CALL FOR SYMPOSIA ARTICLES & PROPOSALS: Specialty Courts

The UMKC Law Review is seeking one or two articles to complete a journal issue on specialty courts—a symposium issue organized by the Honorable Stephen R. Bough, U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Missouri. Articles addressing the implementation, philosophy, administration, successes, or challenges of family court, drug court, housing court, or other related judicial initiatives are welcome. Articles and essays of all lengths and papers by single or multiple authors are invited, but preference will be given to works between 5,000 and 15,000 words (including footnotes). To be accepted for publication, articles must not have been previously published. 

Both complete papers and proposals for a full paper will be considered. Regardless of whether a paper or a proposal for a paper is accepted, final papers will be due September 1, 2023.

Proposals or papers should be submitted by July 24, 2023 and should include the following information:

Author’s Name

Contact information

Resumé

Proposed title of paper

Anticipated word count

Abstract or brief description of the topic (approximately 400-500 words)

Please address questions to Olga Shupyatskaya (oshupyatskaya@umkc.edu).