Vanderbilt's New Voices in Civil Justice Workshop

Vanderbilt is conducting its annual New Voices in Civil Justice Workshop on May 6-7 and has issued a call for papers.  Papers should be submitted by January 1, 2013.  Both Alexi and I participated last year and I can attest that it's a great program and a wonderful way for junior scholars to receive feedback from senior folks in the field in a relaxed environment.  (Plus, Nashville is lovely in the spring if you need an additional reason to submit a paper!)  Here's the information from Vanderbilt and a link to the program website:

Vanderbilt Law School’s Cecil D. Branstetter Litigation & Dispute Resolution Program holds an annual New Voices in Civil Justice Workshop in the spring. Junior scholars’ works are selected based on an anonymous review of an outstanding group of papers submitted for consideration. A senior scholar briefly introduces and comments on each paper before opening the session up to discussion about the work. The senior scholars typically include Branstetter faculty and several distinguished visitors.

The Branstetter Program draws on a multimillion-dollar endowment to support research and curriculum in civil litigation and dispute resolution. The New Voices workshop brings together junior scholar authors, invited senior scholars, and Vanderbilt faculty in the areas of civil justice.

This year, four junior scholars will be selected via a blind review process to present at the New Voices Workshop. The 2013 New Voices in Civil Justice Scholarship Workshop will be held at Vanderbilt Law School on May 6-7, and the Branstetter Program invites submissions for the workshop.

The New Voices format maximizes collegial interaction and feedback. Paper authors thus do not deliver prepared “presentations” as such. Rather, all participants read the selected papers prior to the session, and at each workshop, a senior faculty member provides a brief overview and commentary on the paper. Open and interactive discussion immediately follows.

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