The deadline for papers for the Media and Communications section at this year’s annual Society of Legal Scholars conference (University of York, 1st-4th September 2015) has been extended to 31st March 2015 24th April 2015. Here is the Call for Papers, prepared by section convener Dr Paul Wragg. He says that abstracts can be sent directly to P.M.Wragg@leeds.ac.uk and please feel free to get in touch with him to discuss ideas and proposals before submitting an abstract, if you would prefer.

The Media and Communications section will meet in the second half of the conference on Thursday 3rd and Friday 4th September. If you are interested in presenting a paper, please submit an abstract by Tuesday 31st March.

All abstracts must be submitted through the EasyChair conference system. If you have not used this system before, you will need to create an account before making your submission.

I would welcome proposals for papers on any area of media and communications law, including (but not limited to): media regulation; defamation; privacy; breach of confidence; telecommunications law; media ownership and pluralism; the laws, practices and codes affecting journalism (e.g. contempt of court, subterfuge, court reporting, recognition/status of journalists); the control of marketing, advertising, and sponsorship contract and rights issues affecting the media and communications sectors (for example, television coverage of sporting events); image rights; universal design / access in relation to communications language and minority rights and the media whether they address this year’s conference theme (Law’s Subjects: Subject to Law) or not. Alternatively, if you would like to propose a topic of current interest for a panel or roundtable discussion, please do get in touch to see if this can be arranged.

As the SLS is keen to ensure that as many members with good quality papers as possible are able to present, we discourage speakers from presenting more than one paper at the conference. With this in mind, I would be grateful if you could let me know if you are also responding to calls for papers from other sections.

Please note that whilst you need only send a proposed title and abstract at this stage, speakers are encouraged to submit a full paper via EasyChair before the conference. The SLS offers a Best Paper Prize which can be awarded to academics at any stage of their career. The Prize carries a £250 monetary award and winning papers are published in Legal Studies. To be eligible:

• speakers must be fully paid-up members of the SLS;

• papers must not exceed 11,000 words including footnotes (as counted in Word);

• papers must be uploaded to EasyChair by Monday 24th August; and

• papers must not have been published previously or have been accepted or be under consideration for publication.

via SLS Media and Communications – 2015 Call For Papers | Lex Ferenda.