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Call for Papers: Aging, Law, & Society Collaborative Research Network

By Gerry W. Beyer

UPDATE:  The deadline to submit proposals has now passed.

The Aging, Law, and Society Collaborative Research Network (CRN) invites scholars to participate in a multi-event workshop sponsored by the CRN as part of the Law and Society Association’s 2015 Annual Meeting to be held in Seattle, May 28 – May 31, 2015.

The Aging, Law & Society CRN brings together scholars from across disciplines to share research and ideas about the relationship between law and aging, including how the law responds the needs of persons as they age and how law shapes the aging experience. 

At this year’s meeting, the CRN will sponsor two primary types of panels at the annual meeting:  (1) themed panel presentations on topics selected by the programming committee; and (2) workshops in which scholars present works-in-progress and receive commentary from an assigned discussant. 

Accordingly, the CRN encourages paper proposals on a broad range of issues related to law and aging.  However, we especially encourage proposals on the following topics: 

  • Comparative approaches to elder law and old age policy, including guardianship law, estate planning:
  • The interaction between elder law and labor and employment law;
  • Creative and empirical methodologies for studying law and aging;
  • The conference theme:  law’s promises and law’s pathos in domestic and transnational contexts. 

In addition to paper proposals, we also welcome:

  • Ideas and proposals for themed panels:  In particular, please email Nina Kohn at nakohn@law.syr.edu if you are already planning a panel that you would like to have featured as part of the Aging, Law, and Society CRN; and
  • Volunteers to serve as commentators on works-in-progress.  

If you would like to present a paper as part of a the CRN’s programming, please send a 400-500 word abstract, with your name, full contact information, and a paper title to both Nina Kohn (nakohn@law.syr.edu) and Nancy Knauer (nknauer@temple.edu).   Please indicate the stage at which the paper will be, or is expected to be, in May of 2015.  If you wish to present a paper showcasing a research methodology, please send additional copies to Israel Doron (idoron@univ.haifa.ac.il) and Daphna Hacker (dafna@post.tau.ac.il).

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