Request for Bridge Program Proposals at the AALS 2014 Annual
Meeting
AALS is requesting proposals for "Bridge Programs" for the 2014 AALS
Annual Meeting in New York City. The purpose of the Bridge Program time
slot is to provide a forum for a panel presentation on a timely and
important issue of general interest that typically arises after the
March 15, 2013 deadline for Section and other program topics. Bridge
Programs are programs involving many subject interests, are also
typically multidisciplinary, are not usual topics presented by a
Section, and may not overlap with any Annual Meeting programs.
Faculty members at AALS member law schools who are interested in
organizing a one-hour and 45-minute Bridge Program panel presentation
have the opportunity to submit a proposal by October 25, 2013.
Proposals should be submitted by email to bridgeprogram@aals.org
Bridge Program proposals may only be submitted by individuals or
groups
of individuals from AALS member law schools. Proposals may not be
submitted by Sections or organizations. Additionally, only faculty
members at AALS member law schools may submit. Foreign, visiting, and
adjunct faculty members, graduate students, and fellows are not eligible
to submit a proposal. Faculty members at fee-paid schools are also not
eligible.
When developing the Bridge Program proposal you should consider the
following:
- Is there a diversity of presenters?
- Is there junior and senior teacher involvement?
Bridge Program proposals should not feature a program or subject that
is already addressed elsewhere in the Annual Meeting program. Please
review
the Annual Meeting schedule to make
sure the
Bridge Program proposal is not duplicating an existing AALS,
Committee, or Section program already being presented.
Each Bridge Program proposal should contain the following
information:
1) Title of the proposed Bridge Program;
2) Description of the program;
3) Confirmed list of panel members, their full names, and school;
and
4) Explanation as to why the proposal topic is one or more of the
following:
- "hot," timely, or late-breaking legal issue that could not be
identified prior to March 15, 2013
- one that brings together multiple subject areas
- multidisciplinary
- one that involves issues not usually presented by Sections
- not duplicative of any 2014 Annual Meeting program
Bridge Program proposals will be evaluated by the AALS Committee on
Special Programs for the Annual Meeting. Bridge Program proposals that
are selected by the committee will be assigned a program time slot and
cannot be changed for accommodation of speakers because space and time
are limited.
AALS will notify proposers of the committee's decisions by December
2.
If no Bridge Program proposals are chosen for a particular year, the
Bridge Program slots will not otherwise be filled. If you have
questions, please contact Jane La Barbera, AALS Managing Director at
bridgeprogram@aals.org |