Call for Papers: ASIL-Midwest Works-in-Progress Workshop

The ASIL-Midwest Interest Group of the American Society of International Law has issued a call for papers for its inaugural works-in-progress workshop, to be held September 5-6, 2014, at the University of Minnesota Law School. Here's the call:

ASIL-Midwest, an interest group of the American Society of International Law (ASIL) is co-sponsoring its first scholarly works-in-progress conference with ASIL Academic Partner University of Minnesota Law School, September 5-6, 2014. The event will take place at the law school, located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The goal is to create a friendly, open conversation about work in progress and to foster a midwestern United States international law community. To that end, the workshop will include both full drafts and early works in progress.

Those interested in presenting at the conference should send a short abstract to ASIL-Midwest Co-Chair Alexandra Huneeus (huneeus@wisc.edu) by Monday, June 29, 2014. Please 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.). Paper presenters will be asked to circulate their drafts (or a summary of the project if it's early stage) to workshop attendees no later than August 22, 2014. Those interested in serving as a commentator for a paper should also send an email to the Co-Chair by June 29 (huneeus@wisc.edu). 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.

All University of Minnesota faculty, staff, and students may attend for free. Participants who are not ASIL members or UMN affiliates will be required to pay a $75 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.