The University of Wisconsin Law School’s Institute for Legal Studies will host its fourth Midwest Law and Society Retreat on September 19 and 20, 2008, at the Pyle Center on the UW-Madison campus.

The deadline for proposals is June 15, 2008.

The interdisciplinary symposium draws faculty, independent scholars, and graduate students from diverse social science and law programs in the Midwest for a weekend of intellectual exchange and community building. After the first session in 2002, sessions were held by popular demand in 2004 and 2006.

The opening session in 2008 will begin at 3 p.m. on Friday, September 19, 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.

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. Less emphasis will be placed on the traditional paper-presentation panel than in former years, and more emphasis on panels that deal with broad research issues, professional development, and the future of the field. Individuals interested in attending the retreat are encouraged to consider presenting on these topics, or to come 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. More information and a registration form are available at http://law.wisc.edu/ils/rfp2008midwestretreat.html .

Events of past programs can be viewed at http://law.wisc.edu/ils/midwestlaw.html .

Submitted by on April 22, 2008

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