The Education Law Association (ELA) is excited to solicit proposals for members and non-members to offer concurrent paper presentations, roundtable discussions, poster sessions, and panels at the 70th Annual Conference of the Education Law Association in Orlando, Florida from November 6-9, 2024 at the Hilton Orlando Buena Vista Palace.

Please join us in Orlando as we celebrate the association’s 70th birthday and the anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous decision, Brown v. Board of Education, that found racially segregated public schools unconstitutional. While we encourage proposals examining the impacts of this landmark decision, our focus remains on evaluating trends in all aspects of education law and its subdisciplines. As such, we welcome all proposals exploring the intersection of law and our education system, both K-12 and higher education. This variety of topics and contributors reinforces ELA’s commitment to facilitating discussions that cover a broad spectrum of ideas and perspectives, making the conversations comprehensive, inclusive, and invigorating.

The conference will feature scholarship, interdisciplinary dialogue, and networking opportunities with scholars, attorneys, and practitioners in K-12 schools and higher education. All proposals will go through a double-blind peer-review process with presentation opportunities for all levels—emerging, mid-career, and established scholars and practitioners. Paper sessions will be about 20 or 40 minutes long, not including Q&A and discussion time, and must include a paper or outline annotated with legal citations.

• Paper Sessions are either 20- or 40-minute presentations inclusive of audience engagement.
• Roundtables are short presentations designed to elicit and facilitate a 20- to 30-minute discussion.
• Poster Sessions are visual representations with a trifold display of one’s work and a 10-minute informal presentation for interested attendees.
• Invited Programs are panels and keynote presentations made at the invitation of the ELA Conference Committee.

Requirements

• Registration: All presenters listed in the proposal are required to register for the conference no later than September 4 (Labor Day). The contributions of non-attendee collaborators may be acknowledged by attendees in the presentation, but non-attendees will not be listed as presenters in the conference.
• Profiles: Before submitting your proposal, we require all contributors to create free accounts on EducationLaw.org and genuine profiles with headshots, titles, affiliations, and biographies.
• Length: The entire proposal will be 3-5 pages long (single or double spaced) with all identifying information removed for the double-blind peer-review process.
• Proposal Sections: The proposal form requires the submission of a title, abstract, and keywords. The application will also identify the intended audience (attorneys, administrators, educators, researchers, policymakers, or some combination) and presentation type (paper session, roundtable, poster session). Visit Proposal Portal at Educationlaw.org to view the form and download a proposal template.

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