Global Legal Skills Conference – Melbourne, Australia

University of Melbourne

The 2018 Global Legal Skills Conference will be held at Melbourne Law School in Melbourne, Australia, on December 9-12, 2018.

Proposal Deadline Information: Presentation proposals for the GLS-13 Conference are now being accepted on topics relating to legal writing and legal skills education (particularly for lawyers and law students who speak English as a second language), international litigation, comparative and international law, and related subjects. Please send an email to Prof. Mark E. Wojcik at mwojcik[@]jmls.edu with the subject line “GLS-13 Proposal.”

Include a proposed title, brief description, and proposed speakers. Individual presentations will normally be 15-20 minutes. Panels and roundtables will normally be an hour and include three to five speakers. You may be nominated to be on more than one panel but speakers will normally be given only one speaking opportunity to allow others to participate.

The first call for presentations will be open until February 28, 2018, and decisions made by March 28, 2018. Additional presentation proposals will be accepted until April 30, 2018 if space is still available. Poster presentations will be accepted until November 1, 2018.

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