The AALS sections on Poverty Law and Clinical Legal Education will sponsor a joint session at the upcoming 2012 AALS Annual Meeting,entitled Theory and Praxis in Reducing Women's Poverty. In collaboration with the American University Washington College of Law Journal of Gender, Social Policy and the Law, the joint session seeks papers for presentation and publication.
Overview
The joint session will focus on women in poverty, the role of advocacy in assisting poor women and in addressing the conditions that contribute to the gender and race of poverty. Panelists will examine the reasons that women, especially from minority communities, are more likely to experience poverty; the negative consequences of poverty in their lives, and the legal and social systems that support the status quo. Panelists will present innovative solutions that are vital to ending poverty among women. The legal academy has a unique opportunity to create and disseminate ideas and information about the legal systems and processes that perpetuate the low socio-economic status of women, particularly minorities. In addition, we are well situated to address these issues through our teaching, especially in the clinical setting. Topics to address include: General Causes of the Impoverishment of Women and the Role of the Law, Women and Work, Women, Relationships, Violence and Crime, Poverty, Women, and Lawyering, Poverty and the Academy.
This is an open call for papers from any perspective, concerning any aspect of the issue. A committee composed of members from the Poverty Law and Clinical sections will choose approximately three (3) to four (4) presenters to present their papers at the AALS joint session and to publish their work in collaboration with the editorial board of the Journal of Gender, Social Policy and the Law. A blind selection process will be used. Papers chosen for presentation will be published in the summer 2012 of the Journal. Besides those papers chosen for presentation, the Journal may be able to extend publication invitations to other papers submitted for the competition.
Submission Information
Deadlines: Abstracts should be submitted by September 7, 2011. Papers should be completed with footnotes by January 1, 2012, with minor revisions in light of conference comments to be completed by February 1, 2012.
Abstracts of proposed papers should be no longer than 600 words and should be submitted by email attachment to the Journal of Gender, Social Policy and the Law at AALSConference.JGSPL@gmail.com. Abstracts should not contain any information identifying the author, including invisible headers or footers, but should contain a title. The body of the author's email message should contain contact information and the title of the paper.
Notification: Authors of papers chosen for presentation and publication will be notified by October 7, 2011. Some papers not chosen for presentation may still be offered publication in the Journal.
Selected presenters will agree to present their papers only at this session during the annual meeting.
Final Paper Length and Format: Papers should be roughly 10,000 words or less (25 or fewer printed pages). The Journal prefers papers to be submitted in Word format, but will accept papers utilizing other programs. Papers should be submitted with the text double-spaced, preferably in 12-point typeface, with footnotes rather than endnotes. Citations and article style should conform to the 19th edition of the Bluebook.
For more information, please contact Davida Finger, 2011 Section on Poverty Law Chair, Assistant Clinical Professor, Loyola-New Orleans, dfinger@loyno.edu.