational writers.

This was the third conference.