The Executive Symposium Editors for Volume 59 of Georgia Law Review are pleased to announce our annual symposium for the Spring of 2025: “A Nation of States: State Constitutional Rights in the Modern Era.” This year’s symposium will focus on recent developments in the individual rights guaranteed by state constitutions, the history of states’ constitutional rights, the interpretive methodologies for state constitutions, the comparison and relationship between state constitutions and the U.S. Constitution, and other similar topics.
We may accept topics that do not fit into one of the above-mentioned categories so long as the article analyzes state constitutional rights. Articles will be accepted on a rolling basis until the issue is filled. If accepted, we require an editable draft by Monday December 2, 2024. We prefer articles between 10,000 and 20,000 words but will consider all articles well outside of this range that fall under the topics listed above.
The symposium will include panels and a keynote address and will be held in-person at the University of Georgia School of Law in Athens, Georgia, on Friday March 21, 2025. Georgia Law Review will reimburse all reasonable symposium travel and lodging expenses associated with participation. Interest in being a speaker should be noted and will be favorably considered when selecting articles.
Thank you for your consideration. We hope you will join us in Athens for this exciting conversation in March 2025.