CFP: 2015 Amendments to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

University of Akron School of Law

The Akron Law Review invites papers regarding the application and impact of the 2015 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for a symposium to be published in the 2017–18 academic year. Proposals are due by September 1, 2017.

Possible topics include “proportionality and the scope of discovery; protective orders regarding cost-shifting in discovery; sanctions for failing to preserve electronically stored information; measures to promote just, speedy, and inexpensive litigation; court application of the amended discovery rules; and the impact of the rule amendment process on rule content.” For more information, see Akron Law Review Discovery Symposium Call for Papers.

About the author

Reference librarian, University of Washington School of Law