[Updated January 30, 2003]
1999
"What Do SLAPPs Mean for Community Planners and Citizen Participation?" University of New Mexico, Graduate School of Community Planning.
"SLAPPs: Implications for Planning Professionals," Professional Planners Development Series, Training Exercises. Albuquerque Planning Association.
1997
SLAPP Roundtable, French American Charitable Trust and the Citizens Coal Council, Washington, D.C. (April 1-2, 1997).
1996
George W. Pring, "Getting Sued for Public Involvement? You've Got to Be Kidding!" Presentation to the International Association of Public Participation Practitioners, Annual Meeting, Denver (August 1997).
1995
"SLAPPs: The Environmental Lawyer's New Specialty or What To Do When the Black Hats See Red?" Colorado Trial Lawyers Association Seminar on Environmental Law and Toxic Torts (February 10, 1995).
1994
Mark Goldowitz, "SLAPP Suits (What's Up)" and "SLAPP Suits (Legislative Remedies)," presented at The People's Summit for Environmental Justice, sponsored by The Environmental Resource Center and The Labor Center at Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA (April 22-24, 1994).
Penelope Canan, "Using Law to Enforce Economic Ideas and Interests," American Bar Association, Commission on College and University Legal Studies, Tenth Annual Conference, "Insiders, Outsiders, and the Law," Atlanta, Georgia (March 18-20, 1994).
George Pring, "SLAPPs: Dangerous Ground for Environmentalists," "SLAPP Panel," and "Intimidation Through Litigation: SLAPP Suits and Free Speech," workshops for 1994 Public Interest Environmental Law Conference, University of Oregon Law School (March 12, 1994).
"SLAPPs: Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation in Government," American Law Institute-American Bar Association course of Study, co-sponsored by the University of Denver College of Law's Political Litigation Project and California Continuing Education of the Bar, San Francisco, CA (August 19-20, 1994).
1992
SLAPPS: ALI-ABA Course of Study, Land Use Institute: Planning, Regulation, Litigation, Eminent Domain, and Compensation, Co-sponsored by Florida Atlantic University and Florida International University Joint Center for Environmental and Urban Problems (August 1992).
1991
Penelope Canan and Martin Kretzmann, "Democracy Versus Capitalism in the Legal Arena: The Political and Economic Motives of Lawsuit Participants," A Paper Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Cincinnati, Ohio (August 1991).
Penelope Canan and Michael Hennessy, "Who Are the Gladiators in American Community Conflicts and What Do They Battle For?" A Paper Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Law & Society Association, Amsterdam (June 1991).
George W. Pring, "SLAPPs: A New Threat for Political Activists and Radicals," A Presentation to the National Lawyers Guild Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington (August 3, 1991).
1990
Penelope Canan, Susan Stein and Laurie Larson, "The Challenges of Measuring Political and Legal Dynamics," Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Sociology, Cincinnati, Ohio (October 14-16, 1990).
Penelope Canan, George W. Pring and Kevin Ryan, "Images of Citizen Opponents: The Politics of Denying Equal Citizenship Rights." Annual Meeting of the Law & Society Association, Berkeley, California (May 31-June 3, 1990).
1989
Penelope Canan, Gloria Berndt, Laurie Larson and Martin Kretzmann, "Political Claims and Legal Derailment." Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association, Madison, Wisconsin (June, 1989).
Nicholas A. Robinson, "Developer SLAPPs: Protecting Property or Intimidating Citizens?" New York State Bar Association, Environmental Law Section and Municipal Law Section, Fall Conference, Niagara-On-The-Lake, Ontario (September 17, 1989).
Richard Brooks, "Ethical Implications of the SLAPP," Fall Colloquium of the Pace Law School Center for Environmental Legal Studies (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs): Protecting Property or Intimidating Citizens?), White Plains, New York (October 14, 1989).
Penelope Canan, "The SLAPP from a Sociological Perspective," Fall Colloquium of the Pace Law School Center for Environmental Legal Studies (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs): Protecting Property or Intimidating Citizens?), White Plains, New York (October 14, 1989).
1988
Penelope Canan, "Law and Politics: Theories of Overlap v. Theories of Distinction" (Roundtable Organizer and Presenter). Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta, Georgia (August, 1988).
1987
Penelope Canan and George W. Pring, "Specifying the Second Face of Power: Types of Bias Mobilization Among Political-Legal Disputes." Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, Illinois (August, 1987).
1986
Penelope Canan and George W. Pring, "Civil Litigation to Chill Public Interest Advocacy." Annual Meetings of the Law and Society Association, Session on Litigation, Dispute Processing and Civil Justice, Chicago, Illinois (June, 1986).
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