Proposals for papers are welcome from all jurisdictions.  As a guide, papers will be 40 minutes duration including discussion time.  Special arrangements can be made (e.g. double length workshop sessions, debates etc.) but need to be agreed in advance by the conference planning committee.

Proposals should include the following:

• Title
• Name of author(s), role and institution (including email address)
• Brief written abstract (approximately 200-300 words)

Sample abstracts from the 2009 conference can be viewed by clicking the menu item on this page Sample Abstracts from IJCLE Conference 2009.

Authors should seek to fit their proposals within the broad themes of the conference as specified in the call for papers.  This year’s particular conference themes include:

Clinical education and preparation for life
The changing face of lawyering
Lifelong learning
Reflective practice
Competing interests
Justice education
Conflicts in clinic
Teaching professionalism
The relationship between clinic and pro bono
Best practice in clinical supervision
Student experience and student attitudes

Papers are also welcome in relation to standing conference themes:

Clinic and the law curriculum
Growth of clinical scholarship
Assessment /grading of clinical legal education
Clinic and professional skills development
New clinics and new clinicians
Clinic and ethics
Clinic and social justice
New clinical projects

• Proposals including interactive elements are welcome.
• Co-authorship is permitted.
• All papers will be considered for publication in the International Journal of Clinical Legal Education.

Please contact Kevin Kerrigan for international papers +44 (0) 191 227 4366 or email: [email protected].  Abstracts should be submitted by Friday 19 March 2010 at the latest.  Abstracts will be considered by a committee and accepted on a staged basis from December 2009 onwards.  Once the available conference slots are full, further proposals will not be accepted but may be placed on a reserve list.  Please submit early to avoid disappointment.