Clinical Law Review Workshop
October 18, 2008

Because the Clinical Law Review's first workshop (in Spring 2006) produced favorable feedback and has resulted in the publication of articles that were workshopped on that occasion, the Clinical Law Review's Board of Editors has decided to offer the Workshop again. If the Workshop continues to be successful, the Board will offer it on a regular basis.

 The next Workshop will be held on Saturday, October 18, 2008, at NYU Law School. The Workshop will provide an opportunity for clinical teachers who are writing about any subject (clinical pedagogy, substantive law, interdisciplinary analysis, empirical work, etc.) to meet with other clinicians writing on similar topics to discuss their works-in-progress and brainstorm ideas for further development of their articles. As at the first Workshop, attendees will meet throughout the day in small groups organized by the subject matter in which they are writing. During the course of the day, each group will "workshop" the draft of each member of the group.

 As at the first Workshop, participants will not have to pay an admission or registration fee and NYU will provide meals during the workshop, but participants will have to arrange and pay for their own travel and lodgings. To assist those who wish to participate but who need assistance for travel and lodging, NYU Law School has committed to provide 30 scholarships of up to $1,000 per person to help pay for travel and lodgings. The scholarships are designed for those clinical faculty who receive little or no travel support from their law schools and who otherwise would not be able to attend this conference without scholarship support. The scholarships will be conditioned upon recipients' submission of a draft of an article for discussion at the Workshop.

 Applications to register for the conference and applications for scholarships are due on June 16, 2008. The Board will circulate application materials at the AALS clinical conference in early May and will also post these materials on-line on relevant listservs and websites and place them in the CLEA and AALS clinical section newsletters. To seek a scholarship, applicants will need to submit a mini-draft or prospectus, of roughly three to five pages in length, of the article they intend to present at the workshop, and also a proposed budget for travel and lodgings. The Board will review all scholarship applications and issue decisions about scholarships in early July. Recipients of a scholarship will be asked to submit a full draft of their article by September 15, 2008.

 If you have any comments or suggestions, the Board would be very happy to hear from you. Comments and suggestions should be sent to Randy Hertz at randy.hertz@nyu.edu.

 -- The Board of Editors of the Clinical Law Review