August 31, 2007 Colloquia/Workshops
Morgan Symposium on the Gender of Constitutional and Human Rights Law
Daniel Cole (Indiana-Indianapolis Law), The Stern Review and Its Critics: Implications for the Theory and Practice of Benefit-Cost Analysis
Research Symposium on Insurance Markets and Regulation
| April 14, 2008 | to | April 15, 2008 |
Call for Papers
Research Symposium on Insurance Markets and Regulation
The Searle Center at Northwestern University School of Law
April 14-15, 2008
Research Symposium on Insurance Markets and Regulation
| April 14, 2008 | to | April 15, 2008 |
Research Symposium on Insurance Markets and Regulation, The Searle Center at Northwestern University School of Law on April 14-15, 2008
Research Symposium on Insurance Markets and Regulation
Call for Papers
Research Symposium on Insurance Markets and Regulation
The Searle Center at Northwestern University School of Law
April 14-15, 2008
Collective Management of Copyright and Related Rights in North America
| October 17, 2007 | to | October 19, 2007 |
Collective Management of Copyright and Related Rights in North America, organized by World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in cooperation with Vanderbilt University Law School and the International Confederation of Societies of Authors, Composers and Publishers (CISAC), and with the assistance of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), and SESAC Inc., at Vanderbilt University Law School in Nashville, Tennessee on October 17-19, 2007.
Collective Management of Copyright and Related Rights in North America
Collective Management of Copyright and Related Rights in North America, organized by World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in cooperation with Vanderbilt University Law School and the International Confederation of Societies of Authors, Composers and Publishers (CISAC), and with the assistance of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), and SESAC Inc., at Vanderbilt University Law School in Nashville, Tennessee on October 17-19, 2007.
American Political Science Association
| August 31, 2007 | to | September 1, 2007 |
Jeff Yates at the Voir Dire Blog lists “Law and Courts Panels” at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois, from Aug. 31- Sept. 1, 2007.
American Political Science Association
Jeff Yates at the Voir Dire Blog lists “Law and Courts Panels” at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois, from Aug. 31- Sept. 1, 2007.
How Legal Rhetoric Shapes the Law
| November 2, 2007 |
James Boyd White will deliver the keynote address for “How Legal Rhetoric Shapes the Law“, at American University’s Washington College of Law in Washington, D.C. November 2, 2007.
The conference is free; register here. For more information, contact Teresa Godwin Phelps.
How Legal Rhetoric Shapes the Law
James Boyd White will deliver the keynote address for “How Legal Rhetoric Shapes the Law” at American University’s Washington College of Law in Washington, D.C. on November 2, 2007.
The conference is free; register here. For more information, contact Teresa Godwin Phelps.
Chief Justice Roberts at Montana Law
Chief Justice John Roberts will deliver the annual address for the University of Montana School of Law‘s William B. Jones and Judge Edward A. Tamm Judicial Lecture Series on September 13, 2007. “Although the title of his talk is not yet known, the UM lecture series is dedicated to enhancing the public’s understanding of the judicial system.” High-profile guests to visit UM, Helena Independent Record, Aug. 28, 2007.
Chief Justice Roberts at Montana Law
| September 13, 2007 |
Chief Justice John Roberts will deliver the annual address for the University of Montana School of Law‘s William B. Jones and Judge Edward A. Tamm Judicial Lecture Series on September 13, 2007. “Although the title of his talk is not yet known, the UM lecture series is dedicated to enhancing the public’s understanding of the judicial system.” High-profile guests to visit UM, Helena Independent Record, Aug. 28, 2007.
Globalizing Secured Credit Law: Current Problems, New Directions
| September 9, 2007 | to | September 10, 2007 |
Globalizing Secured Credit Law: Current Problems, New Directions, at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego, California on November 9-10, 2007.
August 31, 2007 Colloquia/Workshops
| August 31, 2007 |
Morgan Symposium on the Gender of Constitutional and Human Rights Law
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| 9:00-9:15 a.m. | Welcome and Introductory Remarks |
| 9:15-10:45 a.m. | Panel I: Equality, Dignity, and Autonomy Panelists: Beverley Baines, Ruth Rubio and Reva Siegel |
| 10:45-11:00 a.m. | Break/Informal Discussions |
| 11:00-11:45 p.m. | Discussion on Panel I Presentations |
| 11:45 a.m.-1:45 p.m. | Lunch/ Roundtable Discussion on Shaping Future Gender Agenda |
| 1:45-2:45 p.m. | Panel II: Intersectionalities of Gender, Sexual Orientation, Race, Poverty and Disabilities Panelists: Bryan Fair and Rodrigo Jiménez |
| 2:45-3:15 p.m. | Discussion on Panel II Presentations |
| 3:15-3:30 p.m. | Break/Informal Discussions |
| 3:30-5:00 p.m. | Panel III: Links Between International and Constitutional Law Panelists: Alda Facio, Karen Knop and Martha Morgan |
| 5:00-5:45 p.m. | Discussion on Panel III Presentations |
Daniel Cole (Indiana-Indianapolis Law), The Stern Review and Its Critics: Implications for the Theory and Practice of Benefit-Cost Analysis
August 23, 2007 Colloquia/Workshops
| August 23, 2007 |
Hon. Aharon Barak (Ret. President, Supreme Court of Israel; Yale Law).
