Workshop for Junior Scholars, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, June 8-9, 2026

 Workshop for Junior Scholars

Georgetown University Law Center, Stanford Law School, UCLA School of Law, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Southern California Center for Law, History, and Culture invite submissions for the 24th meeting of the Law and Humanities Workshop for Junior Scholars, to be held at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School on June 8-9, 2026. For more information please see the link to the CFP below. 2026 LHW Jr Scholars CFP.pdf

2024 Law and Humanities Workshop For Junior Scholars: Call For Participation

 2024 LAW AND HUMANITIES WORKSHOP FOR JUNIOR SCHOLARS

Call for Participation

Georgetown University Law Center, Stanford Law School, UCLA School of Law, the
University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Southern California Center
for Law, History, and Culture invite submissions for the 23d meeting of the
Law and Humanities Workshop for Junior Scholars, to be held at the UCLA School
of Law, on June 9-10, 2024.

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP

The workshop is open to untenured professors, advanced graduate students,
post-doctoral scholars, and independent scholars working in law and the
humanities. In addition to drawing from numerous humanistic fields, including
Black and Indigenous studies, history, literature, political theory, critical
race theory, feminist theory, and philosophy, we welcome critical, qualitative
work in the social sciences, including anthropology and sociology. While the
scope of the Workshop is broad, we cannot consider proposals that are focused
solely on quantitative social science research or that are limited to purely
doctrinal legal research. We are especially interested in submissions from
members of traditionally underrepresented groups and submissions touching on
themes of anti-racism and anti-subordination. We welcome submissions from
those working at regional and teaching-intensive institutions.

Based on anonymous evaluation by an interdisciplinary selection committee,
between six and eight papers will be chosen for presentation at the Workshop.
At the Workshop, two senior scholars will comment on each paper. Commentators
and other Workshop participants will be asked to focus specifically on the
strengths and weaknesses of the selected scholarly projects, with respect to
subject and methodology. The selected papers will then serve as the basis for
a larger conversation among all the participants that may include themes
connecting all of the projects, as well as discussion of the evolving
standards by which we judge excellence and creativity in interdisciplinary
scholarship.

The selected papers will appear in a special issue of the Legal Scholarship
Network; there is no other publication commitment. (We will accommodate the
wishes of chosen authors who prefer not to have their paper posted publicly
with us because of publication commitments to other journals.) However, we
will only accept Workshop participants whose papers are true works in
progress; articles or chapters that are already in page proofs or are
otherwise unable to be revised by the time of the Workshop are ineligible.

The Workshop will pay the domestic travel and hotel expenses of authors whose
papers are selected for presentation. For authors requiring airline travel
from outside the United States, the Workshop will cover such travel expenses
up to a maximum of $1250.

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

Applications should include:
a 1500-2000 word summary of the paper (including footnotes or endnotes),
a 1-2 page bibliography,
in Microsoft Word (not PDF)
and, if your paper is a chapter in a book or dissertation, an optional 1-page
chapter outline of the larger project.

Applications are due on December 15, 2023.
If your application advances to the final stage of consideration, you will be
asked to submit the full paper on February 1, 2024. Please do not apply if you
will not have a full paper on February 1. The application is intended to be a
summary of existing, ongoing work rather than a proposal for new or planned
work.

Final paper submissions must be works-in-progress that do not exceed 10,000
words in length (including footnotes/ endnotes). A dissertation chapter may be
submitted, but we strongly suggest that it be edited so as to stand alone as a
piece of work with its own integrity. A paper that has been submitted for
publication is eligible for selection so long as it will not be in galley
proofs or in print at the time of the Workshop; it is important that authors
still be in a position at the time of the Workshop to consider comments they
receive there and to incorporate them as they think appropriate in their
revisions.

We ask that those submitting applications be careful to omit or redact any
information in the paper summary or the body of the paper that might serve to
identify them, as we adhere to an anonymous or “blind” selection process.
Applications (in Microsoft Word—no pdf files, please) will be accepted until
December 15, 2023, and should be sent by e-mail to:
Lawandhumanitiesworkshop@gmail.com. Please be sure to include your name,
institutional affiliation (if any), and phone and email contact information in
your covering email, not in the paper itself.

For more information, please send an email inquiry to
Lawandhumanitiesworkshop@gmail.com or visit 
our new website

Simon Stern, University of Toronto, Law & English, Chair
Martha Jones, Johns Hopkins University, History
Sherally Munshi, Georgetown University, Law
Riaz Tejani, University of Redlands, School of Business & Society
Nomi Stolzenberg, Law, University of Southern California
Martha Umphrey, Amherst College, Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought
Program Committee, 2024 Law and Humanities Workshop for Junior Scholars
The Law and Humanities Workshop for Junior Scholars is committed to anti-
racism both inside and outside the academy.

