Scholarly work-in progress conference announcement
Are you writing a scholarly article or book chapter in the field of trusts & estates and would like feedback on it?
The Global Wealth Management Project at the George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School is delighted to announce that it has received a grant from the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) Foundation to host a conference to provide feedback on academic scholarship in progress.
The conference, known as the Trust and Succession Law Workshop, will be held on Friday, November 1, and Saturday, November 2, at the Antonin Scalia Law School in Arlington, Virginia. The Workshop is in-person; there is not an option for Zoom.
The format of the Workshop is as follows. The draft papers will be circulated in advance. All participants are expected to read the papers in advance. Each paper will be allotted 45 minutes. The author of the paper will have approximately 5 minutes to introduce the paper. The remaining 40 minutes will be devoted to the participants providing feedback on the draft.
The expected outcome of the Workshop is that each scholarly paper will be published in due course. Each paper is expected to acknowledge the feedback provided at the Workshop and the funding for the Workshop provided by the ACTEC Foundation.
Participants should plan to arrive in the afternoon or evening of Thursday, October 31. The Workshop will run all day on Friday, November 1, followed by a conference dinner, and on Saturday, November 2, in the morning.
On Friday, lunch and the conference dinner will be provided for all participants. For participants who are selected to present a paper, the Workshop additionally will arrange hotel accommodation for Thursday and Friday nights and will pay a $500 stipend toward airfare, ground transportation, and other expenses.
If you would like to present a paper, please send an email with the paper title and a brief abstract to Tom Gallanis at tgallani@gmu.edu by Friday, July 26 We hope for a diverse range of presenters and paper topics. If you would like to participate in giving feedback on the papers but not present a paper, this also is welcomed, and please let Tom know by email so that he can have an accurate count for the Friday lunch and dinner.
The Antonin Scalia Law School is located in Arlington, Virginia, across the river from Washington D.C. The law school and the conference hotel (the Westin Arlington) are reachable easily by Metro. The Blue line has a stop at Reagan National airport, the Silver line has a stop at Dulles airport, and the Red line has a stop at Union Station (rail).