Call for Papers: Seton Hall Law’s 2d Annual Health Law Works-In-Progress Retreat on 2/9/18

We just received the good news that Seton Hall Law School’s Center for Health and Pharmaceutical Law & Policy will hold a second (now second annual!) “Regional Health Law Works-in Progress Retreat” in early 2018.  The purpose of the retreat is to give area health law scholars an opportunity to share their work and exchange ideas in a friendly, informal setting.  The retreat is open to anyone with an academic appointment in health law (including professors, fellows, and visitors) in any institution of higher education in the Northeast area (broadly defined to include Washington D.C. and all points north).

The retreat will take place on February 9, 2018 at Seton Hall Law in Newark, New Jersey, offering an opportunity for in-depth discussion of approximately 5-6 draft papers.  Professor Carl Coleman  explains:  “For each paper, a commentator will provide a 10-15 minute overview, as well as his or her reactions.  The author will then have 5 minutes to respond, after which the floor will be opened for a general discussion among all retreat participants.”

For those interested in participating they should submit a preliminary draft or a detailed abstract to Professor Coleman at carl.coleman@shu.edu by November 17, 2017.  So, plan ahead!  Professor Coleman says that those with submissions accepted for presentation will be notified by December 15. Final drafts are due by January 19, 2018.

By the way, while looking at the interesting materials on Seton Hall Law School’s website, I noticed an timely program on “Consumer Financial Protection in Health Care,” on the evening of Tuesday, October 24, 2017.  Seton Hall invites interested persons to join them “for a discussion about the growing body of financial protections under federal and state law for health care consumers and how we can work to protect all health care consumers from medical-billing abuses.”