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POVERTY LAW: ACADEMIC ACTIVISM
SEATTLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
FEB.19-20, 2016
Call for Proposals:
We invite proposals for presentations at a Spring 2016 conference, “Poverty Law: Academic
Activism” to be held on Feb. 19-20, 2016, hosted by Seattle University School of Law. The
conference will focus on the connection between academics and activism, broadly understood. Just
as “poverty law” is a broad category that includes everything from welfare and education programs
to immigration and tax policy, so too, “academic activism” includes a wide range of activities. This
conference will explore how members of the legal community directly engage with activists to effect
social, legal, and policy changes; how scholarship can help improve the lives of the poor; and how to
educate the next generation of poverty warriors.
The conference is organized around these three tracks – direct engagement, scholarship, and
teaching – and the hope that the conference will be a large gathering of those whose work (including
direct involvement as well as scholarship) focuses on or relates to poverty law. The deadline for
proposals is Friday, April 25, 2015. Please submit the title of your presentation with an abstract or
overview of no more than 300 words to erosser@wcl.american. To submit a full panel presentation,
include the above information for all panelists.
Additionally, for those who are interested (though this is not a requirement for participation in the
conference), conference participants may have publication opportunities with both the Seattle
Journal for Social Justice and the Seattle Law Review. Registration is free, but conference attendees
will be responsible for their own travel expenses. We look forward to seeing you in Seattle in
If you have any questions, please contact the conference organizers:
Sara Rankin Ezra Rosser
Seattle University School of Law American University Washington College of Law
(206) 398-4393 (202) 274-4064
rankins@seattleu.edu erosser@wcl.american.edu
From Legal Scholarship Blog