Call for Proposals
Our 2023 PCAPLA conference, Don’t Stop Believin’, will be based in the San Francisco Bay Area and will take place from Wednesday, June 7 through Friday, June 9. There will be an evening reception on Tuesday, June 6.
The conference will include visits to law schools, workshops, presentations, and panels taking place at our six Bay area host law schools as follows:
Wednesday, June 7: Stanford Law School and Santa Clara University School of Law
Thursday, June 8: UC Law San Francisco and University of San Francisco School of Law
Friday, June 9: UC Berkeley School of Law and Golden Gate University School of Law
We are calling on all our PCAPLA members, colleagues from other APLAs, law school representatives, PLANC partners, and pre-law advisors, to propose panels, workshops, round-table discussions, and plenary sessions. Proposals can be an idea for an interesting topic, an individual plan for a presentation, or a topic to be addressed by several speakers or a panel. Your proposal could be a completed program or a work in progress to be refined in the weeks following the submission of your proposal. Please provide as much detail, through the attached form, as you can at the time of your submission, which will enable us to have an accurate reflection of what you have envisioned. The submission deadlines are:
particularly beneficial for those presenters that need to plan their travel as early as possible.
Conference Themes:
The following five themes are suggestions to help presenters frame their proposals. However, if you would like to present a proposal with a core theme other than what we suggested below, please feel free to do so and provide a general theme with your proposal for us to include in the program. This would also help attendees identify sessions that may be of interest to them. Please keep in mind that most presentations will be 50 minutes long.
1. The Nuts & Bolts of Pre-Law Advising:
This category will include a variety of topics intended for all pre-law advisors but could also be intended primarily new pre-law advisors or to provide valuable insights for seasoned advisors on some of the more challenging aspects of working with pre-law students. Possible topics in this category include a mock admission panel, personal statement considerations, application process, timeline, preparation, or other advising topics. Please indicate whether your proposal is intended for 1) all advisors, 2) new advisors, or 3) seasoned advisors.
2. Preparing Students for Law School and Careers in the Law
This category includes sessions involving preparation for law school, aspects of the legal job market that should be considered in advising students, legal career exploration before going to law school, teaching law to undergraduate students, and other innovative advising perspectives, events, or educational programs. Examples of sessions in this category include teaching networking and professionalism to pre-law students, making sense of law school career data, exploring legal jobs in different industries, and helping students determine whether the law school route is the best path for their individual goals and career interests. Please indicate whether your proposal is intended for 1) students to prepare students at the undergraduate level, 2) to guide students on what to expect at the law school level, 3) or both and how they connect.
3. Pre-Law Event Programming:
This category focuses on the development of programs of different types, whether one-off events built around a particular topic or longer term programs and address their purpose and impact.The programming that pre-law advisors run for their students varies greatly from institution to institution. Proposals within this theme provide the space for advisors to showcase some of the great and unique programming they are running at their institutions. This category might include such topics as mock trial and moot court programs, various methods of delivering programming to pre-law students (such as webinars, social media, etc.), programs that include the development of networking skills or connect them with alumni and mentors in the law, successful ways of marketing programs to students, or other innovative programming, best practices, and recommendations, among other topics. Please indicate whether this event will be 1) a presentation, 2) a moderated roundtable discussion, or 3) include both.
4. Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB)
This category focuses on advising and support considerations for first-generation, non-traditional, community college, and transfer students, and other populations.
Proposals with this theme in mind can focus on a variety of current, developing, and emerging topics addressing the multiple needs of underrepresented pre-law students and best practices. Examples might include, but are not restricted to, panels discussing the progress and best-practices for informal partnerships and alternate programs between community college and 4-year institutions, advising undocumented students, and diversity programs and initiatives designed to support non-traditional and underrepresented law school applicants. You might also consider putting together a panel of 1st generation and underrepresented law school students or law school alumni to provide their perspective, feedback, and recommendations to pre-law advisors.
5. Hot Topics
This category focuses on emerging, developing, or urgent topics that t have an impact or should be taken into account in advising pre-law students.The world of pre-law advising and law school admissions has changed significantly over the last decade. Proposals following this theme provide the opportunity to visit the topics most pressing to pre-law advisors today. Submissions can include any topic of importance to pre-law advising, with preference given to those topics that are most timely in the ever-changing landscape of law school admissions. Also included within this section could be a panel of law school deans, and presentations addressing the future direction of the legal education and the legal industry, taking into consideration the most current changes, transitions and other considerations.
In order for these topics to truly be "hot," we will consider submissions for hot topics for a short period following the Tuesday, January 17 deadline, but no later than early February. If you have something in mind, please let us know as soon as possible.
Our PCAPLA Conference Selection Committee will begin the review of all remaining proposals submitted by the Tuesday, January 17 deadline with a plan to finalize the conference program and the law school visitation schedule by mid February.
To submit a proposal, please complete the Proposal Submission form below and submit it to [email protected] and include: PCAPLA 2023 Conference Proposal in your subject line.
