Individual Poster Paper Proposals

Those who prefer to present their work as a poster rather than by oral presentation in a panel session, should submit their proposal selecting the "poster" option. 

There is not a long tradition of poster presentations at LSA meetings but they are an integral part of many other conferences. Interest has been expressed in having this format available at LSA meetings as well. Posters allow scholars to present their ideas in an informal setting to attendees who are interested in their area of work.  This is a wonderful way for a project that has not reached completion to receive feedback and encourage connections among scholars interested in particular subfields of Law and Society. Some useful information on the creation and layout of posters can be found at: www.cis.udel.edu/~pollock/fse04/posterauthorinst.html.

To be considered ready for Program Committee review, a poster paper proposal must include:

Once a poster proposal has been accepted, it is the responsibility of the author(s) to bring the poster to the conference, have it mounted on the assigned poster board, and dismounted when the conference ends.  Posters that are not removed by the author(s) at conference end will be recycled. 

In order to submit, you must first have an account on our LSA Services system.

If you are an LSA member, or have attended a recent meeting, you already have an account. Go to Verify Registration Status to verify your account if you are not sure, or to setup a new account if you have never registered with us. If you have forgotten your password you can click on “Forgot Password” in the the login process, once you have entered your email address.  Please do not create a second log-in account.  Complete or update your profile, indicating as primary an email address that will remain current through the dates of the meeting.

Note: AllAcademic, a third-party vendor, manages the submission site for electronic proposal submissions. Their software generates automated emails to acknowledge your log-in and submissions and will include important information.  These emails will have “@allacademic.com” as the return address. Please take care to assure that they are not captured in your spam-filter.

To Submit the Proposal:

  1. Login to LSA Services

  2. From the Menu, Click on—"Proposal Submission Site"

  3. Click on—Submit a New Proposal

  4. Click on—Submit a Proposal Now

  5. Click on—“Poster”

  6. Enter the Paper Title and Abstract (400-500 words) in the appropriate fields

  7. Select Keyword(s) descriptive of the paper’s topic in order of relevance to the paper topic (keyword #1 should be most relevant).

  8. Click on—Accept and Continue

  9. Author Page - your name will be listed as the presenter

  10. Add ALL co-authors, (all must be listed for the printed Program).

    Use the Search mechanism to find your co-authors in the submission database. If their names do not come up, your co-authors need to log into the LSA Services site. After logging in, your co-authors can then click on the link to the Proposal Submission Site (in the left menu), and their names will be drawn into the submission site immediately.  If they do not click on that, it will take 24 hours for their information to be drawn in. You will then be able to add them.

    If a co-author will not be presenting or will not be attending the meeting, indicate “non-presenting” author. The author(s) that will present the paper should be marked “presenting.”

    There must be at least one “presenting” author. A paper must be presented by an author of that paper.

  11. Click on—Accept and Continue

  12. AV Equipment page - poster paper authors wil not have AV equipment available to them. Click on "None".

  13. Click on—Accept and Continue

  14. Review submission page; edit as needed; print this page before continuing

  15. Click on—Save Paper

The author/submitter will receive an automated acknowledgment email. If you do not receive an acknowledgment email, contact the LSA Executive Office. lsa@lawandsociety.org

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