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The AALS Section on Professional Responsibility invites submissions for its New Voices panel at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS), January 2026 in New Orleans, LA.
The New Voices panel provides an opportunity to showcase the work of scholars who are new to the field of Professional Responsibility. Each scholar selected will present their own work, and for each paper, a senior scholar in the field who has been selected to review the work in advance, will provide constructive commentary on the paper. Papers may address any subject matter within the field – there is no theme for the panel.
Eligibility:
- Submissions are invited from junior faculty (those who are pre-tenure or otherwise with five or fewer years of experience), along with others who are new to writing in the field of Professional Responsibility.
- Those submitting work must be full-time faculty members (including full-time VAPs or fellows) at AALS member law schools.
- Work that has already been published (or will be published prior to the conference) is ineligible for consideration. (Posting on SSRN alone will not be considered as publication.)
- Faculty are encouraged to submit drafts for consideration on the understanding that there will be time to submit a more polished version for the commentator's review if your paper is selected.
Submissions:
- Interested faculty should submit their work for consideration to Sarah Cravens scravens@uark.edu no later than 5:00pm Central Time on Friday, August 1, 2025. Please indicate "PR New Voices Submission – 2026 Annual Meeting" in the subject line of the email.
- In the body of the email, include (1) your name; (2) your title; (3) your institutional affiliation; (4) the title of your paper and an abstract of 250-500 words; (5) an indication of the status of your project (early draft stage / completed draft stage / ready for publication); (6) a statement confirming your eligibility under the criteria above.
- Attach your paper to the email as either a Microsoft Word or PDF file.
For Planning Purposes:
- Selected panelists will be notified in September.
- Panelists will be responsible for their own costs associated with participation in the panel (including registration for the conference, accommodation, travel, etc.).