The conference will include visits to law schools, workshops, presentations, and panels taking place at our six Bay area host law schools as follows:
Wednesday, June 7: Stanford Law School and Santa Clara University School of Law
Thursday, June 8: UC Law San Francisco and University of San Francisco School of Law
Friday, June 9: UC Berkeley School of Law and Golden Gate University School of Law
We are calling on all our PCAPLA members, colleagues from other APLAs, law school representatives, PLANC partners, and pre-law advisors, to propose panels, workshops, round-table discussions, and plenary sessions. Proposals can be an idea for an interesting topic, an individual plan for a presentation, or a topic to be addressed by several speakers or a panel. Your proposal could be a completed program or a work in progress to be refined in the weeks following the submission of your proposal. Please provide as much detail, through the attached form, as you can at the time of your submission, which will enable us to have an accurate reflection of what you have envisioned. The submission deadlines are:
- Early/priority deadline: Monday, December 19, 2022
particularly beneficial for those presenters that need to plan their travel as early as possible.
- Regular submission deadline: Tuesday, January 17, 2023
Conference Themes:
The following five themes are suggestions to help presenters frame their proposals. However, if you would like to present a proposal with a core theme other than what we suggested below, please feel free to do so and provide a general theme with your proposal for us to include in the program. This would also help attendees identify sessions that may be of interest to them. Please keep in mind that most presentations will be 50 minutes long.
1. The Nuts & Bolts of Pre-Law Advising:
This category will include a variety of topics intended for all pre-law advisors but could also be intended primarily new pre-law advisors or to provide valuable insights for seasoned advisors on some of the more challenging aspects of working with pre-law students. Possible topics in this category include a mock admission panel, personal statement considerations, application process, timeline, preparation, or other advising topics. Please indicate whether your proposal is intended for 1) all advisors, 2) new advisors, or 3) seasoned advisors.
2. Preparing Students for Law School and Careers in the Law
This category includes sessions involving preparation for law school, aspects of the legal job market that should be considered in advising students, legal career exploration before going to law school, teaching law to undergraduate students, and other innovative advising perspectives, events, or educational programs. Examples of sessions in this category include teaching networking and professionalism to pre-law students, making sense of law school career data, exploring legal jobs in different industries, and helping students determine whether the law school route is the best path for their individual goals and career interests. Please indicate whether your proposal is intended for 1) students to prepare students at the undergraduate level, 2) to guide students on what to expect at the law school level, 3) or both and how they connect.
3. Pre-Law Event Programming:
This category focuses on the development of programs of different types, whether one-off events built around a particular topic or longer term programs and address their purpose and impact.The programming that pre-law advisors run for their students varies greatly from institution to institution. Proposals within this theme provide the space for advisors to showcase some of the great and unique programming they are running at their institutions. This category might include such topics as mock trial and moot court programs, various methods of delivering programming to pre-law students (such as webinars, social media, etc.), programs that include the development of networking skills or connect them with alumni and mentors in the law, successful ways of marketing programs to students, or other innovative programming, best practices, and recommendations, among other topics. Please indicate whether this event will be 1) a presentation, 2) a moderated roundtable discussion, or 3) include both.
4. Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB)
This category focuses on advising and support considerations for first-generation, non-traditional, community college, and transfer students, and other populations.
Proposals with this theme in mind can focus on a variety of current, developing, and emerging topics addressing the multiple needs of underrepresented pre-law students and best practices. Examples might include, but are not restricted to, panels discussing the progress and best-practices for informal partnerships and alternate programs between community college and 4-year institutions, advising undocumented students, and diversity programs and initiatives designed to support non-traditional and underrepresented law school applicants. You might also consider putting together a panel of 1st generation and underrepresented law school students or law school alumni to provide their perspective, feedback, and recommendations to pre-law advisors.
5. Hot Topics
This category focuses on emerging, developing, or urgent topics that t have an impact or should be taken into account in advising pre-law students.The world of pre-law advising and law school admissions has changed significantly over the last decade. Proposals following this theme provide the opportunity to visit the topics most pressing to pre-law advisors today. Submissions can include any topic of importance to pre-law advising, with preference given to those topics that are most timely in the ever-changing landscape of law school admissions. Also included within this section could be a panel of law school deans, and presentations addressing the future direction of the legal education and the legal industry, taking into consideration the most current changes, transitions and other considerations.
In order for these topics to truly be "hot," we will consider submissions for hot topics for a short period following the Tuesday, January 17 deadline, but no later than early February. If you have something in mind, please let us know as soon as possible.
Our PCAPLA Conference Selection Committee will begin the review of all remaining proposals submitted by the Tuesday, January 17 deadline with a plan to finalize the conference program and the law school visitation schedule by mid February.
To submit a proposal, please complete the Proposal Submission form below and submit it to [email protected] and include: PCAPLA 2023 Conference Proposal in your subject line.
Additionally, if you don’t have a specific proposal but would like to contribute your perspective or area of expertise and would like to be considered for workshops or panels that others might be presenting, please contact Miguel Moran-Lanier at: [email protected] indicating your area of expertise and noting examples of possible topics to which you could contribute.
Thank you, in advance, for your proposal submissions, guidance, and your contributions toward advising and preparing the lawyers and leaders of tomorrow.
Sincerely,
Your 2023 PCAPLA Conference Committee
Thank you, in advance, for your proposal submissions, guidance, and your contributions toward advising and preparing the lawyers and leaders of tomorrow.
Sincerely,
Your 2023 PCAPLA Conference Committee