Deadline Extended: 2018 Law & Humanities Junior Scholar Workshop CFP Is Now January 15, 2018

Deadline extended:

CALL FOR PAPERS – 2018 Law & Humanities Junior Scholar Workshop[UPDATE:  The deadline for submissions to the 2018 Law & Humanities Junior Scholar Workshop has been extended to Monday, January 15, 2018.  We welcome submissions from all untenured professors, advanced graduate students, and post-doctoral scholars doing scholarly work in law and the humanities.]Columbia Law School, the University of Southern California Center for Law, History & Culture, UCLA School of Law, Georgetown University Law School, Stanford Law School, and the University of Pennsylvania invite submissions for the annual meeting of the Law & Humanities Junior Scholar Workshop, to be held at Stanford Law School in Palo Alto, California, on June 4 and 5, 2018.  PAPER COMPETITION:The paper competition is open to untenured professors, advanced graduate students, and post-doctoral scholars in law and the humanities. In addition to drawing from numerous humanistic fields, we welcome critical, qualitative work in the social sciences.  Based on anonymous evaluation by an interdisciplinary selection committee, between five and ten papers will be chosen for presentation at the June Workshop.  At the Workshop, two senior scholars will comment on each paper.  Commentators and other Workshop participants will be asked to focus specifically on the strengths and weaknesses of the selected scholarly projects, with respect to subject and methodology.  The selected papers will then serve as the basis for a larger conversation among all the participants about the evolving standards by which we judge excellence and creativity in interdisciplinary scholarship, as well as about the nature of interdisciplinarity itself.Papers must be works-in-progress that do not exceed 15,000 words in length (including footnotes/endnotes); most papers selected for inclusion in recent years have been at least 10,000 words long.  An abstract of no more than 200 words must also be included with the paper submission.  A dissertation chapter may be submitted, but we strongly suggest that it be edited so that it stands alone as a piece of work with its own integrity.  A paper that has been submitted for publication is eligible for selection so long as it will not be in galley proofs or in print at the time of the Workshop; it is important that authors still be in a position at the time of the Workshop to consider comments they receive there and incorporate them as they think appropriate in their revisions.  We ask that those submitting papers be careful to omit or redact any information in the body of the paper that might serve to identify them, as we adhere to an anonymous or “blind” selection process.The selected papers will appear in a special issue of the Legal Scholarship Network; there is no other publication commitment.  (We will accommodate the wishes of chosen authors who prefer not to have their paper posted publicly with us because of publication commitments to other journals.)  The Workshop will pay the domestic travel and hotel expenses of authors whose papers are selected for presentation.  For authors requiring airline travel from outside the United States, the Workshop will cover such travel expenses up to a maximum of $1000.Submissions (in Word, no pdf files) will be accepted until January 15, 2018, and should be sent by e-mail to:  juniorscholarsworkshop@sas.upenn.edu.    Please be sure to include your name, institutional affiliation (if any), telephone and e-mail contact information in your covering email (not in the paper itself).
For more information, please send an email inquiry to juniorscholarsworkshop@sas.upenn.edu.  To see selected papers from some of the previous years’ workshops, go to: http://www.law.columbia.edu/center_program/law_culture/lh_workshop.  Anne Dailey, University of Connecticut Law SchoolKatherine Franke, Columbia Law School Sarah Barringer Gordon, University of PennsylvaniaNan Goodman, University of Colorado
Ariela Gross, University of Southern California Naomi Mezey, Georgetown University Law Center Paul Saint-Amour, University of PennsylvaniaHilary Schor, University of Southern California Norman Spaulding, Stanford Law SchoolClyde Spillenger, UCLA School of Law Nomi Stolzenberg, University of Southern CaliforniaMartha Umphrey, Amherst College  Conveners
   

Call For Papers: 2018 Law & Humanities Junior Scholar Workshop @ColumbiaLaw

From the mailbox:

CALL FOR PAPERS – 2018 Law & Humanities Junior Scholar Workshop

Columbia Law School, the University of Southern California Center for Law, History & Culture, UCLA School of Law, Georgetown University Law School, Stanford Law School, and the University of Pennsylvania invite submissions for the annual meeting of the Law & Humanities Junior Scholar Workshop, to be held at Stanford Law School in Palo Alto, California, on June 4 and 5, 2018.
 PAPER COMPETITION:

The paper competition is open to untenured professors, advanced graduate students, and post-doctoral scholars in law and the humanities. In addition to drawing from numerous humanistic fields, we welcome critical, qualitative work in the social sciences.  Based on anonymous evaluation by an interdisciplinary selection committee, between five and ten papers will be chosen for presentation at the June Workshop.  At the Workshop, two senior scholars will comment on each paper.  Commentators and other Workshop participants will be asked to focus specifically on the strengths and weaknesses of the selected scholarly projects, with respect to subject and methodology.  The selected papers will then serve as the basis for a larger conversation among all the participants about the evolving standards by which we judge excellence and creativity in interdisciplinary scholarship, as well as about the nature of interdisciplinarity itself.

