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.  

Conference information (including schedule, program, and presentation descriptions)

All speakers and attendees must register for the conference. 

Registration options:

Individual: individual attendee registration is for a single registrant who is not attending as part of an institutional or sponsorship registration. Please verify that your school is not planning to purchase an institutional or sponsorship registration before registering.  Cost: $100 through early bird deadline of June 15, 2021; $150 after June 15. 

Law School Institutional: $400--unlimited attendees from a single law school

Law School Sponsor: $500--unlimited attendees from a single law school and sponsor recognition in program and promotional materials

Law School Titanium Sponsor: $1,000--unlimited attendees from a single law school and Titanium level sponsor recognition in program and promotional materials 

Commercial Sponsors: includes conference registration and sponsorship recognition in program and promotional materials at the specified levels--Gold: $1,000 and Silver: $500

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.