LINGUIST List 26.963
Mon Feb 16 2015
Calls: Forensic Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Language Acquisition/USA
Editor for this issue: Anna White <awhitelinguistlist.org>
Date: 14-Feb-2015
From: Alissa Hartig <ahartig
pdx.edu>
Subject: Global Legal Skills
E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: Global Legal Skills
Short Title: GLS-10
Date: 19-May-2015 - 22-May-2015
Location: Chicago, IL, USA
Contact Person: Lurene Contento
Meeting Email:
< click here to access email > Web Site:
http://glsc.jmls.edu/2015/
Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Forensic Linguistics; Language Acquisition
Call Deadline: 15-Apr-2015
Meeting Description:
The Global Legal Skills conference, in its 10th year, will be held in Chicago, the city of its origin from Wednesday, May 20 through Friday, May 22 (with an optional Scholar's Forum on May 19). This year’s conference (GLS 10) will be held at The John Marshall Law School for the first two days and will be hosted at Northwestern University School of Law for its final day. The two schools are within walking distance and are also served by subway line.
The conference audience will include legal writing professionals, international and comparative law professors, clinical professors and others involved in skills education, law school administrators, law librarians, and ESL/EFL professors and scholars. Also attending will be faculty members teaching general law subjects with a transnational or international component. Attendees have also included judges, lawyers, court translators, and others involved in international and transnational law. Attendees come from around the world, and as many as 35 countries have been represented in past conferences.
Call for Papers:
This message invites proposals for presentations. Proposals should be for a 25-minute presentation (for one or two people) or an interactive group panel presentation (no more than four panelists) of 75-minutes (including audience participation).
Please submit a proposal on any aspect of Global Legal Skills, including experiential learning, distance education, comparative law, international law, course design and materials, teaching methods, and opportunities for teaching abroad and in the United States. However, because the conference focuses on legal skills for a global audience, please tailor your proposal accordingly. (Proposals due ASAP)
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