APPEAL and the University of Pretoria Faculty of Law are pleased to announce that they will hold a Conference on Promoting the Teaching of Legal Writing in Southern Africa from July 1 to July 4, 2009, in Pretoria, South Africa.  The conference will focus on the development of curricula in legal writing for law faculties in Southern Africa, with particular emphasis on handling large, undergraduate class loads and teaching to students with a variety of language and educational backgrounds.

The tentative schedule is as follows:

June 29, 30, and July 1:  Optional "field trips" for out-of-town participants, possibly including the Apartheid Museum,

Constitutional Hill, High Court and/or Magistrate Court in Pretoria, Pilanesburg Game Park 

July 1 (evening):  Welcome reception

July 2-3:  Full day conference

July 4:  Half-day conference

The conference fee for U.S. participants is $125; African participants will not be charged a conference fee; a limited amount of scholarship money will be available to assist participants with transportation and accommodation costs.  Participants will pay their own way for the optional field trips.

Proposals are due no later than November 14, 2008. You can find the call for proposals here.