August 21, 2007 Colloquia/Workshops
| August 21, 2007 |
Mitu Gulati (Duke Law) & Sarah Ludington (Duke Law), A Convenient Untruth: Fact and Fiction in the Doctrine of Odious Debts.
August 20, 2007 Colloquia/Workshops
| August 20, 2007 |
Mark Grady (UCLA Law) & Steven Yeazell (UCLA Law), Classroom Clickers for Fun & Profit: How Two Aging Law Professors Made Technological & Pedagogical History.
August 24, 2007 Colloquia/Workshops
| August 24, 2007 |
Russell Robinson (UCLA Law), Perceptual Segregation.
University of Southern California
Jonathan Barnett (USC Law), Regime Change in Innovation Markets.
Deadline
| August 25, 2007 |
CENTRAL STATES LAW SCHOOL ASSOCIATION AND JOURNAL OF LAW IN SOCIETY
JOINT CONFERENCE
October 26-27, 2007
Announcement & Call For Papers
Symposium Paper Proposal Submission Deadline: August 25, 2007
Open Workshop Abstract Submission Deadline: August 25, 2007
August 27, 2007 Colloquia/Workshops
| August 27, 2007 |
Anita Bernstein (Emory Law), The Pitfalls Approach to Lawyers’ Professional Responsibility: Forewarned, Forearmed, Ethical.
David Walker (Boston University Law), Regulatory Tax Penalties.
Phillip Harvey (Rutgers (Camden) Law), Income, Work and Freedom: Progressive Alternatives to Conservative Welfare Reform.
Gary Orfield (UCLA Education & Civil Rights Project), The Louisville and Seattle Decisions and the Future of Integration in American Schools.
August 28, 2007 Colloquia/Workshops
| August 28, 2007 |
Michael Cypers (Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw), Securities Litigation: State of the Art Methods to Navigate the Civil and Criminal Minefields
Securities litigation requires the practitioner to draw on a broad range of skills, from knowledge of recent Supreme Court opinions to persuading a jury. Since Enron, there has been an explosion of developments from the courts, Congress, and the SEC, and a number of high profile executives have been sentenced to jail for criminal misconduct. This session will discuss the practical methods securities litigators use to maximize results for their clients.
Third International Conference on Universal Digital Library
| November 2, 2007 | to | November 4, 2007 |
Third International Conference on Universal Digital Library at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA on November 2-4, 2007.
August 30, Colloquia/Workshops
| August 30, 2007 |
Steven Dean (Brooklyn Law), The Incomplete Global Market for Tax Information
Beate Gsell (Augsburg Law Faculty), Product Liability & Damage to the Product Itself: A Comparison Between Germany and the U.S.
Chris Guthrie (Vanderbilt Law), Inside the Trial Judge’s Mind
August 30, 2007 Colloquia/Workshops
Steven Dean (Brooklyn Law), The Incomplete Global Market for Tax Information
Beate Gsell (Augsburg Law Faculty), Product Liability & Damage to the Product Itself: A Comparison Between Germany and the U.S.
Chris Guthrie (Vanderbilt Law), Inside the Trial Judge’s Mind
August 29, 2007 Colloquia/Workshops
University of Oregon Environmental & Natural Resources
Mary Wood (Oregon Law), Courts as Guardians of the Global Trust
New York University Legal History
Daniel Hulsebosch (NYU Law), Crafting Authority: James Kent and the Development of American Law
August 29, 2007 Colloquia/Workshops
| August 29, 2007 |
University of Oregon Environmental & Natural Resources
Mary Wood (Oregon Law), Courts as Guardians of the Global Trust
Third International Conference on Universal Digital Library
Third International Conference on Universal Digital Library at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA on November 2-4, 2007.
August 28, 2007 Colloquia/Workshops
Michael Cypers (Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw), Securities Litigation: State of the Art Methods to Navigate the Civil and Criminal Minefields
Securities litigation requires the practitioner to draw on a broad range of skills, from knowledge of recent Supreme Court opinions to persuading a jury. Since Enron, there has been an explosion of developments from the courts, Congress, and the SEC, and a number of high profile executives have been sentenced to jail for criminal misconduct. This session will discuss the practical methods securities litigators use to maximize results for their clients.
Globalizing Secured Credit Law: Current Problems, New Directions
Globalizing Secured Credit Law: Current Problems, New Directions, at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego, California on November 9-10, 2007.
August 27, 2007 Colloquia/Workshops
Anita Bernstein (Emory Law), The Pitfalls Approach to Lawyers’ Professional Responsibility: Forewarned, Forearmed, Ethical.
David Walker (Boston University Law), Regulatory Tax Penalties.
Phillip Harvey (Rutgers (Camden) Law), Income, Work and Freedom: Progressive Alternatives to Conservative Welfare Reform.
Gary Orfield (UCLA Education & Civil Rights Project), The Louisville and Seattle Decisions and the Future of Integration in American Schools.
Law, Knowledge, and Imagination – Tuscaloosa
Austin Sarat is organizing a three-part conference at the University of Alabama School of Law: Law, Knowledge, and Imagination.
