Bidding

Bid to Host the 2009 NAELS Conference

Interested NAELS Member schools bid each year at the annual Conference to become the Conference host the following year.

Click here to download a Conference Planning Handbook written by NAELS Board Member Kol Medina who played a large role in organizing the Stanford Conference in 2000.
All bids MUST be in to Dan Worth (executivedirector@naels.org) by Monday, April 21, 2008.

Below are a series of requirements/suggestions for each bid:

All bids must meet the following criteria:

You need a topic. This topic should be somewhat specific rather than broad and general (i.e. Sustainable Agriculture or Sea Change rather than Environmental Problems of Today). In your bid you should explain your topic and/or provide a number of subtopics that may potentially serve as panel topics at your conference. Once the bid is awarded to your school you are not allowed to change your topic as the topic is part of the overall bid.
You should have a tentative schedule and dates for the conference (note- the conference usually takes place during March when most students are on spring break).
You must have the support of the Dean and environmental law faculty of your school. We suggest that you get a letter from your Dean and the head of your environmental law program stating their support.
You must list accommodations- where the conference will be held (i.e. your school, a local convention center, a local hotel) and accommodations for conference attendees
You must discuss transportation in your bid presentation - is there an airport near your school,
how will attendees get from the airport to the hotel, from the hotel to the conference location, from the hotel to any evening or Sunday events…
You should list ideas for a Sunday recreational event
Your school must offer CLE Credits
You need to have a fundraising strategy. Is your school funding the conference? How much of it is your school funding? If your school is not contributing money, how are you planning to finance the conference? We strongly suggest that you talk with members of a school that has hosted the conference in the past few years about a conference budget, how they financed their conference, and how they approached fundraising.
You must have a conference chairperson (again, 1L or 2L) who is willing to serve as the contact person for the entire next year.
We encourage your school to consider publishing papers presented at the conference either through one of your school’s law journals (preferable) or through a separate, special publication, however publication is not a requirement.. If your school plans to publish, you must state which publication you will use, demonstrate faculty support, and give a timeline. Bear in mind that a publication requires advanced planning. If you include publication as part of your bid and your school is awarded the conference, you are required to publish.

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RESOURCES CONFERENCES CONFERENCES Bidding Regional Events History 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 Home FOR: ELS's Students OTHER RESOURCES Calendar Newsletters Regional Projects	Bid to Host the 2009 NAELS Conference Interested NAELS Member schools bid each year at the annual Conference to become the Conference host the following year. Click here to download a Conference Planning Handbook written by NAELS Board Member Kol Medina who played a large role in organizing the Stanford Conference in 2000. All bids MUST be in to Dan Worth (executivedirector@naels.org) by Monday, April 21, 2008. Below are a series of requirements/suggestions for each bid: All bids must meet the following criteria: You need a topic. This topic should be somewhat specific rather than broad and general (i.e. Sustainable Agriculture or Sea Change rather than Environmental Problems of Today). In your bid you should explain your topic and/or provide a number of subtopics that may potentially serve as panel topics at your conference. Once the bid is awarded to your school you are not allowed to change your topic as the topic is part of the overall bid. You should have a tentative schedule and dates for the conference (note- the conference usually takes place during March when most students are on spring break). You must have the support of the Dean and environmental law faculty of your school. We suggest that you get a letter from your Dean and the head of your environmental law program stating their support. You must list accommodations- where the conference will be held (i.e. your school, a local convention center, a local hotel) and accommodations for conference attendees You must discuss transportation in your bid presentation - is there an airport near your school, how will attendees get from the airport to the hotel, from the hotel to the conference location, from the hotel to any evening or Sunday events… You should list ideas for a Sunday recreational event Your school must offer CLE Credits You need to have a fundraising strategy. Is your school funding the conference? How much of it is your school funding? If your school is not contributing money, how are you planning to finance the conference? We strongly suggest that you talk with members of a school that has hosted the conference in the past few years about a conference budget, how they financed their conference, and how they approached fundraising. You must have a conference chairperson (again, 1L or 2L) who is willing to serve as the contact person for the entire next year. We encourage your school to consider publishing papers presented at the conference either through one of your school’s law journals (preferable) or through a separate, special publication, however publication is not a requirement.. If your school plans to publish, you must state which publication you will use, demonstrate faculty support, and give a timeline. Bear in mind that a publication requires advanced planning. If you include publication as part of your bid and your school is awarded the conference, you are required to publish. [top of page]
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