Dear Program Committee Members: In mid-January, we will release a final “for reliance” program.  At this point, I really need your help on two things.  First, if you are aware of any problems with the program (e.g., programs that are scheduled for the same time that should NOT conflict with each), please let me know [...]

This year, the Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) will be offering a New Law Teachers’ Workshop at our annual meeting.  It will include a variety of panels designed to prepare the new (or newer) law professor for his/her new career.  We hope that you will consider sending your new faculty to this workshop. Several [...]

The Southeastern Association of Law Schools(SEALS) is pleased to host the third annual “New Voices in Labor and Employment Law” program during the 2015 SEALS Annual Meeting in Boca Raton, Florida. The purpose of this works-in-progress program is to give junior scholars feedback on papers from senior scholars before the upcoming submission cycle. For this [...]

All pre-tenure professors are invited to submit early-stage papers to be considered for inclusion in the Junior Scholars Works-In-Progress Workshop at the 2015 SEALS annual meeting.  Selected participants will workshop their papers in an intimate discussion group format.  Any professor who has not yet been conferred tenure is eligible to submit, regardless of (and, if [...]

Dear Colleagues, I am attaching SEALS’ annual Call for Papers and our request for nominations for the New Scholars Workshop.  The deadline for Call for Papers submissions is rapidly approaching.  Although the deadline for the New Scholars Workshop has passed, please feel free to submit nominations (but, please, do so quickly!), and I’m sure that [...]

The SEALS International Committee is pleased to announce 2 special international conferences in 2015: 1)  A 3 day research conference entitled Searching for Solutions in Cyprus, jointly presented by SEALS, the European Law Faculties Assn, and Eastern Mediterranean University, conducted in Famagusta and Lefkosa, Northern Cyprus, April 13 – 15, 2015, and immediately following that: 2)  SEALS [...]

The New Scholars Committee of the Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) invites the submission of papers for its Junior Scholars Works-in-Progress Workshops. Selected participants will workshop their papers in an intimate discussion group format. There will be several Works-in-Progress workshops, and papers will be topically grouped. Each workshop will be limited to four authors, [...]

The New Scholars Guidelines have been updated and are available online. Visit the New Scholars Committee page for more information.

Prof. Jane Grise is interested in forming the following discussion group.  If you are interested, please contact her directly at jane.grise@uky.edu I am interested in forming a panel or discussion group relating to effective ways of incorporating critical reading techniques into law school classes. Research over the past 25 years clearly demonstrates that high performing [...]

I am seeking participants for a panel I would like to propose entitled “Equitable Sharing” or “Democracy and Sharing” or something of that order.  I would like to present an overview of my recent book Equitable Sharing, which argues that central to democracy and to the democratic society the United States purports to be is [...]