Oct. 19, 2007 – Law’s History: How Law Understands the Past
Jan. 11, 2008 – Imagining a New Constitution for the United States in the 21st Century
April 11, 2008 – Legal Doubt of Scientific Certainty: What Scientific Knowledge Does For and to Law
Supreme Court Preview – Williamsburg
William and Mary Marshall Wythe School of Law‘s Institute of Bill of Rights Law presents its Supreme Court Preview conference, Sept. 14-15, 2007, Williamsburg, VA. Participants include Joan Biskupic, Erwin Chemerinsky, Jeffrey Rosen, Kathleen Sullivan, and many more.
August 25, 2007 Deadline
CENTRAL STATES LAW SCHOOL ASSOCIATION AND JOURNAL OF LAW IN SOCIETY
JOINT CONFERENCE
October 26-27, 2007
Announcement & Call For Papers
Symposium Paper Proposal Submission Deadline: August 25, 2007
Open Workshop Abstract Submission Deadline: August 25, 2007
U.S. Federalism Panel – Oslo
Reprinted from lawprof|at|chicagokent.kentlaw.edu:
Greetings lawprofs. This is a call for papers and panelists, seeking proposals from senior academics and from LLM and SJD students as well. Jump to full post
Second Annual Colloquium on Current Scholarship in Labor and Employment Law
Second Annual Colloquium on Current Scholarship in Labor and Employment Law in Boulder and Denver, CO, on September 28-29, 2007. Sponsored by the University of Colorado Law School and the University of Denver Sturm College of Law.
Thanks: Melissa Hart.
August 24, 2007 Colloquia/Workshops
Russell Robinson (UCLA Law), Perceptual Segregation.
University of Southern California
Jonathan Barnett (USC Law), Regime Change in Innovation Markets.
August 23, 2007 Colloquia/Workshops
Hon. Aharon Barak (Ret. President, Supreme Court of Israel; Yale Law).
Cost-Benefit Analysis of Regs – Chicago
Northwestern University School of Law‘s Searle Center presents Cost-Benefit Analysis of Regulations: Lessons Learned, Future Challenges, Oct. 11-12, 2007.
Update (Dec. 9): Now papers and videos of the presentations are available here.
International Arbitration – New York
Fordham University School of Law presents Third Annual Conference on International Arbitration and Mediation, June 16-17, 2008, New York.
Fordham University School of Law presents Symposium on International Law and the Constitution: Terms of Engagement, October 4-5, 2007, New York.
Energy and Climate Change – New York
The Fordham Environmental Law Review presents Energy and Climate Change: North and South Perspectives, Oct. 1, 2007, New York. The list of cosponsors is impressive: Sustainable Development Legal Initiative (SDLI), Leitner Center for International Law and Justice, Fordham Law School; Energy Project, Pace Law School; Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC); United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
International Antitrust – New York
Fordham University School of Law presents 34th Annual Conference on International Antitrust Law & Policy, Sept. 27-28, 2007, New York, NY.
Forty Years of Loving
Fordham University School of Law presents Forty Years of Loving: Confronting Issues of Race, Sexuality, and the Family in the Twenty-First Century, Nov. 2, 2007, New York, NY.
International Interdisciplinary Conference on Women – Madrid
Mundos de Mujeres / Women’s Worlds, “the most important academic congress on gender and Women’s Studies and feminist social movements,” will be hosted by the University Complutense of Madrid, July 3-9, 2008. The call for papers deadline is February 28, 2008.
Corporate Governance – Copenhagen
Copenhagen Conference on Control Enhancing Mechanisms in Corporate Governance, September 18, 2007.
The Centre for Economic and Business Research, the European Corporate Governance Institute, and the Copenhagen Business School are organising a free all-day conference on 18 September 2007 to take stock of the issues of surrounding control enhancing mechanisms and their economic impact at the European level and in international comparison. The conference will use the European Commission’s recently published study as basis for the discussion.
Patenting Tax Strategies
The Houston Business and Tax Law Journal is soliciting papers for a symposium issue on Patenting Tax Strategies. Submissions are due October 2, 2007. At an evening program on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2007, two speakers will discuss the issue — a patent expert opposing the practice, and a tax expert arguing for it.
Thanks: Tax Prof Blog.
Why Delaware for Corporations? – Champaign, IL
If you’re near Champaign at on October 19, drop by the University of Illinois at 3:00 for “The Mystery of Delaware Law’s Success,” hosted by the Program in Business Law and Policy.
Thanks: Conglomerate.
August 21, 2007 Colloquia/Workshops
Mitu Gulati (Duke Law) & Sarah Ludington (Duke Law), A Convenient Untruth: Fact and Fiction in the Doctrine of Odious Debts.
Economic Crime – Cambridge, UK
The 25th Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime is on “The Wealth of Nations – At Risk.” It will take place at Jesus College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, September 2-9, 2007.
Early English Law – London
The Institute of Historical Research, the Institute of English Studies, and the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (all at the School of Advanced Study, University of London) are cosponsoring Early English Law: A Centenary Conference on Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen of Felix Liebermann (1903-1916), July 16-17, 2008.
Call for papers deadline is October 31, 2007.
Race, Law, Inequality – Irvine
The Law & Society Review and the Center in Law, Society and Culture at the University of California, Irvine, are cosponsoring “The Paradoxes of Race, Law and Inequality in the United States,” May 2-3, 2008, Irvine, CA.
