Invitation and Call for Proposals
Proposal Deadline extended to 6/15/08
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Announcement Date: 4/3/08
INVITATION: Faculty, independent scholars, and
graduate students are cordially invited to the fourth Midwest Law
and Society Retreat, a biennial event to be held at the University
of Wisconsin in Madison on September 19-20, 2008. Sessions will
take place at the Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street, Madison.
ABOUT THE EVENT: In Fall 2002 the Institute for
Legal Studies organized an interdisciplinary retreat that brought
together faculty and graduate students from the region's diverse
social science and law programs for a weekend of intellectual
exchange and community building. By popular demand, subsequent
sessions convened in 2004 and 2006. (Programs can be viewed at
http://law.wisc.edu/ils/midwestlaw.html.)
The 2008 Retreat will continue to offer opportunities for
participants to share research ideas, discuss professional issues,
receive feedback on works in progress, and develop future projects
with regional colleagues. However, this year we expect to place
somewhat less emphasis on the traditional ‘paper presentation’
panel, and more emphasis on panels that deal with broad research
issues, professional development, and the future of the field. We
encourage people to consider presenting on these topics, or just
coming to the retreat to join in the discussion. To ensure that the
conference remains informal and personal, attendance will be
limited to 75 people. Early registration is strongly encouraged.
KEYNOTE AND OVERVIEW: The opening session will
begin at 3:00 pm on Friday, September 19th, with a keynote address
by Erwin Chemerinsky, inaugural Dean of the Donald Bren Law School
at UC-Irvine, who will discuss his plans to make law and society
one of the focal points of the Irvine curriculum. The Retreat will
continue through Saturday afternoon, and will include group meals
for dinner on Friday and lunch on Saturday.
HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS/Reserve by 8/15/08: A block
of rooms has been reserved for Midwest Law Retreat participants at
the Lowell Inn and Conference Center, 610 Langdon Street, Madison
WI 53706.
Rates: $89 single/$99 double (includes breakfast buffet and
parking). Reserve by calling the Lowell Center front desk at
608/256 2621 or use the online system at:
http://conferencing.uwex.edu/lowell.cfm?lowell=7
Select the option for “Conference or Event Block Reservations”
and enter Conference Code MLR. Please make your reservations
before the 8/15 release date – it may be difficult to find other
hotel rooms downtown.
Housing subsidy available for grad students: We will subsidize hotel rooms shared by grad students who do not have outside funding. Contact Pam Hollenhorst by 8/15/08.
REGISTRATION FEE INCLUDES MEALS: The
registration fee includes refreshments at registration, a full
dinner on Friday, lunch on Saturday, as well as snacks during the
day. (Hotel rooms are not included.)
FEES: A substantial part of the costs will be
underwritten by the Institute for Legal Studies, with some support
from participants’ home institutions through a two tiered
registration fee. If you expect to be reimbursed from your home
institution, please pay the full registration fee; if not, pay only
the basic fee.
Grad Student: Full Fee $75 / Basic Fee $25
Faculty: Full Fee $125 / Basic Fee $75
May Day early registration discount:
Take $5 off the fee if your payment arrives by May 1, 2008.
RETREAT REGISTRATION FORM
Name: _________________________________________________
Institution: _____________________________________________
Email: _________________________________________________
Grad Student:___ Department: _______________
Faculty:___ Department: ____________________
Other: (please describe) _____________________
PLEASE TELL US ABOUT YOUR INTERESTS
We plan to draw upon the interests of the participants to put
together a program that will stimulate debate, promote the sharing
of ideas, and generate collaborative energy.
What are your main areas of interest?
Do you have any suggestions for the Retreat’s program?
PRESENTING WORK AT THE RETREAT
(Deadline for submitting proposals: June 1, 2008)
A. Do you need to make a presentation in order to
secure funding to attend? Yes ___ No ___
B. Would you like to give a short talk about issues in
doing research – a technique that you have found particularly
helpful in your qualitative work, an underused quantitative
technique to which you would like to introduce your colleagues, a
critique of the typical use of a technique, an exemplar of how a
technique was particularly well used, issues related to human
subjects requirements? This would be a presentation of
perhaps 15-25 minutes, designed to inform and encourage discussion.
If you are – or might be – interested, please attach a brief
description of the topic.
Interested in presenting ____
Interested in attending ____
Not interested ____
Indicate Topic: ____________________________________
C. Would you like to give a 10-20 minute talk about a topic of professional interest, such as strategies for getting grants or getting work published, issues relating to teaching or mentoring, finding good research topics and getting a dissertation underway, negotiating the job market, or the like? Would you like to attend such a talk? Either way, let us know the topic, and any details.
Interested in presenting ____
Interested in attending ____
Not interested ___
Indicate Topic: ____________________________________
D. Would you like to give a talk or participate on a panel on issues broadly related to the field of law and society – future directions for the field, is there a law and society canon, how interdisciplinary should we be? Would you like to attend such a panel? Let us know what topics you might be interested in.
Interested in presenting ____
Interested in attending ____
Not interested ___
Indicate Topic: ____________________________________
E. Would you like to give a 10-15 minute talk about
your current work? We encourage more senior faculty to
participate as informed discussants in order to allow grad students
and junior colleagues to present their work. However, we will try
to accommodate people who need to present in order to have fees
covered by their home institution.
Interested in presenting ____
I'm fine with not presenting ___If yes, describe below or attach a short summary,
and indicate whether your project is
Early Research:___ Working Draft:___ Near Final Project:___
(Early stage research and working drafts are encouraged.)
F. Are you interested in being a facilitator for a
discussion group or panel presentation?
Very much so ____ Available if needed _____ Would rather not
____
If your interest is limited to a certain field,
please specify: _________________
Questions? Contact Pam Hollenhorst, Associate Director of ILS: pshollen@wisc.edu
Fee Recap: If you expect to be reimbursed from your home institution, please pay the full fee; if not, pay only the basic fee.
Grad Student: Full Fee $75 / Basic Fee $25
Faculty: Full Fee $125 / Basic Fee $75
May Day early registration discount:
Take $5 off the fee if your payment arrives by May 1st
Mail this Registration Form with a check made out to
“WLAA MIDLAW RETREAT” to:
Institute for Legal Studies
UW Law School
975 Bascom Mall
Madison, WI 53706 1399
OK to register by email if followed shortly by hard copy and
payment.
Sorry – we can't accept payment by credit card.
Thanks for your input in designing the program –
We look forward to seeing you in September!