The Center for Health Law Studies at Saint Louis University and the American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics (ASLME) are pleased to announce the Health Law Scholars Workshop.
The Health Law Scholars Workshop is a collegial forum in which faculty new to health law and bioethics scholarship present works in progress and receive in-depth advice from experienced scholars and teachers in the field. The workshop encourages health and bioethics scholarship, fosters the professional development of emerging scholars, and furthers the sense of community among health law academics. Past scholars have placed their papers for publication in preeminent law journals.
Call for Papers
A nominating committee selects the papers to be presented at the workshop. The committee looks for papers with an original thesis that will contribute to the scholarly literature. The workshop is designed primarily to provide feedback on articles intended for spring submission to law review journals. The workshop is not intended to review published work or papers already accepted for publication.
The workshop is designed for those new to law journal scholarship as they navigate the challenges of the promotion and tenure process. While the workshop welcomes abstracts from fellows, visiting professors and post-docs, the nominating committee gives priority to authors in tenure-track and long-term contract positions at the pre-tenure and pre-full professor levels. An important goal of this workshop is to connect those new to academia with mid-level and senior scholars who can provide valuable mentoring. We also seek to promote an inclusive and equitable environment in the workshop and within the academy.
Those interested in presenting a health law or bioethics work-in-progress at the Health Law Scholars Workshop should submit a 500-word abstract and a CV to Abigail Allred, abigail.allred@slu.edu, at Saint Louis University School of Law by Monday, April 14, 2025. Because a blind selection process is used, please do not include the author’s name, institutional affiliation or other identifying information in the abstract.
The CV is used to share anonymized information about the author’s degrees, academic appointments and prior publications with the selection committee. We seek to welcome a diverse group of junior scholars into the health law community and encourage you to apply. If you have a diversity statement and would like to include it with your CV, please do.
Submission Information
Submit abstracts and CVs by e-mail to:
Abigail Allred
Program Coordinator
Center for Health Law Studies
abigail.allred@slu.edu
Deadline: Monday, April 14, 2025
If you do not receive an email confirmation within two business days, please let us know.
Key Dates
- April 14: Abstracts Due
- May 23: Notification of Selection of Workshop Scholars
- June 4-6: Formal Announcement of Scholars at ASLME Health Law Professors Conference.
- Aug 18: Works in Progress Due
- Sept. 18-20: Scholars Weekend at Saint Louis University School of Law