The deadline for submitting abstracts is October 31, 2007.
Health Law Profs – Philadelphia
The 2008 Health Law Professors Conference (American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics) will be June 6-7, 2008, at Drexel University College of Law, Philadelphia, PA. A pre-conference workshop for new professors is Thursday afternoon, June 5, and a reception is that evening.
EU in International Affairs – Brussels
“The Institute for European Studies (IES) at the Vrije Universiteit Brussels (VUB), the Institut d’Études Européennnes (IEE) at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), the UN University programme for Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS), and the Egmont – Royal Institute for International Relations invite papers for the GARNET Conference ‘The European Union in International Affairs’, to be held in Brussels on 24-26 April 2008. The conference will be the first of what we hope will be a series of conferences on this theme. The second conference is planned for 2010.”
The deadline for abstracts is September 25, 2007.
Gender, Family – Brighton, UK
Sussex Law School hosts Gender, Family Responsibility and Legal Change Conference 2008 (“An international, interdisciplinary conference), July 10-12, 2008, at Sussex Downs (near Brighton).
Paper proposals will be reviewed in four batches: those received by Sept. 30, 2007, those by Oct. 31, 2007, those by Dec. 31, 2007, and those by April 30, 2008.
Obligations — Goals of Private Law — Singapore
“The Fourth Biennial Conference on the Law of Obligations will be held at the National University of Singapore from 23-25 July 2008. The conference will be co-hosted by the National University of Singapore, the University of Melbourne and the Singapore Academy of Law. The theme of the conference is ‘The Goals of Private Law‘. Scholars working in the fields of contract, tort, unjust enrichment, equity or private law theory are invited to submit proposals addressing the conference theme.” Call for Papers: deadline is December 1, 2007.
British & Irish Law Librarians – Dublin
The British and Irish Association of Law Librarians holds its Annual Study Conference and Exhibition June 12-14, 2008, in Dublin. The theme is “Beyond the Pale: Planning for the Next Information Generation.”
The deadline for submission of abstracts is Sept. 30, 2007.
NLADA – Tucson
The National Legal Aid & Defender Association (NLADA) holds its annual conference Nov. 7-10, 2007, in Tucson, AZ. The theme is “Leading the Way Toward Justice & Equality.”
August 20, 2007 Colloquia/Workshops
Mark Grady (UCLA Law) & Steven Yeazell (UCLA Law), Classroom Clickers for Fun & Profit: How Two Aging Law Professors Made Technological & Pedagogical History.
Property – Cambridge, England
Reading University Centre for Property Law presents the 7th Biennial Conference on Property Law, April 1-3, 2008, Queens’ College, Cambridge University.
J. Reuben Clark Society – Tempe
The J. Reuben Clark Law Society holds its Annual Conference at Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law (Tempe, AZ), on February 14-16, 2008. (The Law Society’s mission states “We affirm the strength brought to the law by a lawyer’s personal religious conviction. We strive through public service and professional excellence to promote fairness and virtue founded upon the rule of law.”)
Public Interest Enviromental Law – Eugene
The 26th Annual Public Interest Environmental Law Conference will be March 6-9, 2008, in Eugene, OR. The theme is: “Cultivating Corridors for The People.”
Law & Democracy in S. Korea, Taiwan – Madison
“Law & Democratization in S. Korea and Taiwan” hosted by Professor John Ohnesorge (jkohnessorge [a] wisc.edu) of the University of Wisconsin Law School and sponsored by Wisconsin’s Global Legal Studies Initiative and, October 19-20, 2007. Contact Sumudu Atapattu (saatapattu [at] wisc.edu) for details.
South Asian Legal Issues – Madison
South Asian Legal Studies – Pre-Conference Workshop, October 11, 2007, Madison, Wisconsin.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s South Asian Legal Studies Working Group hosts a one-day intensive workshop at the start of the 36th Annual South Asia conference (October 11-14, 2007). The pre-conference will be held at the University of Wisconsin Law School in Madison, WI.
Legal Realism, Feminism, Legal Theory – Madison
The University of Wisconsin School of Law hosts New Legal Realism Meets Feminism & Legal Theory II: Empirical Perspectives on the Place of Law in Women’s Work and Family Lives , Oct. 5-6, 2007, Madison.
Women working in a variety of settings face challenges rooted in traditional cultural and social patterns surrounding gender. These challenges include barriers in the workplace, the historic divisions between work and family lives, and cultural conceptualizations of “work” itself. This conference draws together empirical and legal perspectives to examine the different strategies and models women have used in addressing the dilemmas of work and family.
The conference is cosponsored by the Feminism and Legal Theory Project, Emory University, and the New Legal Realism Project, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Latin American Competition Law – Sao Paolo
Latin American Competiton Policy Conference, March 21, 2008, Sao Paolo, Brazil. The conference is sponsored by: Fundação Getulio Vargas Law School, Latin American and Caribbean Economics Association, Latin America and Caribbean Law and Economics Association, and University of Missouri – Columbia School of Law.
Call for papers deadline for abstracts is Sept. 5, 2007
Preventing Genocide – Montreal
The McGill Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism presents the Echenberg Family Conference on Human Rights, Global Conference on the Prevention of Genocide, Oct. 11-13, 2007, Montreal.
