The Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) annual conference will include a two-day workshop for those seeking law teaching jobs in Fall 2015.  The Prospective Law Professors Workshop will run on Tuesday, July 28, and Wednesday, July 29, at the Boca Raton Resort & Club.  The workshop will include practice interviews, practice jobtalks, guidance on [...]

Wake Forest University has announced that Professor Don Castleman died unexpectedly in Winston-Salem over the weekend. “We grieve Professor Castleman’s death and extend our condolences to his family and friends, as well as those at Wake Forest who had the opportunity to know him,” the announcement stated. Interim Dean Suzanne Reynolds said, “For a number [...]

Re-sending our message from yesterday regarding SEALS registration. Apologies for the confusion! Registration for the 2015 SEALS Conference will open on Monday, Feb. 2 at noon EST. This year’s conference will be held at The Boca Resort in Boca Raton, Florida from July 27-August 2. The draft conference program is available at: http://sealslawschools.org/submissions/program/ Important information [...]

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, [...]