The American Society of International Law (ASIL) has two opportunities for international law scholars to present their works in progress on any topic in international law at research forums this fall.

First, the ASIL Midwest Interest Group is co-sponsoring its third scholarly works-in-progress conference with ASIL Academic Partner University of Wisconsin Law School in Madison, WI on September 23-24, 2016.  The goal of this conference is to create a friendly, open conversation about works in progress and to foster a midwestern United States international law community. 

Those interested in presenting a work in progress at the conference should send a 500-word abstract to ASIL-Midwest Co-Chair Milena Sterio at Cleveland State University Ohio. Submissions should also include a sentence about the stage the paper is expected to be in by September (e.g., reasonably complete draft, early work in progress, etc.). The ASIL Midwest conference is open to everyone in the international legal community, but preference will be given to ASIL members who are also members of the ASIL-Midwest Interest Group.  Paper presenters will be asked to circulate their drafts to workshop attendees no later than September 9, 2016.  

Those interested in serving as a commentator for a paper should also send an email to the Co-Chair by July 15.  Commentators will be asked to prepare five to eight minutes of comments on one of the papers. Those interested in presenting should let it be known if they are willing to serve as commentators as well. Participants who are not ASIL members or University of Wisconsin affiliates will be required to pay a $40 registration fee (includes workshop and meals) for the conference. All meals will be provided, but participants are responsible for their own travel and hotel expenses. Submissions are due by Friday, July 15, 2016.

Second, ASIL is seeking submissions of scholarly paper proposals for the ASIL Research Forum to be held at ASIL Academic Partner University of Washington School of Law in Seattle, Washington on November 11-12, 2016.

This Research Forum is a Society initiative introduced in 2011, which aims to provide a setting for the presentation and focused discussion of works-in-progress from across the spectrum of international law. Please note that – in addition to academics – private practitioners, government attorneys, international organization representatives, and non-government lawyers are frequently selected to present papers based on the abstracts they submit.

Papers may be on any topic related to international, comparative, or transnational law and should be unpublished at the time of their submission (for purposes of the call, publication to an electronic database such as SSRN is not considered publication). Interdisciplinary projects, empirical studies, and jointly authored papers are welcome. Multiple submissions are welcome, but authors will only be selected to present on a single abstract, including co-authored papers.For full instructions and to submit a proposal, visit the ASIL website. Submissions are due by 12 noon ET on Monday, July 11, 2016.

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