Digital Rights Management – Alexandria
The Seventh ACM DRM Workshop is Oct. 29, 2007, in Alexandria, VA. (ACM is the Association for Computing Machines.)
IALL in Mumbai
The International Association of Law Libraries offers its 26th Annual Course on International Law Librarianship, Global Challenges & the Indian Legal System, Dec. 1-5, 2007, Mumbai, India.
International Environmental Law – New Delhi
The Indian Society of International Law will have its Fifth International Conference, “International Environmental Law,” on December 8-9, 2007, in New Delhi.
Labor Law – London, Ontario
The University of Western Ontario hosts a lecture and conference on labour law, October 26-27, London, Ontario.
The first day is a lecture, The Charter of Rights and Freedoms and Canadian Labour Law, The 5th Annual Koskie Minsky University Lecture in Labour Law given by The Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, P.C., Chief Justice of Canada. The second day is a conference, The Charter and Human Rights at Work: 25 Years Later.
Thanks: Workplace Law Blog.
Bankruptcy – Orlando
The Debtor-Creditor section of the Association American of Law Schools is having a special meeting in conjunction with the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges‘ Annual Meeting in Orlando. The NCBJ will meet October 10-12 and the Debtor-Creditor section will meet October 12-13.
Thanks: Credit Slips.
School Desegregation Cases – Louisville
“The first annual University of Louisville Law Journal Symposium will be held on January 18, 2008. This year’s symposium will cover the Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education case, which was decided on June 28, 2007. The University of Louisville Law Review will publish a special symposium issue containing articles by the following authors: Professor Reginald C. Oh, Professor Wendy Brown Scott, Dr. Gary Orfield with Liliana Garces and Erica Frankenberg, Professor Giardeau A. Spann, and Professor Bryan K. Fair.” More info here. [8/19: The links didn't work for me today, but I saw the pages last week.]
Thanks: Kentucky Law Review.
Family Law – Richmond
The National Center for Family Law presents its First National Family Law Symposium: State of the Family 2007, Sept. 16-18, University of Richmond.
Thanks: Divorce Law Journal.
Low-Wage Worker – Minneapolis
The 2007 Minnesota Law Review Symposium is “The Low-Wage Worker: Legal Rights—Legal Realities,” Nov. 2, 2007, Minneapolis.
Thanks: Workplace Prof Blog.
Catholic Environmental Law – St. Paul
University of St. Thomas Law Journal hosts “Peace with Creation: Catholic Perspectives on Environmental Law,” Sept. 21, 2007, Minneapolis.
Thanks: Mirror of Justice. (I wasn’t able to find more information on St. Thomas’s website.)
Rhetoric – Eugene
The University of Oregon hosts “The Promise of Reason: The New Rhetoric After 50 Years,” May 17-20, 2008, in Eugene.
Chaim Perelman and Lucie Olbrechts-Tyteca published La Nouvelle Rhétorique: Traité de l’Argumentation in 1958, a work that has since come to represent the revival of rhetoric and its reintegration with philosophy in the twentieth century. The influence of this work is felt in rhetoric, philosophy, jurisprudence, communication studies, critical theory, and the newer disciplines of argumentation and informal reasoning.
The deadline for paper proposals is Sept. 21, 2007.
Rhetoric – Seattle
The Rhetoric Society of America holds its 13th Biennial Conference, May 23-26, 2008, Seattle, Washington. The conference theme is: The Responsibilities of Rhetoric.
Proposals for sessions and individual presentations are due by September 15, 2007.
Video Game Law – Seattle
Law Seminars International presents Gamer Technology Law, Oct. 4-5, 2007, in Seattle. (We don’t usually include commercial CLEs here, but this one was sent to us by a professor who recommended it.)
Animals & Bioengineering – Durham, NC
Duke University School of Law is putting on Animals & Bioengineering: A Consideration of Law, Ethics and Science, Nov. 9-10, 2007, Durham, NC.
Legal History – New Zealand and Australia
26th Annual Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society Conference , Sept. 21-23, Armidale, N.S.W., Australia.
International Criminal Law – Toledo, Spain
XVth International Congress on Social Defence – Criminal Law between war and peace: Justice and cooperation in criminal matters in international military interventions, in cooperation with The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Council of the European Union , and with various other patrons and cosponsors.
Critical Legal Conference – London
Birkbeck University of London hosts the 2007 Critical Legal Conference: Walls, Sept. 14-16. “We seek to put into question the very structures which separate schools, traditions, states, world-views.”
Calls for Papers Resource
Trying to find journals, symposia, and conferences that are looking for papers in your area? Consider PapersInvited, “the World’s largest listing of Calls for Papers.” Individual subscriptions are $75/year ($50 for students). Or check to see if your institution subscribes.
Law Libraries – Toronto
NE2007: Libraries Without Borders II, the 4th Northeast Regional Law Libraries Meeting, will be in Toronto, October 17-20, 2007. “A diverse and challenging program of over 40 sessions is being planned around the theme in all its senses — the internationalization of law, the globalization of legal practice, and the role of libraries and librarians in an ever-changing world of information that recognizes no borders.”
ALI-ABA Biotech – DC
The American Law Institute (ALI) and American Bar Association (ABA) will hold “Emerging Issues in Biotechnology Law” on September 6-7, 2007 in Washington, D.C.
