It appears I shared this too soon. Due to a conflict with the 2015 ClassCrits (which I should have realized) conference, the date on the poverty law conference is now changed to Feb. 19-20, 2016.
Call-for-Proposals: Poverty Law: Academic Activism Conference — Seattle University School of Law — Feb. 19-20, 2016 . The Call can be found as a PDF here, Poverty Law Conference 2016 Call-for-Proposals, and is also below:
Call for Proposals:
We invite proposals for presentations at a Spring 2016 conference, “Poverty Law: Academic Activism” to be held on Feb. 19-20, 2016, hosted by Seattle University School of Law. The conference will focus on the connection between academics and activism, broadly understood. Just as “poverty law” is a broad category that includes everything from welfare and education programs to immigration and tax policy, so too, “academic activism” includes a wide range of activities. This conference will explore how members of the legal community directly engage with activists to effect social, legal, and policy changes; how scholarship can help improve the lives of the poor; and how to educate the next generation of poverty warriors.
The conference is organized around these three tracks – direct engagement, scholarship, and teaching – and the hope that the conference will be a large gathering of those whose work (including direct involvement as well as scholarship) focuses on or relates to poverty law. The deadline for proposals is Friday, April 24, 2015. Please submit the title of your presentation with an abstract or overview of no more than 300 words to erosser@wcl.american. To submit a full panel presentation, include the above information for all panelists.
Additionally, for those who are interested (though this is not a requirement for participation in the conference), conference participants may have publication opportunities with both the Seattle Journal for Social Justice and the Seattle Law Review. Conference attendees will be responsible for their own travel expenses. We look forward to seeing you in Seattle in Feb. 2016!
If you have any questions, please contact the conference organizers: Sara Rankin (Seattle University School of Law) and Ezra Rosser (American University Washington College of Law)
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