SRLA Call for Papers

Call for Papers

The Sport and Recreation Law Association’s

23rd Annual Conference on Sport, Physical Activity, Recreation and Law

The SRLA Board of Directors welcomes the submission of abstracts for the 23^rdAnnual

Conference on Sport, Physical Activity, Recreation and Law to be hosted by the Citadel in Savannah, Georgia March 3-5, 2011.

I. DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSSION:

A. Abstracts MUST be received no later than FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2010 (11:59PM

EST). Submissions received after this date and time will not be considered for

acceptance.

B. All abstracts MUST be submitted electronically as a Microsoft Word attachment.

C. Please send abstracts as an attachment to an email to: John Miller (Past-President) at john.miller@ttu.eduwith SRLA Abstract written in the subject line ofthe email.

Note: In the email message, accompanying the attached abstract, include the principal author’s name, postal mailing address, email address, fax and telephone numbers.

II. ABSTRACT SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

To be considered for acceptance, abstracts must reflect research on legal theory or the application of law to sport, physical activity, or recreation management issues. Additionally, proposals indicating research regarding innovative teaching techniques applied to legal issues in sport, physical activity, or recreation management may be considered. Abstracts regarding innovative teaching techniques may also be submitted to the Teaching Initiatives Committee pursuant to its separate Call for Submissions, however, a dual submission, if accepted, will only be included in the Conference Program once.

The abstract should provide enough detail about the presentation so reviewers have sufficient

information to judge its quality. Abstracts will undergo a three-person, blind-review process to

determine acceptance. Authors may submit up to three (3) proposals of which no more than two

(2) may be solo-authored proposals. An exception will be granted when a faculty advisor is listed

on a student submission, in which case the faculty advisor must clearly indicate in the author

section of the submission that they are a faculty advisor and will not be a co-presenter at the

conference. If the abstract is accepted, the faculty advisor will be listed in the conference

program as an advisor not a co-presenter. A separate submission to the Teaching Initiatives

Committee that is not also submitted for the regular conference program will not count toward

the total permitted submissions.

Abstracts submitted to SRLA may not (a) be concurrently submitted for consideration to another

conference, (b) have been previously presented at another conference, or (c) reflect work published prior to October 2010.

Students submitting a research project for consideration for either the Undergraduate Research

Award or the Bernard Patrick Maloy Graduate Student Research Award may also submit an

abstract of their project to the Call for Papers. However, students who do so must indicate if they

are submitting the same research project to either of the Student Research Competitions AND

the Call for Papers.

Submission of abstract(s) indicates the intent of the presenter(s) to register for the Conference

and pay the appropriate registration fee. All accepted abstracts will be published as submitted

both in the Conference Proceedings and on the SRLA website.

III. ABSTRACT FORMAT AND SUBMISSION PROCEDURES:

All abstracts MUST be submitted electronically as a Microsoft Word attachment.

1. Presentation Format Options (minutes listed are inclusive of time needed for Q & A)

   1. 25 minute oral presentation on research or teaching

   2. 75 minute symposium, roundtable, workshop or forum

   3. Poster presentation

2. Abstract Format Requirements:

   1. Single-spaced

   2. One-inch margins

   3. Times New Roman 12 point font, and

   4. 400-word maximum for 25 minute oral presentation and posters, and 800-word

maximum for 75 minute presentation

D. Abstract Content

1. Line 1: Length of session desired (choose from the three options above)

2. Line 2: Three to four keywords that will help the program coordinator to schedule

similar topics in succession.

3. Line 3: If you are a student submitting a research project for consideration for either the Undergraduate Student Research Award or Bernard Patrick Maloy Graduate Student Research Award or if you are contemporaneously submitting a teaching techniques presentation to both the regular conference track and for consideration by the Teaching Initiatives Committee please indicate here.

4. Line 4: Author(s) and institution(s) names (centered on page) Note: if you are including your name as the faculty advisor, not as a co-presenter, please indicate here.

5. Line 5: Presentation title

6. Line 6: Blank

7. Line 7 to end: Text of abstract. *Remove any author-identifying information from the text of the abstract prior to submission. In Word 2007, use the Office button to highlight the pull-down menu. Under “Prepare”, check properties and inspect the document.