Thanks: Patent Docs.
China Financial Markets – Hong Kong
The Asian Wall Street Journal and O’Melveny and Myers present the 6th Annual China Financial Markets Conference, Nov. 13, in Hong Kong.
Thanks: China Law Blog.
Accounting Research – Chicago
The Journal of Accounting Research, Regulation of Securities Markets: Perspectives from Accounting, Law, and Financial Economics in Chicago, Illinois on May 9-10, 2008. The Call for Papers deadline is Nov. 15, 2007.
Business & Law Education – Birmingham, AL
Samford University Cumberland School of Law offers Credentialed for What? Exploring business and law education for public obligation, October 17-19, 2007, Birmingham, AL. Speakers include William May (Inst. for Practical Ethics and Public Life), Sandy Douglas (President of Coca-Cola North America), and Deborah Rhode (Stanford Law School).
AALL through 2015
Law librarians like to plan ahead too. Future annual meetings of the American Association of Law Libraries:
International Wildlife Law – Granada, Spain
Stetson University College of Law is planning its Tenth International Wildlife Law Conference for March 6-7, 2008, in Granada, Spain. Currently the events web page just has a banner to “save the date,” but more information about the conference will doubtless be available soon.
Education Law – San Diego
The Education Law Association (formerly NOLPE) has its 53rd Annual Conference, “Education and Society: Accountability, Safety, & Climate,” November 15-17, 2007, in San Diego.
Law Via the Internet – Montreal
“LexUM, the University of Montreal’s legal informatics laboratory, will host the 8th International Conference Law Via The Internet – Access to Law and the New Web Reality. The event will take place at the Marriott Château Champlain in Montreal (Canada) and will be preceded by the Annual Meeting of the Legal Information Institutes (LIIs).” October 25-26, 2007.
ABA Meetings through 2015
If you like to plan ahead (the ABA certainly does!), here are future ABA meetings: Jump to full post
AALL in Portland in ‘08
The next annual meeting of the American Association of Law Libraries will be July 12-15 in Portland, OR.
NEPA in Indian Country – Denver
The International Institute for Indigenous Resource Management offers Workshop on the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) in Indian Country, September 25-26, 2007, in Denver, CO.
Indian Law – Temecula, CA
The California Indian Law Association hosts its Seventh Annual Indian Law Conference, October 11, 2007, Pechanga Resort & Casino, Pechanga Indian Reservation, Temecula, California.
Economic Justice, Locally — Buffalo
The State University of New York at Buffalo Law School, the Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy, and Cornell University ILR sponsor: The High Road Runs Through the City: Advocating for Economic Justice at the Local Level, Sept. 27-28 2007 , Buffalo, NY.
Global Legal Skills – Monterrey, Mexico
Facultad Libre de Derecho de Monterrey hosts Global Legal Skills Conference III, Feb. 28-March 1, 2008.
Legal Writing Institute – Indianapolis
The 13th Biennial Conference of the Legal Writing Institute will be July 14-17, 2008, in Indianapolis, Indiana, at Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis.
Child Custody – Chicago
Reconceptualizing Child Custody: Past, Present, and Future—Lawyers and Psychologists Working Together: A Continuing Education Conference, cosponsored by the American Psychological Association (APA) and the ABA Section of Family Law, is scheduled for April 30 – May 3, 2008, in Chicago.
Interrogations and Confessions
The University of Texas at El Paso hosts Interrogations & Confessions: A Conference Exploring Current Research, Practice, & Policy, Sept. 27-29, 2007.
Psychology and Law – Jacksonville
The American Law-Psychology Society meets in Jacksonville, Florida on March 6-8, 2008. Call for papers deadline: Sept. 21, 2007.
IP in Phoenix in January
The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) midwinter institute is IP Practice Today: Techniques for Getting the Job DONE in Phoenix, Jan. 23-26. “IP experts will outline best practices in critical practice areas such as licensing, litigation, portfolio management and prosecution.”
AALS Workshops for New Teachers
The Association of American Law Schools is having a Workshop for New Law Teachers(June 26-28, 2008) and a Workshop for New Clinical Teachers (June 28-29, 2008) in Washington, DC.
AALS Clinical Conference in Tucson
The Association of American Law Schools‘ next Conference on Clinical Legal Education is May 4-7, 2008, in Tucson, Arizona.
AALS Upcoming Meetings
Upcoming Annual Meetings of the Association of American Law Schools are
• January 2-6, 2008, New York — Theme: Reassessing Our Roles as Scholars and Educators in Light of Change
• January 6-10, 2009, San Diego
The AALS calendar is here.
Human Rights Research – Maastricht
The Maastricht Centre for Human Rights, based at the Faculty of Law of the University of Maastricht (The Netherlands), is organizing an academic conference on Methods of Human Rights Research on November 23-24, 2007.
Human Rights – Jerusalem
Constitutional Rights and International Human Rights: Separate But Equal?, Nov. 18-19, 2007, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
Law and Religion – San Diego
Law, Religion and Culture Group, American Academy of Religion, Nov. 17-20, 2007, San Diego, CA.
Federalist Society – DC
The Federalist Society meets for its Annual National Lawyers Convention, in Washington, DC on Nov. 15-17, 2007.
