Ninth Applied Legal Storytelling Conference

About the Conference

Applied Legal Storytelling (AppLS) examines the use of stories, storytelling, or narrative elements in law practice, legal education, and the law. Past presentations have addressed the ways in which fiction-writing techniques or narrative theory can inform legal storytelling; stories in the law, or law as stories; legal storytelling and metaphor; client story advocacy; legal storytelling and cognitive science; and ethical considerations in legal storytelling.

The Applied Legal Storytelling Conference brings together academics, judges, other law-makers, practitioners, and any other type of legal storyteller. The conference has previously convened in 2007 (London), 2009 (Portland), 2011 (Denver), 2013 (London), 2015 (Seattle), 2017 (Washington D.C.), 2019 (Boulder), and 2021 (Virtual/Mercer).

Summer 2023 Conference

This summer’s conference is hosted by the Legal Writing Institute, the Clinical Legal Education Association, and The City Law School, City, University of London. It will take place from Wednesday, July 26 through Friday, July 28, 2023. The conference will be held at the The City Law School and will take place in-person.

Programme

We anticipate opening the conference on Wednesday July 26 with a half or full day of programming plus an opening reception that will spotlight the poster presentations. Presentations will run through Friday afternoon, followed by a closing event at one of London’s historical Inns of Court: The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple. Those who have attended previous conferences say that the closing event is not to be missed.

The programme schedule is currently being finalised.

Registration and Fees

All speakers and attendees must register for the conference. Even the conference co-chairs! The early-bird registration fee will be $475. After May 15, 2023, registration will be $525. Fees have gone up slightly from what we anticipated, in large part because we expect to serve one additional meal due to overwhelming interest and an expanded program. Registration will likely close early July. Registration on-site will not be available, and unfortunately, we are not able to provide grants for this conference. Ph.D. candidates for whom the fee poses a significant problem should contact Marcus Soanes (m.soanes@city.ac.uk).

For more information, visit https://www.lwionline.org/conferences/ninth-applied-legal-storytelling-conference.