Those who will have been full-time law teachers for seven years or fewer on July 1, 2000, are invited to submit a paper on a topic related to or concerning law. A committee of established scholars will review the submitted papers with the authors' identities concealed. Gregory H. Williams (Ohio State), the AALS Immediate Past President will serve as chair of the review committee and be joined by Keith Aoki (Oregon), Jennifer H. Arlen (Southern California), Nina J. Crimm (St. John's), Susan R. Martyn (Toledo), and Caleb E. Nelson (Virginia), the winner of the 2000 Scholarly Papers competition.

Papers that make a substantial contribution to legal literature may be selected for distribution and oral presentation at a special program to be held at the AALS Annual Meeting in January 2001. Those whose papers are presented also will be recognized at the Annual Meeting Luncheon. The selection committee must determine that a paper is of sufficient quality to deserve this special recognition, and the AALS is not obligated to select any paper.

Deadline: Manuscripts must be received at the Association office no later than August 22, 2000, to be considered in the 2001 competition. The manuscript, including footnotes, must not contain any reference that identifies the author or the author's school. Six copies of the manuscript should be sent to Call for Scholarly Papers, Association of American Law Schools, 1201 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 800, Washington, D.C. 20036-2605.

Form and Length: The manuscript must be typed, double-spaced, on 8 1/2" by 11" paper in 12-point (or larger) type with ample (at least 1") margins on all sides. Footnotes should be 10-point or larger, single-spaced, and preferably on the same page as the referenced text. Submissions are limited to articles, essays and book chapters. There is no page limit; manuscripts can be any length. Manuscripts will not be returned.

Eligibility: Faculty members of AALS member schools are eligible to submit papers. The Call is open to those who will have been full-time law teachers for seven years or fewer on July 1, 2000. (For these purposes, one is considered a full-time faculty member while officially "on leave" from the law school.) Co-authored papers are eligible for consideration, but each of the co-authors must meet the eligibility criteria established above. No one who has won the AALS Scholarly Papers Competition is eligible to compete again. Professors are also restricted to submitting only one paper in the Scholarly Paper Competition.

Papers are expected to reflect original research or major developments in previously reported research. Papers are not eligible for consideration if they will have been published before February 2001. Submitted papers, whether or not selected for recognition, may be subsequently published as arranged by the authors. Papers may have been revised on the basis of review by colleagues.

Presentation at the Annual Meeting: The author of any selected paper will present an oral summary of the paper at a special program to be held at the 2001 Annual Meeting. Copies of the paper will be made available for distribution to those attending the presentation.

Inquiries: Questions should be directed to AALS Deputy Director Harry G. Prince at the AALS national office in Washington, D.C. (telephone, 202-296-8851, or e-mail, hgprince@aals.org).