National Lawyers Guild
National Lawyers Guild – 70th Anniversary Law for the People Convention, Oct. 31 – Nov. 4, Washington, D.C.
Legal History – Tempe
The American Society for Legal History has its annual meeting in Tempe, AZ, October 25-28, 2007.
International Law – New York
American Branch of the International Law Association (ABILA) hosts its 2007 International Law Weekend: “Toward a New Vision of International Law” Oct. 25-27, New York, NY.
AALS Recruiting – DC
The Association of American Law Schools holds its annual AALS Faculty Recruitment Conference (FRC) in Washington, DC, on Oct. 25-27, 2007. Like to plan ahead? The next two are Nov. 6-8, 2008, and Nov. 5-7, 2009 — also in Washington, DC.
Women’s Legal History – Akron
The New Face of Women’s Legal History will be discussed at the University of Akron School of Law, Oct. 19, 2007.
Teaching Legal Research – Austin
The Tarlton Law Library at the University of Texas at Austin School of Law hosts Teaching the Teachers: Effective Instruction in Legal Research, Oct. 18-20, Austin, TX.
International Law – Ottawa
The Canadian Council on International Law (CCIL) has its 35th Annual Conference: “Canada’s Contribution to International Law” , Oct. 18-20, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
AIPLA in DC
The AIPLA (Amer. Intellectual Property Law Ass’n) Annual Meeting is in Washington, DC, Oct. 18-20.
Feminist Pedagogy in Law – New York
Feminist law professors are meeting for the Feminist Pedagogy Conference, Oct. 12, New York, NY.
Tax for Health Care Organizations – Arlington
American Health Lawyers Ass’n – Tax Issues for Healthcare Organizations, Oct. 8-9, Arlington, VA.
Law and Economics – London
Law and Economics Conference: Change, Rules and Institutions: Assessing Law and Economics in the Context of Development at the University of London in London, U.K., on Sept. 29-30, 2007.
Public Land Law – Missoula
The University of Montana hosts Rocky Mountain Energy Leadership: Strategies for a New Energy Future – 31st Annual Public Land Law Conference, Sept. 24-26, 2007, Missoula.
Health Care Compliance – Baltimore
American Health Lawyers Ass’n- Fraud and Compliance Forum, Sept. 23-25, Baltimore, MD.
Antitrust in Healthcare – DC
Antitrust in Healthcare by the American Health Lawyers Association, ABA Health Law Section, and ABA Section of Antitrust in Washington, DC, on Sept. 17-18, 2007.
Procedural Law – Brazil
The International Association of Procedural Law (IAPL) – XIIIth World Congress on Procedural Law will be in Salvador/Bahia, Brazil, Sept. 16-20, 2007.
International Law – Budapest
The European Society for International Law hosts Biennial Research Forum of the European Society of International Law: “The Power of International Law in Times of European Integration,” Budapest, 28th -29th September 2007.
Law, Culture, Humanities – Bay Area
The Association for the Study of Law, Culture and the Humanities holds its Annual Meeting in the Bay Area (its sponsored by San Francisco State University and UC Berkeley) March 28-29, 2008.
Organizers are accepting proposals for papers, panels, and roundtables.
Indigenous Law & Lit – East Lansing
Michigan State University College of Law’s Indigenous Law and Policy Center hosts its 4th Annual Indigenous Law Conference in East Lansing on October 19-20, 2007. The conference topic is American Indian Law and Literature.
Conference on Collective Management of Copyright and Related Rights in North America
CONFERENCE ON COLLECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS IN NORTH AMERICA
Organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in cooperation with the Vanderbilt Law School, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, and the International Confederation of Societies of Authors, Composers and Publishers (CISAC) and with the assistance of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) and SESAC Inc.
Vanderbilt University Law School
Nashville, Tennessee
October 17 to 19, 2007
AALS Conference on Constitutional Law
CALL FOR PAPERS
The 2008 AALS Conference on Constitutional Law will be held at the AALS Mid-Year Meeting on June 3-6, 2008, at the Renaissance Cleveland Hotel, Cleveland, Ohio. In recognition of the growing significance of positive legal scholarship in the development of constitutional law and theory, the Committee has designated one session of the conference for the presentation of papers devoted to this topic. Up to four papers will be selected for presentation. Papers will be presented at moderated, concurrent sessions. The faculty members chosen must register for the Conference and will be responsible for their own travel and other expenses.
Topic: Papers must discuss or (preferably) demonstrate how empirical and/or positive legal scholarship can inform constitutional theory or doctrine.
Duke Law Journal 38th Annual Administrative Law Conference: Rethinking the Administrative Law Project Twenty-Five Years On-An Anniversary Issue
Update (April 16, 2008): The theme and date were changed. See post .
CALL FOR PAPERS
Duke Law Journal 38th Annual Administrative Law Conference:
Rethinking the Administrative Law Project Twenty-Five Years On-An Anniversary Issue
US-China Business Law Conference
US-China Business Law Conference at UCLA School of Law in Los Angeles, California on October 26, 2007.
Where Truth Meets Fiction: A National Symposium on the Intersection of Forensic Science and Pop Culture
Where Truth Meets Fiction: A National Symposium on the Intersection of Forensic Science and Pop Culture at Duquesne University School of Law in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on April 3-5, 2008.
