The UMKC Law Review is pleased to announce a call for submission relating to state
constitutional-law issues. In 1977, as the Burger Court was moving
federal constitutional law in a more moderate direction, Justice William
Brennan Jr. urged lawyers to explore the rights provided in state
constitutions. More recently, state courts have relied on state
constitutions to address abortion, climate change, implied rights of
action, jury-trial rights, and other issues. We seek articles on both
the standards courts should apply when deciding whether state and
federal constitutional rights differ and the potential application of
state constitutional law in specific areas.
This Symposia will be the third issue of UMKC Law Review’s 93rd Volume
and will explore these and related topics to help advance awareness of
emerging legal issues stemming from state constitutions. Articles and
essays of all lengths and papers by single or multiple authors are
invited. Preference will be given to works between 5,000 and 20,000
words. To be accepted for publication, the article must have not been
previously published.
The Call for Papers opens today with abstracts due on Friday, November 31, 2023. Selected proposals will be notified by Sunday, December 31, 2023. The finished article will be due Monday, July 1, 2024. Our
editors will work with you over the Summer and Fall to prepare your
work for publication. The symposium volume will be published and
released in the Winter of 2024.
Proposals and questions should be submitted to both:
Prof. Steve Leben, faculty advisor, at sleben@umkc.edu
Parker Rahman, Symposia editor, at pr896@umsystem.edu
Proposals must contain the following information:
- Name
- Contact information
- CV
- Proposed title of paper
- Anticipated word count as either an article or essay
- Abstract or brief description of the topic