Legal Commentary

The beloved friends of Prawfs over at ASU in Phoenix are putting together their ostensibly regional conference for works in progress ostensibly by juniors. Juniors are defined capaciously: if you were there last year or you have been teaching for 10 or fewer years, you are invited to come for a spring training ball game, dinner, lunch, and a chance to present a work in progress or a half baked idea to folks in your area of interest.  (There's also no real geographic restriction either.)

I did this last year and will be returning--it's a wonderful opportunity to get substantive engagement with your work and to see what others are doing in your field. Usually you break into groups of 1/2 dozen or so, so you read 5 papers in advance and give comments, and get comments from 5 or so folks who will have actually read your draft. It's very good--and fun too. You can register here. Hope to see you at ASU March 13-14th. The itinerary roughly scheduled appears after the jump. If you have any questions, funnel them to Doug Sylvester, the impressario of intellectual life at ASU.

                                                               i.      Baseball Game: Noon-4:00p.m.

                                                             ii.      Reception/Dinner: 6:30-9:00.

b.      Monday the 14^th

                                                               i.      Breakfast (provided)/Registration: 8:30-9:00

                                                             ii.      Morning Breakout Sessions: 9:00-12:00

                                                            iii.      Lunch (provided): 12-1:00

                                                           iv.      Afternoon Breakout Sessions: 1:00-3ish

                                                             v.      After-Conference Social: 5:00-?? (entirely optional)

That?s it?so if you are not interested in the free Spring Training Baseball game (the weather will be beautiful?a near guarantee for Phoenix in March) then you could easily arrive late morning or early afternoon on Sunday. On Monday, most will be done by 3:00. The airport is less than 10 minutes from the law school so you could easily catch a 4:30 or later flight out that day. It would be very difficult to arrive on Monday morning but even that may be possible (if not recommended).