Papers must be works-in-progress that do not exceed 15,000 words in length (including footnotes/endnotes); most papers selected for inclusion in recent years have been at least 10,000 words long.  An abstract of no more than 200 words must also be included with the paper submission.  A dissertation chapter may be submitted, but we strongly suggest that it be edited so that it stands alone as a piece of work with its own integrity.  A paper that has been submitted for publication is eligible for selection so long as it will not be in galley proofs or in print at the time of the Workshop; it is important that authors still be in a position at the time of the Workshop to consider comments they receive there and incorporate them as they think appropriate in their revisions.  We ask that those submitting papers be careful to omit or redact any information in the body of the paper that might serve to identify them, as we adhere to an anonymous or “blind” selection process.

The selected papers will appear in a special issue of the Legal Scholarship Network; there is no other publication commitment.  (We will accommodate the wishes of chosen authors who prefer not to have their paper posted publicly with us because of publication commitments to other journals.)  The Workshop will pay the domestic travel and hotel expenses of authors whose papers are selected for presentation.  For authors requiring airline travel from outside the United States, the Workshop will cover such travel expenses up to a maximum of $1000.

Submissions (in Word, no pdf files) will be accepted until January 5, 2018, and should be sent by e-mail to:  juniorscholarsworkshop@sas.upenn.edu.    Please be sure to include your name, institutional affiliation (if any), telephone and e-mail contact information in your covering email (not in the paper itself).

For more information, please send an email inquiry to juniorscholarsworkshop@sas.upenn.edu.  To see selected papers from some of the previous years’ workshops, go to: http://www.law.columbia.edu/center_program/law_culture/lh_workshop.

Anne Dailey, University of Connecticut Law School
Katherine Franke, Columbia Law School
Sarah Barringer Gordon, University of Pennsylvania
Nan Goodman, University of Colorado
Ariela Gross, University of Southern California
Naomi Mezey, Georgetown University Law Center
Paul Saint-Amour, University of Pennsylvania
Hilary Schor, University of Southern California
Norman Spaulding, Stanford Law School
Clyde Spillenger, UCLA School of Law
Nomi Stolzenberg, University of Southern California
Martha Umphrey, Amherst College

--Convenors

Call for Papers, 2016 Law & Humanities Junior Scholars Workshop

From Susan S. Heinzelman, University of Texas, Austin:

CALL FOR PAPERS – 2016 Law & Humanities Junior Scholar Workshop

Columbia Law School, the University of Southern California Center for Law, History & Culture, UCLA School of Law, and Georgetown University Law School invite submissions for the twelfth meeting of the Law & Humanities Junior Scholar Workshop, to be held at UCLA School of Law in Los Angeles, California, on June 6 and 7, 2016. 

PAPER COMPETITION:

The paper competition is open to untenured professors, advanced graduate students, and post-doctoral scholars in law and the humanities; in addition to drawing from numerous humanistic fields, we welcome critical, qualitative work in the social sciences.  Based on anonymous evaluation by an interdisciplinary selection committee, between five and ten papers will be chosen for presentation at the June Workshop.  At the Workshop, two senior scholars will comment on each paper.  Commentators and other Workshop participants will be asked to focus specifically on the strengths and weaknesses of the selected scholarly projects, with respect to subject and methodology. The selected papers will then serve as the basis for a larger conversation among all the participants about the evolving standards by which we judge excellence and creativity in interdisciplinary scholarship, as well as about the nature of interdisciplinarity itself.

Papers must be works-in-progress that do not exceed 15,000 words in length (including footnotes/endnotes); most papers selected for inclusion in recent years have been at least 10,000 words long.  An abstract of no more than 200 words must also be included with the paper submission.  A dissertation chapter may be submitted, but we strongly suggest that it be edited so that it stands alone as a piece of work with its own integrity.  A paper that has been submitted for publication is eligible for selection so long as it will not be in galley proofs or in print at the time of the Workshop.  The selected papers will appear in a special issue of the Legal Scholarship Network; there is no other publication commitment.  The Workshop will pay the domestic travel and hotel expenses of authors whose papers are selected for presentation.  For authors requiring airline travel from outside the United States, the Workshop will cover such travel expenses up to a maximum of $1000.

Submissions (in Word, no pdf files) will be accepted until January 4, 2016, and should be sent by e-mail to:  Center for the Study of Law and Culture, culture@law.columbia.edu.  Please be sure to include your name, institutional affiliation (if any), telephone and e-mail contact information.  

For more information, please send an email inquiry to culture@law.columbia.edu, and, to see selected papers from previous years, go to: http://www.law.columbia.edu/center_program/law_culture/lh_workshop.

Katherine Franke

Sarah Barringer Gordon
Ariela Gross

Naomi Mezey


Paul Saint-Amour

Hilary Schor


Clyde Spillenger
Nomi Stolzenberg

Conveners