CfP “The Future of Teaching Law and Language”: 7th International Legal Linguistics Workshop (ILLWS24) 25 June 2024; Austrian Assoc. for Legal Linguistics and the Department of Administrative and Constitutional Law at the University of Vienna Co-Hosts

 

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I am delighted to pass along this CfP for the seventh International Legal Linguistics Workshop (ILLWS24) will be held at the Faculty of Law on 25 June 2024 and co-hosted by the Austrian Association for Legal Linguistics (AALL) and the Department of Administrative and Constitutional Law at the University of Vienna. The theme this year is “The Future of Teaching Law and Language”

Abstracts may be submitted in English or German and should be 200-250 words (excluding references and keywords) and should include 3-5 keywords and a selection of key references (3-5).

Please also include information regarding the author(s), such as names and affiliations. Submissions should be sent to the organising committee by 15 May 2024 to the following email address: legallinguistics2024@gmail.com

Applicants will receive a decision on acceptance or rejection of their submission by 25 May 2024.

The Call for Papers Concept Note follows. 

 

 

 Call for Papers
The seventh International Legal Linguistics Workshop (ILLWS24) will be held at the
Faculty of Law on 25 June 2024 and co-hosted by the Austrian Association for Legal
Linguistics (AALL) and the Department of Administrative and Constitutional Law at the
University of Vienna.
The focus of the workshop is the legal language teaching under the theme “The Future
of Teaching Law and Language”.
It will primarily address, but is not limited to, questions such as:

• How can teaching methodologies in law be improved to prepare students for
university examinations more effectively?
• Which role can legal linguistics and legal semiotics play in enhancing legal
language teaching?
• How can artificial intelligence and other disruptive technologies be used
responsibly in legal language teaching?
• How can research on legal language teaching and assessment address the
divergence between everyday language and legal jargon?
• How can interdisciplinary perspectives, such as insights from language learning
theory, legal linguistics and legal semiotics, improve the effectiveness of the
teaching law?
• Which research gaps exist in understanding legal language learning, and how can future studies contribute to filling these gaps?
• How can casebooks, legal dictionaries and other legal language teaching materials be updated to reflect contemporary developments in legal practice?
• Which teaching strategies can be employed to foster a deeper understanding of
legal terminology amongst law students, particularly in preparation for real-world
legal scenarios?
• How can legal language teaching facilitate the transfer of legal language skills from law school to practical legal contexts?
• How can legal language teaching contribute students developing critical thinking skills and legal reasoning abilities?
• How can legal language teaching address the multilingual and multicultural
dimensions of language use in legal contexts?
• Which lessons can be derived from teaching legal language in specialised areas of legal expertise, such as hospitality law?

Abstracts may be submitted in English or German and should be 200-250 words
(excluding references and keywords) and should include 3-5 keywords and a selection of
key references (3-5).
Please also include information regarding the author(s), such as names and affiliations.
Submissions should be sent to the organising committee by 15 May 2024 to the following
email address: legallinguistics2024@gmail.com
Applicants will receive a decision on acceptance or rejection of their submission by 25
May 2024.
The ILLWS24 Organising Committee     ILLWS24 Conference & Event Management
Daniel Green                                             Januš C. Varburgh
Christian Piska
Januš C. Varburgh
Sophie Mochar
Paul Schwarzenbacher
Maria Pober
Cornelia Eißler