Consumer Law Scholars Conference 2025

 The Seventh Annual Consumer Law Scholars Conference, March 6-7, 2025.


Save the Date!

We are pleased to announce the seventh annual Consumer Law Scholars Conference (CLSC), which will be held Thursday and Friday, March 6-7, 2025 at Boston University. Save the date!

The purpose of the CLSC is to support in-progress scholarship, foster a community of consumer law scholars, and build connections with scholars in other disciplines who focus on consumer and economic justice issues. The conference consists principally of workshop sessions at which one or two commentators, rather than the author, introduce and lead discussions of a single paper; the author is able to focus on and respond to the comments from participants. Everyone who attends a workshop session is expected to have read the paper and to actively participate in the discussion. We will also have plenary “lightning round” sessions during which an author will have a chance to briefly present a paper in progress.

Details

When: March 6-7, 2025

Where: Boston University School of Law

Call for Abstracts

Please review the Call for Abstracts - CLSC 2025 page closely for further information on expectations for abstract submissions.

If you would like to workshop an unpublished paper, please submit HERE by September 6, 2024: (1) a title, (2) a brief abstract that includes an explanation of how your article relates to other published work and advances the field, and (3) an outline of the article.  

Examples of submissions from previous years showing the appropriate format may be found here

Drafts of complete papers (for workshop discussion) will be due January 31, 2025

Dates and Deadlines:

September 6, 2024: Abstract submissions due
November 2024: Authors notified of paper selections
December 2024: Registration for conference opens
January 31, 2025: Complete drafts of accepted workshop papers due
January 31, 2025: Registration for conference closes
March 6-7, 2025: Conference

Fleming Scholars Program

We particularly encourage scholars who are currently working at legal services organizations to submit abstracts and to participate in the conference. The Fleming Scholars Program was launched two years ago in memory of our colleague Anne Fleming, who worked as a legal aid attorney before turning to academia. The program provides support, including conference travel costs and mentorship opportunities, for legal aid lawyers with scholarly aspirations. Please contact us if you are interested.

Organizing Committee

Abbye Atkinson (UC Berkeley)

Patricia McCoy (Boston College)

Ted Mermin (UC Berkeley)

Christopher Peterson (University of Utah)

Vijay Raghavan (Brooklyn Law School)

Host Committee

Rory Van Loo & Team (Boston University)

Elizabeth Clancey (Boston University)

Accessibility

If you have a disability or require an accommodation to fully participate in this event, please contact Ben Hiebert (ben.hiebert@law.berkeley.edu) with as much advance notice as possible and ideally at least three weeks in advance of the event.

Questions?

Feel free to contact Ted Mermin (tmermin@law.berkeley.edu), and/or conference logistics coordinator Ben Hiebert (ben.hiebert@law.berkeley.edu).