date: Friday, October 18, 2024
Place: Laramie, Wyoming
Abstract due: July 29, 2024
Manuscript due: August 29, 2024
The Wyoming Law Review and the University of Wyoming Firearms Research Center have announced a call for papers for a symposium on the National Firearms Act (NFA) this fall. Papers may address any aspect of NFA, including but not limited to:
- Impact of recent and upcoming U.S. Supreme Court rulings on NFA (New York State Rifle and Piston Association v. Brunn, Garland v. Cargilland others);
- The role of the NFA in America today;
- Conflict or cooperation between nations; History of the NFA;
- Empirical research; and
- Impacts associated with the use of suppressors (“mufflers”), including wildlife conservation and hearing loss prevention.
The seminar will be held at the University of Wyoming School of Law’s new facility in Laramie, Wyoming. The final accepted paper will be published at a symposium in the Wyoming Law Review. Symposium speakers will be selected based on abstracts submitted by authors in July. Articles for publication in the Law Review will be selected based on review of the final draft.
Submission details:
- Paper titles and abstracts should be submitted electronically to frc@uwyo.edu by July 29, 2024.[last name, first name] – [paper title].
- Symposium speakers will be selected based on abstracts submitted in July.
- Authors are expected to submit a legal review quality manuscript of 20 to 50 pages by August 29, 2024.
- Expected to be published in January 2025.
Additional note from Koppel: The Wyoming Law Review was recently cited in Chief Justice Roberts’ opinion for the Court United States v. Rahimi, sliding operation. 9 years old, on English legal history: J. Greenlee, Historical basis for prohibiting dangerous persons from possessing weapons20 Wyoming Rev. 249, 259 (2020).
