Legal Scholarship Blog

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.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on November 6th, 2007 | EVENTS | no comments

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.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on November 6th, 2007 | EVENTS | no comments

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.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on November 3rd, 2007 | EVENTS | no comments

Corporate Governance - DC

The European Corporate Governance Institute and the American Law Institute present Corporate Governance Standards and Capital Market Competitiveness, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2007, at the the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, DC.

The European Corporate Governance Institute and the American Law Institute (ALI) have established the Transatlantic Corporate Governance Dialogue in order to bring together leading academics from law, economics and finance, regulators, judges, law makers, corporate leaders, investors and other corporate constituencies to engage in forward-looking discussions of corporate governance issues that are or will be at the forefront of policymaking on both sides of the Atlantic. The Dialogue is endorsed by the European Commission.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on September 17th, 2007 | Securities Law, Business Law, CONFERENCES | no comments

Estate Planning - Miami

The University of Miami School of Law presents the 42nd Annual Philip Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning Jan. 14-18, 2008.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on September 17th, 2007 | Estate Planning, CONFERENCES | no comments

Estate Planning - New Orleans

The National Association of Estate Planners & Councils (NAEPC) holds its 44th Annual Conference Nov. 14-16, in New Orleans.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on September 17th, 2007 | Estate Planning, EVENTS, CONFERENCES | no comments

Law & Humanities Junior Scholars Workshop

UCLA School of Law, Columbia Law School, University of Southern California Center for Law, History & Culture, and Georgetown University Law Center invite submissions for the sixth meeting of the Law & Humanities Junior Scholar Workshop to be held at UCLA Law School in Los Angeles, CA on June 8 & 9, 2008. Details after the jump. Jump to full post

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on September 17th, 2007 | EVENTS | no comments

Call for Papers: Law & Humanities Junior Scholars Workshop — UCLA

UCLA School of Law, Columbia Law School, University of Southern California Center for Law, History & Culture, and Georgetown University Law Center invite submissions for the sixth meeting of the Law & Humanities Junior Scholar Workshop to be held at UCLA Law School in Los Angeles, CA on June 8 & 9, 2008. Details after the jump. Jump to full post

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on September 17th, 2007 | Law and Humanities, JUNIOR SCHOLARS, Law and Society, CALLS FOR PAPERS, CONFERENCES | no comments

September 17, 2007 Colloquia/Workshops

Florida State

Randy Abate (Florida Coastal Law), Automobile Emissions and Climate Change Impacts: Employing Public Nuisance Doctrine as Part of a “Global Warming Solution” in California

Hofstra

David Law (San Diego Law), Globalization and the Future of Constitutional Rights

Loyola Tax Policy

Lily Batchelder (NYU Law), The Superiority of an Inheritance Tax over an Estate Tax and No Wealth Transfer Tax

Northern Kentucky University

Thomas Eisele (Cincinnati Law), Wittgenstein Tests Holmes: On the Proposal to Separate Legal Concepts from Moral Concepts

Pittsburgh

Equal Protection in Education: Implications of the Seattle School District Case for School Integration and Racial Diversity

Moderator: Deborah Brake (Pitt Law)
Panelists: Lia Epperson (Santa Clara Law)
              Jane Schofield (Pitt Psychology)
              Eugene Lincoln (Pitt Education)

Rutgers (Camden)

Brian Tamahana (St. John’s Law), The Realism of the Formalist Age

Seton Hall

Carter Bishop (Suffolk Law)

Temple

Trevor W. Morrison (Cornell Law), Suspension and Extrajudicial Constitution

UC Berkeley Law, Business and the Economy

Howard Chao (O’Melveny & Myers), Why and How China is Pushing Deals Onshore

UCLA Faculty Mondays

John Hueston (Irell & Manella LLP), Beyond the Trial of Lay and Skilling: Lessons from Enron’s Corporate Governance Failures

UNLV

Sanford Levinson (Texas Law), The U.S. Constitution and the “Lessons of Experience”: Does What Made Sense in 1787 Serve Us Well in 2007?

Virginia Law and Economics

Alan Sykes (Stanford Law), Transnational Forum Shopping as a Trade and Investment Issue

Washington University in St. Louis

Dorothy Brown (Emory Law), Shades of the American Dream: Race, Class, and Homeownership Wealth

Posted by pittlegalscholarship on September 17th, 2007 | Law and Economics, Civil Rights Law, Law and Race, Elder Law, COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS, International Law, Environmental Law, Education Law, Tax Law, Constitutional Law, Jurisprudence, Criminal Law | no comments

September 17, 2007 Colloquia/Workshops

Florida State

Randy Abate (Florida Coastal Law), Automobile Emissions and Climate Change Impacts: Employing Public Nuisance Doctrine as Part of a “Global Warming Solution” in California

Hofstra

David Law (San Diego Law), Globalization and the Future of Constitutional Rights

Loyola Tax Policy

Lily Batchelder (NYU Law), The Superiority of an Inheritance Tax over an Estate Tax and No Wealth Transfer Tax

Northern Kentucky University

Thomas Eisele (Cincinnati Law), Wittgenstein Tests Holmes: On the Proposal to Separate Legal Concepts from Moral Concepts

Pittsburgh

Equal Protection in Education: Implications of the Seattle School District Case for School Integration and Racial Diversity

Moderator:   Deborah Brake (Pitt Law)
Panelists:      Lia Epperson (Santa Clara Law)
                   Jane Schofield (Pitt Psychology)
                   Eugene Lincoln (Pitt Education)

Rutgers (Camden)

Brian Tamahana (Saint John’s Law), The Realism of the Formalist Age

Seton Hall

Carter Bishop (Suffolk Law)

Temple

Trevor W. Morrison (Cornell Law), Suspension and Extrajudicial Constitution

UC Berkeley Law, Business and the Economy

Howard Chao (O’Melveny & Myers), Why and How China is Pushing Deals Onshore

UCLA Faculty Mondays

John Hueston (Irell & Manella LLP), Beyond the Trial of Lay and Skilling: Lessons from Enron’s Corporate Governance Failures

UNLV

Sanford Levinson (Texas Law), The U.S. Constitution and the “Lessons of Experience”: Does What Made Sense in 1787 Serve Us Well in 2007?

Virginia Law and Economics

Alan Sykes (Stanford Law), Transnational Forum Shopping as a Trade and Investment Issue

Washington University in St. Louis

Dorothy Brown (Emory Law), Shades of the American Dream: Race, Class, and Homeownership Wealth

Posted by pittlegalscholarship on September 16th, 2007 | Law and Economics, Law and Race, Elder Law, EVENTS, International Law, Environmental Law, Criminal Law, Tax Law, Constitutional Law, Jurisprudence, Uncategorized | no comments