Date: Wed, 8 Oct 1997 22:43:13 -0400

From: "Bethany K. Dumas" dumasb[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UTK.EDU

Subject: Law & Society Ass'n Annual Call for Papers: Language and Law



The annual meeting of the Law & Society Ass'n will be at Snowmass Village,

Aspen, Colorado, USA, June 4-7, 1998. The theme is "Making Connections

Across Disciplines, Theories, and Methods." In recent years (since 1990),

this Association has featured 2-4 panels on language and law, as well as

related presentations of interest to linguists.



Abstracts and other proposals for participation are due December 16,

1997. It has been a custom of several of us interested in language and

law to propose panels prior to the deadline. Typically, we take turns

receiving abstracts and proposing panels, including chairs. This

year, Ron Butters and I have offered to coordinate proposals. He and

I will meet on the weekend of Nov. 1-2 for that purpose. We hope to have

all session proposals complete by November 2.



If you are interested in proposing a paper or other kind of presentation,

and would like to have it included in the proposals we will prepare,

please send me an abstract using the guide below. I can accept proposals

through noon on October 29 via snail-mail (to my U. of Tennessee address

below). PLEASE NOTE THE NEW REQUIREMENT FOR A CHECK OR CREDIT CARD

SIGNATURE (BELOW). Because of the new requirement, please note that you

will have to mail your proposal; please allow time for it to arrive. I

am leaving for Durham on the morning of October 30.



Some of us hope that a number of linguists will submit abstracts for

papers that may go into sessions other than language & law sessions

(although we also hope that there will be 2-3 such sessions). Ron and I

will be glad to coordinate the submission of those abstracts. Our goal is

to avoid the scheduling of sessions involving language and law at the same

time during the program. (We have been very successful in achieving that

goal in the past by coordinating our submissions.)



The abstract form requires all the information requested below (no

need for anonymity). FOR THE FIRST TIME, ALL PROPOSALS MUST ALSO BE

ACCOMPANIED BY AN "ADMINISTRATION PROCESSING FEE" OF $25 ($5 FOR

STUDENTS). THIS PER-PARTICIPANT (NOT PER-PARTICIPATION) FEE WILL BE

REFUNDED IF THE PROPOSED PRESENTATION IS NOT ACCEPTED BY THE

PROGRAM

COMMITTEE; OTHERWISE, IT WILL BE CREDITED TOWARD THE REGISTRATION

FEE

(NO REFUNDS FOR WITHDRAWALS OR NO-SHOWS.) YOU MUST INCLUDE A CHECK

FOR

$25 WITH YOUR ABSTRACT OR ELSE SEND US A COPY OF YOUR INDIVIDUAL

PROPOSAL

FORM (AVAILABLE FROM THE WEBSITE) INCLUDING YOUR CREDIT CARD NO.,

EXPIRATION DATE, AND SIGNATURE. IF YOU DO NOT SEND US EITHER A CHECK

OR A

SIGNED FORM, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO INCLUDE YOUR PROPOSAL. THE ONLY

PERSONS WHO DO NOT HAVE TO PAY THE FEE ARE NON-PRESENTING

CO-AUTHORS AND

THOSE WHOSE ONLY MEETING PARTICIPATION IS AS A PANEL CHAIR OR

DISCUSSANT.



Additional information will be available (and updated frequently) at the

L&SA website:



www.umass.edu/legal/lsa/



INFORMATION THAT WE NEED:

NAME:

ADDRESS:

TEL:

FAX:

EMAIL ADDRESS:

POSITION OR TITLE:

INSTITUTIONAL AFFILIATION:

PRESENTATION AND TITLE

PRESENTATION TYPE: PAPER _____ POSTER _____

(WE WILL SUPPLY KEYWORD NOS.)



ABOVE INFO FOR CO-AUTHOR, IF ANY:



A-V REQUIREMENTS:



ADMINISTRATION PROCESSING FEE CHECK: YOU MUST INCLUDE A CHECK

FOR $25

OR A SIGNED PROPOSAL FORM.



I look forward to receiving your proposals. Please do not foget to send a

check or a signed proposal form.



Bethany



Bethany K. Dumas, J.D., Ph.D. Applied Linguistics, Language & Law

Dep't of English/Chair, Ling. Prog. 301/1117 McClung Tower

University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN 37996-0430 USA

423-974-6965, 423-974-6926 (FAX) EMAIL: dumasb[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]utk.edu

Editor, Language in the Judicial Process: http://ljp.la.utk.edu

[9-12/97: Professorial Lecturer/Dep't of Linguistics/470 ICC/

Georgetown U./ Washington, D.C. 20057/202-687-5956, 202-687-5712 (FAX)]