The AALS Section on Professional Responsibility has issued a call for papers to be presented at the 2012 AALS Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. The call follows below, and more information about the submission process is available here. The deadline for submission is August 31, 2011.
The AALS Section on Professional Responsibility will hold a program during the AALS 2012 Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., titled “Does the First Amendment Protect Attorney Advice, Assistance, and Representation?” and invites the submission of papers on this topic for presentation and/or publication consideration. Papers that address issues relevant to the topic will be considered. For example, papers may address issues such as: Legal Services Corp. v. Velazquez and legal advice and advocacy as protected speech; how Citizens United intersects with NAACP v. Button; implications of Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project on limiting lawyer's advice in other areas; Milavetz v. United States and issues of forced speech and disclosure requirements in connection with the delivery of legal services; and other First Amendment implications for the practice of law including lawyers' use of social media, advertising, and criticism of the judiciary.