The University of Michigan Law School is pleased to invite junior scholars to attend the 10th Annual Junior Scholars Conference, which will take place in-person on April 12-13, 2024, in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
The Conference provides junior scholars with a platform to present and discuss their work with peers and receive feedback from prominent members of the Michigan Law faculty. The Conference aims to promote fruitful collaboration between participants and to encourage their integration into a community of legal scholars. The Junior Scholars Conference invites papers in response to the 2024 theme (below) or under the general call for papers in law and related disciplines. We welcome applications from graduate students, SJD/PhD candidates, postdoctoral researchers, lecturers, teaching fellows, and assistant professors (pre-tenure) who have not held an academic position for more than four years are welcome. We particularly invite submissions from scholars working on or located in the Global South and scholars from groups traditionally under-represented in academia.
General (Non-Theme) Submissions
We recognize the immense value of a general conference which encourages a greater number of junior scholars to submit diverse works and receive feedback from Michigan Law faculty on the same. Hence, junior scholars are welcome to submit works that do not conform to the theme for presentation at the conference. All such submissions shall receive due consideration for presentation at the conference but will not be considered for publication.
Submission
To apply to the Conference, please submit an abstract of no more than 500 words reflecting the unpublished work you wish to present and a copy of your CV through this online submission form by January 5, 2024.
Please submit all files as Microsoft Word documents. Please name the documents using the following format: Last name – First name – The nature of the document you are submitting (whether it be an abstract, CV, or funding request). For example, the name of the abstract you are submitting would be: DOE – JANE – ABSTRACT. Selection will be based on the quality and originality of the abstract as well as its capacity to engage with other proposals and foster a collaborative dialogue. Decisions will be communicated no later than January 31, 2024. Selected participants will be required to submit final papers by March 1, 2024, so that they may be sent to your faculty commentator and circulated among participants in advance.
Submission
To apply to the Conference, please submit an abstract of no more than 500 words reflecting the unpublished work you wish to present and a copy of your CV through this online submission form by January 5, 2024.
Please submit all files as Microsoft Word documents. Please name the documents using the following format: Last name – First name – The nature of the document you are submitting (whether it be an abstract, CV, or funding request). For example, the name of the abstract you are submitting would be: DOE – JANE – ABSTRACT. Selection will be based on the quality and originality of the abstract as well as its capacity to engage with other proposals and foster a collaborative dialogue. Decisions will be communicated no later than January 31, 2024. Selected participants will be required to submit final papers by March 1, 2024, so that they may be sent to your faculty commentator and circulated among participants in advance.
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