The Food and Drug Law Institute, in collaboration with the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law and the Georgetown University Law Center, is soliciting legal scholarship on topics addressing racial equity and inclusion in food and drug law, policy, and regulation. Submissions might examine causes and opportunities to overcome racial injustice or provide specific analysis of actions for building equity into food and drug law or address other topics exploring the past, present, and future of racial equity in this field. Like the Food and Drug Law Journal, this Symposium will focus on topics within the purview of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), but submissions can address other regulators in addition to FDA.

Call for Submissions

Call for Paper Abstracts:

FDLI invites interested authors to submit an abstract for a scholarly legal article that outlines the topics, arguments, and theme(s) for a proposed article.

Guidelines

• Abstracts should be no more than 500 words.
• All submissions must be received through the submission portal.
• Multiple submissions from one submitter and/or organization can be accepted.
• If accepted, authors must be prepared to submit a final draft by October 18 and participate in a discussion of the paper during the Symposium.

Submission Timeline

• Monday, June 28, 2021: Call for Paper Abstracts closes.
• Friday, July 9, 2021: Accepted authors will be notified.
• Monday, October 18, 2021: Draft papers are due.
• Thursday, November 4 and Friday, November 5, 2021: FDLJ Symposium.

The Food and Drug Law Journal (FDLJ) is the publication sponsor for this Symposium and reserves a right of first refusal to publish accepted papers, subject to the editorial review process. All final papers should be under 25,000 words in length, double-spaced, and in Times New Roman font. FDLJ requires footnotes that conform with the 20^th edition of The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation. Additional author guidelines are available here. Questions regarding submission requirements may be directed to publications@fdli.org.

Call for Commentary Abstracts:

Commentaries will be considered for inclusion in the Symposium as complementary discussion pieces and should be written to foster dialogue on a particular subject. FDLI invites interested authors to submit an abstract of no more than 500 words to confirm that the topic is in scope. Final commentaries should be no more than 6,000 words, in a more informal style with sparing use of citations. Accepted authors may be asked to participate in a panel discussion at the virtual Symposium on November 4^th or 5^th.

Guidelines

• Abstracts should be no more than 500 words.
• All submissions must be received through the submission portal.
• Multiple submissions from one submitter and/or organization can be accepted.
• If accepted, authors must be prepared to submit a final draft by October 18 and may be asked to participate in a discussion of the commentary during the Symposium.

Submission Timeline

• Monday, June 28, 2021: Call for Commentary Abstracts closes.
• Friday, July 9, 2021: Accepted authors will be notified.
• Monday, October 18, 2021: Draft commentaries are due.
• Thursday, November 4 and Friday, November 5, 2021: FDLJ Symposium.

Please contact Paige Samson with any questions about the Symposium.

Important Links

For More Information and Abstract Submission: CLICK HERE

For Registration: CLICK HERE