The Eighth Applied Legal Storytelling Conference will take place virtually from July 14-16, 2021.  Mercer University School of Law will host this virtual conference.  The call for proposals is available here.  Please read the call for proposals for details about the conference, presentation formats, and additional submission information.  Submit proposals via this form.  

The registration site will be opening soon. The registration fee will be $100 for early bird registration and $150 after early bird closes. We will also be offering an Institutional rate of $400--this option allows multiple attendees from a law school to attend at one low rate. And, keep an eye out for sponsorship opportunities that will also include a registration benefit!

Additional inquiries may be directed to Ken Chestek, University of Wyoming College of Law, at kchestek@uwyo.edu.

Statement from the Board of Directors for the Legal Writing Institute

The Legal Writing Institute is looking forward to working with Mercer to host the Legal Writing Institute’s Applied Legal Storytelling conference this summer. It has come to our attention that, in early 2016, attorney Lin Wood donated funds to Mercer University School of Law and that Mercer University then named a moot court courtroom after Mr. Wood. We disavow any affiliation or connection between Mr. Lin Wood and the conference. The Legal Writing Institute remains committed to diversity, inclusion, civility, and integrity in the legal advocacy process. The purpose of the Applied Legal Storytelling Conference is to explore the use of applied narrative theory and storytelling on behalf of clients and causes, all within the bounds of an attorney’s ethical duties, including the duty of candor to the tribunal, the duty of fairness to opposing parties, the duty to bring forward only meritorious claims and contentions, and the duty to safeguard the integrity of the profession and our institutions of justice.