The Northeast Consortium of Academic Support Professionals (NECASP) will be holding its annual one-day conference this December. We are excited to host an in-person conference this year, although we will still be including a remote/Zoom option to accommodate those participants and presenters unable to travel to Massachusetts.
Our topic this year is: "We're All in This Together: Bridging the Gaps Between Faculty, Students, and Academic Success in a Changing Educational Landscape."
This conference will explore the challenges and opportunities of: engaging students in an increasingly asynchronous world, and enhancing collaboration between faculty and academic/bar success programs.
We welcome a broad range of proposals – from presenters in the Northeast region and beyond –and at various stages of completion – from idea to fruition. Please note that we may ask you to co-present with other ASP colleagues depending on the number of proposals selected. Our conference will be in-person at the University of Massachusetts School of Law in Dartmouth, MA. We will consider proposals from both in-person and remote attendees. If you wish to present, the proposal process is as follows:
1. Submit your proposal by November 1, 2024, via email to erica.sylvia@umassd.edu
2. Proposals may be submitted as a Word document or as a PDF
3. Proposals must include the following:
a. Name and title of presenter
b. Law School
c. Address, email address, and telephone number for presenter
d. Title
e. If a scholarly work in progress, an abstract no more than 500 words
f. Whether you will be attending in-person or remotely
g. Media or computer presentation needs
4. The NECASP Board will review the proposals and reply to each by November 15, 2024.
If you have any questions about your proposal, please do not hesitate to contact one of us. We look forward to seeing you at our conference!
Additional information will be forthcoming. As always, there is no fee to attend this conference.
Respectfully,
The 2024-2025 NECASP Board Members
Chair: Erica Sylvia, Assistant Director of Bar Success, University of Massachusetts School of Law, erica.sylvia@umassd.edu
Vice Chair: Stephen Iannacone, Director of Academic Success, Cardozo Law, stephen.iannacone@yu.edu
Treasurer: Elizabeth Stillman, Associate Professor of Academic Support, Suffolk University, estillman@suffolk.edu
Secretary: Philip Kaplan, Associate Professor of Academic Support, Suffolk University, pkaplan@suffolk.edu
