The Lexicology of Languages for Specific Purposes Research Group (LexEsp) is pleased to announce its “V International Seminar on English and ESP Lexicology and Lexicography: The Words of the Law”, to be held at the University of Alicante (Spain) on 26-27 April 2018.
POST UPDATED 12 January 2018
The deadline for abstract submissions (presentation proposals) has been extended to 1 February 2018. Click here for the Second Call for Papers. This academic event will also be useful for practitioners.
List of Topics
The Organising Committee encourages the submission of individual abstracts focused on the following areas:
- Specialized Legal Lexis/Lexicology
- Specialized Legal Dictionaries
- Bilingual Legal Lexicography
- Corpora and Legal Lexicology
- Word-Formation Processes in Legal English
- Legal Terminology and Terminography
- Legal Phraseology and Collocation
- Teaching and Learning Legal Vocabulary
- Legal Language and the Media
- Legal Terminology and Translation in Institutional Settings
Abstracts of up to 300 words should be submitted by Monday, January 15th, 2018. All submissions are minimally double blind peer reviewed. Abstracts should be submitted by January 15th 2018. All abstract submissions will receive notification of the outcome of the review process by February 15th, 2018.
Deadlines
Abstract submission: January 15th 2018.
Notification of acceptance: February 15th 2018.
Fees
Contributors: €80, Deadline: March 15th 2018
Attendees: €30, Deadline: April 23rd 2018
Students (with proof of student status): €10, Deadline: April 23rd 2018
Venue
The conference will be held at the University of Alicante, Spain (www.ua.es).
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to ma.campos@ua.es.
Organizer update: Regarding the fee structure, this is a particularity of many academic conferences where institutions will only sponsor their staff if they are accepted to speak, as opposed to simply attending. Besides, these registration fees are very low in comparison to the majority of other similar conferences around the world.
From Words to Deeds: translation & the law 
This sounds like it will be an interesting seminar.
I have to question the fee structure, however:
“Fees
Contributors: €80, Deadline: March 15th 2018
Attendees: €30, Deadline: April 23rd 2018”
I would have expected that contributors would pay less than those attending. No doubt contributors expect the same!