A National Symposium on the 40th Anniversaries of the Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinations
A National Symposium on the 40th Anniversaries of the Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinations at Duquesne University School of Law in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on May 8-10, 2008.
Lavender Law 2007
National Lesbian and Gay Law Foundation’s Lavender Law 2007 in Chicago, Illinois on September 6-8, 2007.
35th Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy
35th Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy at George Mason University School of Law in Arlington, Virginia on September 28-October 1, 2007.
Trademark Dilution: Theoretical and Empirical Inquiries
Symposium Announcement and Call for Papers
Trademark Dilution: Theoretical and Empirical Inquiries
October 5, 2007
Santa Clara University School of Law
Santa Clara, California
Legal Writing Beyond Memos & Briefs
JOURNAL OF THE ASSOCIATION OF LEGAL WRITING DIRECTORS
Call for Articles
Fall 2008 Issue:
Legal Writing Beyond Memos & Briefs
The Enduring Legacy of Wood v. Lady Duff Gordon
THE ENDURING LEGACY OF WOOD V. LADY DUFF GORDON
Pace University School of Law
November 8th and 9th 2007
From Silver to Gold: The Next 25 Years of Law and Religion
CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF LAW AND RELIGION AT EMORY UNIVERSITY
FROM SILVER TO GOLD: THE NEXT 25 YEARS OF LAW AND RELIGION
A SILVER ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
October 24-26, 2007
Emory University School of Law
Tull Auditorium
Atlanta, Georgia
Law and Finance: The Future of Securities Fraud Litigation
CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT & CALL FOR PAPERS
LAW AND FINANCE: THE FUTURE OF SECURITIES FRAUD LITIGATION
Friday, February 8, 2008
The Claremont Colleges
Claremont, California
http://fei.claremontmckenna.edu/events/2008conference/
Organized by the Financial Economics Institute at Claremont McKenna College and
The LRN-RAND Center on Corporate Ethics, Law and Governance RAND Corporation
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, Five Years Later: Assessing Its Impact, Charting Its Future
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Sixth Annual Business Law Conference at the University of Maryland School of Law in Baltimore, Maryland on October 18-19, 2007.
Comparative Law and Culture
Annual Meeting of the American Society of Comparative Law at Cornell University Law School in Ithaca, New York on November 8-10, 2007.
A workshop on Chinese, Japanese, and Korean legal research is being offered in conjunction with the annual meeting (but you don’t have to register for one to attend the other). The presenters are Rob Britt and Bill McCloy from the East Asian Law Department at the Gallagher Law Library, University of Washington School of Law.
Law, Ethics, and the Life Sciences
Law, Ethics, and the Life Sciences at the University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law in Louisville, Kentucky on October 26-27, 2007.
Reversing Field: Examining Commercialization, Labor and Race in 21st Century Sports Law
Reversing Field: Examining Commercialization, Labor and Race in 21st Century Sports Law at West Virginia University College of Law in Morgantown, West Virginia on October 4-5, 2007.
Does Globalization Represent a Threat or Promise for Social Justice and Democratic Institutions?
CENTRAL STATES LAW SCHOOL ASSOCIATION AND JOURNAL OF LAW IN SOCIETY
JOINT CONFERENCE
October 26-27, 2007
Announcement & Call For Papers
Symposium Paper Proposal Submission Deadline: August 25, 2007
Open Workshop Abstract Submission Deadline: August 25, 2007
World Wide Junior Corporate Scholar Forum 2008
CALL FOR PAPERS
WORLD WIDE JUNIOR CORPORATE SCHOLAR FORUM 2008
Revolution Through Social Enterprise
Revolution Through Social Enterprise at Pepperdine School of Law in Malibu, California on March 20, 2008.
Seton Hall Annual Employment & Labor Law Scholars’ Forum
Annual Employment & Labor Law Scholars’ Forum at Seton Hall University School of Law in Newark, New Jersey on October 19-20, 2007.
Fifth Annual Works in Progress Intellectual Property Colloquium
Fifth Annual Works in Progress Intellectual Property Colloquium at American University Washington College of Law in Washington, D.C. on September 28-29, 2007.
Catholic Social Teaching on the Market, the State and the Law
Fifth Annual Symposium on Catholic Social Thought and the Law at Villanova University School of Law in Villanova, Pennsylvania on September 21, 2007.
Punitive Damages, Due Process, and Deterrence: The Debate After Williams
PUNITIVE DAMAGES, DUE PROCESS, AND DETERRENCE:
THE DEBATE AFTER WILLIAMS
Hosted by The Charleston School of Law
Friday, September 7, 2007
8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Eleventh Annual Tax Symposium
THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA’S
ELEVENTH ANNUAL TAX SYMPOSIUM
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
January 25 & 26, 2008
Association of American Law Schools Midyear Meeting
AALS Midyear Meeting in Cleveland, Ohio on June 1-6, 2008:
June 1-4: Workshop for Law Librarians
June 3-6: Conference on Constitutional Law
June 3-6: Conference on Evidence
Second Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies
Second Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies at New York University School of Law in New York, New York on November 9-10, 2007.
Canadian Law and Economics Association
Annual Meeting at the University of Toronto in Toronto, Canada on September 28-29, 2007.
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