SEALS Annual Conference

Guidance on Discussion Group Call for Proposals

A quick word regarding SEALS discussion groups. SEALS strongly encourages all discussion groups to send out a call for proposals. The idea is to give the membership notice of the disucssion group and an opportunity to express interest in participating. Sometimes, the responses to the requests will involve innovative ideas or unique perspectives. At the very least, the call for papers will alert potential participants to the possibility of participating. Of course, discussion group organizers remain free to decide whether any of the responses to the requests for participation are worthy, considering the range of participants already invited. Russell L. Weaver Professor of Law & Distinguished University Scholar University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law

SEALS 2017 DRAFT Program Available

Below is a link to a draft of the 2017 SEALS Program: http://sealslawschools.org/submissions/program/programwp.asp VERY IMPORTANT: this is a tentative draft and the content may (and likely will) change. Please do NOT rely on dates and times. However, if you have comments on the program, please send them now or forever hold your peace! We will do our best to accommodate concerns. However, there are a LOT of moving parts and there are limits to my ability to move things around. Russell L. Weaver russell.weaver@louisville.edu Professor of Law & Distinguished University Scholar University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law

Call for Papers: SEALS Electronic Education Committee

Your use of online education strategies and/or technologies as part of a course or instructional program. Submit a short (2 to 4 page) paper focusing on your use of online education strategies and/or technologies as part of a course or instructional program. This can be an asynchronous, synchronous, blended or face to face course, activity or program. Follow the template given below in submitting your paper. The papers will be reviewed by the SEALS Electronic Education Committee. Abstracts for papers meeting the template criteria will be published in the SEALS 2017 Electronic Education Program, and will be made available in full on the SEALS 2017 Electronic Education web site. Authors of accepted papers will be offered the opportunity to present

Call for Participants in Mindfulness in Law Schools Conference at SEALS

From the Mindfulness Affinity Group of the AALS Balance Section: We are writing to solicit your interest in participating in a conference on mindfulness in the legal academy that will be wrapped into the SEALS Annual Meeting next year at the Boca Raton Hotel and Resort in Boca Raton, Fl. The final dates have not been determined yet, but will be two days within the date range of the conference, July 31-Aug. 6, 2017. The current plan calls for the first day to be a day of programming and the second day to be a day of retreat. There are three set panels for which we invite your participation: an Introduction to Mindfulness, Teaching Mindfulness in Law Schools, and Mindfulness

2016 Meeting Minutes and other Updates

The 2016 Steering Committee minutes and the 2017 Election information have been posted to the website. You can access this information at the links below: Steering Committee – http://sealslawschools.org/boards-and-committees/steering/ Elections – http://sealslawschools.org/governance/elections/