Call for Papers
Advancing Justice Through Language: AI, Forensic Linguistics, and Emerging Language Systems
Streams and Subthemes
- Legal discourse in the age of AI
- Political persuasion, misinformation, and digital platforms
- Discourse analysis of governing and legal narratives
- Critical examination of official documents in a global context
- Indigenous justice systems
- Indigenous and minority voices
- Language rights and law
- Language policy and linguistic rights in diverse societies
- Offensive language, hate speech, and online harms
- Ethical challenges in representing voices through language
- Language rights and law
- Language policy and linguistic rights in diverse societies
- Offensive language, hate speech, and online harms
- Forensic phonetics
- Forensic stylistics
- Authorship verification
- Computational methods
- Plagiarism
- Linguistic expertise in intellectual property
- Fraud and deception
- Language as evidence in court
- The linguist as expert witness in evolving legal systems
- Social media
- AI-driven tools
- Digital forensics in crime and cybercrime
- Emerging and future technologies
Abstract Submission and Paper Policies
- A participant may be lead author of only one paper.
- A participant may co-author additional papers.
- No additional fee is charged solely for co-authorship beyond the required registration.
- One overall Best Paper Award will be given.
- The maximum number of accepted papers depends on room availability, room capacity, and the final schedule.
Review Process
PAFLL assists ISU with abstract review. Reviewers may include PAFLL representatives, ISU faculty, and other qualified evaluators.
Review criteria include:
- A defined research gap
- Clear research objectives
- Appropriate methodology
- Appropriate data analysis
- Other criteria adapted from PAFLL review guidelines
Coming soon: the abstract submission deadline, word limit, formatting requirements, and submission platform will be announced.
Call for Papers Schedule
First Call for Papers
October 2026
Second Call for Papers
January 2027
Planned
Third Call for Papers
May 2027
If needed