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Law-Related Calls for Papers, Conferences, and Workshops
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Juvenile Justice – Berkeley

October 26, 2007toOctober 27, 2007

The Berkeley Center for Criminal Justice (BCCJ) and the National Council on Crime and Delinquency (NCCD) are co-sponsoring Juvenile Justice Reform: Forty Years After Gault at UC Berkeley’s Boalt Law School on October 26 & 27, 2007.

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Estate Planning – Miami

January 14, 2008toJanuary 18, 2008

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

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Corporate Governance – DC

October 9, 2007

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.

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Law of Succession – Los Angeles

February 8, 2008

UCLA School of Law hosts The Law of Succession in the 21st Century, Feb. 8, 2008. Details after the jump. Jump to full post

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Competition Law & Shipping – London

October 19, 2007

The European Maritime Law Organisation presents its Thirteenth Annual Conference, Applying Competition Law To Shipping in the New Regime, Oct. 19, 2007, in London.

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O’Connor: Race and Education — DC

February 22, 2008

The Catholic University Law Review is organizing A Tribute to Justice Sandra Day O’Connor: Reflecting on Justice O’Connor’s Jurisprudence Relating to Race and Education. The call for papers deadline is Oct. 5, 2007. The symposium will take place Feb. 22, 2008. Details after the jump. Jump to full post

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Legal, Security, and Privacy Issues in IT – Beijing

December 5, 2007toDecember 7, 2007

Tsinghua University hosts the Second International Conference on Legal, Security and Privacy Issues in IT (LSPI), Dec. 5-7, 2007, Beijing. The call for papers deadline is Oct. 27, 2007.

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ADR – New York

October 12, 2007

Fordham Law’s Dispute Resolution Societypresents Consensus Building and Institutionalizing Effective Policy and Practice: Exploring the Use of Alternative Dispute Resolution Processes in Disputes Involving Government, Fri. Oct. 12, 2007, in New York.

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Criminal Theory – Baton Rouge

November 16, 2007toNovember 17, 2007

On November 16-17, 2007, Louisiana State University Law School will host a workshop on criminal law theory. Participants will include: Markus Dubber (SUNY Buffalo), Antony Duff (Stirling Philosophy), Kim Ferzan (Rutgers-Camden), Stuart Green (LSU), Douglas Husak (Rutgers Philosophy), Paul Robinson (U. Penn), Carol Steiker (Harvard), and Bob Weisberg (Stanford). The purpose of the workshop will be to plan a collection of essays entitled “Philosophical Foundations of Criminal Law,” to be published by Oxford University Press.

Contact: Stuart P. Green

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The Presidency — Boston

September 24, 2007
1:00 pm
October 12, 2007toOctober 13, 2007

Boston University School of Law presents The Role of the President in the 21st Century, Oct. 12-13, 2007. The conference

will address many of the fundamental legal and political controversies surrounding the American executive, including the constitutional sources and scope of presidential power and the historical and contemporary significance of the presidency in American politics. We will also offer a comparative perspective by investigating how other countries and American states grapple with the problems of defining, empowering, and
confining the chief executive. Participants will include distinguished figures from law faculties, other academic disciplines and public service.

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New Media and the Marketplace of Ideas – Boston

October 26, 2007

On October 26, 2007, Prince, Lobel, Glovsky & Tye, the BU College of Communication, the BU School of Law, and WBUR are co-sponsoring a day-long conference: “New Media and the Marketplace of Ideas.”.

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New Media and the Marketplace of Ideas – Boston

On October 26, 2007, Prince, Lobel, Glovsky & Tye, the BU College of Communication, the BU School of Law, and WBUR are co-sponsoring a day-long conference: “New Media and the Marketplace of Ideas.”.

Posted by on September 24th, 2007 | CONFERENCES, Constitutional Law, Law and Technology | no comments

The Presidency — Boston

Boston University School of Law presents The Role of the President in the 21st Century, Oct. 12-13, 2007. The conference

will address many of the fundamental legal and political controversies surrounding the American executive, including the constitutional sources and scope of presidential power and the historical and contemporary significance of the presidency in American politics. We will also offer a comparative perspective by investigating how other countries and American states grapple with the problems of defining, empowering, and
confining the chief executive. Participants will include distinguished figures from law faculties, other academic disciplines and public service.

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September 24, 2007 Colloquia/Workshops

Alabama

Orly Lobel (San Diego Law)

California-Hastings

Scott Sundby (Washington & Lee Law), War and Peace in the Jury Room: How Capital Juries Reach Unanimity

Columbia Law & Economics

Michael Kremer (Harvard Economics), Protecting Antiquities: A Role for Long-Term Leases?

Hofstra

Ruth O’Brien (The Graduate Center of the City University of New York), Telling Stories Out of Court: A Different Type of Legal Narration

Indiana-Bloomington

Philippe Sands (University College London Law), Poodles and Bulldogs: the US, Britain and the International Rule of Law

Lewis & Clark

Henry Drummonds (Lewis & Clark Law), Reforming Labor Law By Reforming Preemption Doctrine and Unleashing the States

Loyola Tax Policy

Jim Repetti (Boston College Law), Democracy and Opportunity A New Paradigm for Tax Equity

Minnesota Public Law

Richard Frase (Minnesota Law), What Factors Explain Persistent Racial Disparities in Minnesota’s Prison and Jail Populations?

Seton Hall

Trevor W. Morrison (Cornell Law)

Suffolk Law & Society

Matthew Palmer (Yale Law)

Temple

David Hoffman (Temple Law), Docketology, District Courts, and Doctrine

Texas Human Rights

Karen Engle (Texas Law) & Gerald Torres (Texas Law), Indigenous Roads to Development and Indigenous Peoples, Afro-Indigenous Peoples and Reparations

UCLA Mondays

Sean Pine (UCLA Law), Developments in Information Technology for Law Faculty

USC US-China Institute

Liu Peng (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences), Religious Policies in China: An Overview

Washington University in St. Louis

Bob Ahdieh (Emory Law)

Vanderbilt

Kenneth Ayotte (Northwestern Law), Optimal Property Rights in Financial Contracting

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