Join us for the 10th Biennial Applied Legal Storytelling Conference at the University of Michigan Law School in Ann Arbor from July 9-11, 2025. This conference brings together legal scholars, educators, and practitioners to explore the theory and practice of applied legal storytelling. Share your insights and experiences through panels, workshops, and paper presentations.

The Call for Proposals is now available.

PRESENTATION FORMATS

We encourage creativity in presentation formats! And, like previous AppLS conferences, this conference will be collegial, inclusive, and supportive of your work. The conference will include 45-minute and 25-minute time slots. For the 45-minute time slots, we welcome interactive, panel (3-5 panelists), or roundtable (discussion-based) presentation proposals, as well as other format types. For the 25-minute time slots, we envision presenters adopting something like the 14-to-18-minute TED-style format of rehearsed presentations that center on one idea conveyed through narrative, with reserved time for audience questions. The conference will also include poster presentations where participants can showcase their ideas with a poster, slides, or through other multimedia. On the proposal form, please indicate either a preference for a particular format or your willingness that we accept your proposal in any of the formats and time constraints.

SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL

We welcome and encourage presentation proposals from faculty, lawmakers, and practitioners engaged in a variety of disciplines and from schools and organizations around the world. On the proposal form, we ask for a short description of fewer than 50 words (hard limit) for use in the conference program and a narrative description of your proposal for selection purposes (500 words maximum).

Link to submit proposal

DEADLINES

To allow greater flexibility for those interested in submitting a proposal, the Program Committee has established two submission deadlines:

The Priority Deadline for submissions is December 13, 2024, by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Standard Time. The Program Committee will review all proposals received by this date by mid-January.

The Committee will also consider proposals submitted by the Extended Deadline, February 7, 2025, by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Standard Time, and will review these proposals by the first week of March.

CONFERENCE STRUCTURE

The Program Committee will review the proposals and respond according to the submission date. Those who submitted proposals by the Priority Deadline (Dec. 13) will be notified by mid-February if their proposal has been accepted. Those who submitted their proposal by the Extended Deadline (Feb. 7), will be notified by late-March.

SELECTION PROCESS

All selected presenters will be expected to present in person. Additionally, presenters will be required to pay the conference registration fee and cover their own costs for travel and accommodations. The 2025 conference will begin with a reception in the late afternoon of July 9, 2025, and there may be one or two sets of presentations beforehand. The next two days, July 10-11, 2025, will be devoted to a plenary session and presentations given in concurrent sessions.