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Access to Media - Washington, DC

October 11, 2007toOctober 12, 2007

The George Washington Law Review hosted Access to the Media — 1967 to 2007 and Beyond: A Symposium Honoring Jerome A. Barron’s Path-Breaking Article, Oct. 11-12, 2007.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on November 16th, 2007 | EVENTS | no comments

Elder Law - Arlington, VA

October 11, 2007toOctober 13, 2007

The AARP Foundation National Legal Training Project presents the 7th Annual National Aging & Law Conference: Safety Net for Older Americans: What Can Be Done to Protect It?, Oct. 11-13 (with a pre-conference workshop on Oct. 10), 2007, in Arlington, VA.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on November 8th, 2007 | EVENTS | no comments

Feminist Pedagogy in Law - New York

October 12, 2007

Feminist law professors are meeting for the Feminist Pedagogy Conference, Oct. 12, New York, NY.

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

Bankruptcy - Orlando

October 10, 2007toOctober 13, 2007

The Debtor-Creditor section of the Association American of Law Schools is having a special meeting in conjunction with the National Conference of Bankruptcy JudgesAnnual Meeting in Orlando. The NCBJ will meet October 10-12 and the Debtor-Creditor section will meet October 12-13.

Thanks: Credit Slips.

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

Cost-Benefit Analysis of Regs - Chicago

October 11, 2007toOctober 12, 2007

Northwestern University School of Law’s Searle Center presents Cost-Benefit Analysis of Regulations: Lessons Learned, Future Challenges, Oct. 11-12, 2007.

Now papers and videos of the presentations are available here.

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

Human Rights - Omaha, Nebraska

April 4, 2008

On April 4, 2008, Creighton Law Review is hosting a symposium focused on Human Rights Law. The symposium will feature keynote speaker and TePoel lecturer Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch. The symposium will also include two panel sessions addressing various issues of domestic and international human rights law.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on October 12th, 2007 | EVENTS | no comments

Human Rights - Omaha, Nebraska

On April 4, 2008, Creighton Law Review is hosting a symposium focused on Human Rights Law. The symposium will feature keynote speaker and TePoel lecturer Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch. The symposium will also include two panel sessions addressing various issues of domestic and international human rights law.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on October 12th, 2007 | CALLS FOR PAPERS, International Law, CONFERENCES | no comments

2007 Annual Meeting of Midwestern Law and Economics Association: Day One

2007 Annual Meeting of Midwestern Law and Economics Association at the University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, Minnesota

9:05 - 10:20 a.m.  Regulation and Governance 

Dale Thompson, Optimal Federalism Across Many Dimensions
Guiseppe Dar-Mattiacci, Multi-Level Governance and Risk Diversification
Jonathan Remy Nash, Environmental Regulation Through the Looking-Glass

10:30 - 11:45 a.m.  Procedure and Family Law

Scott Moss, O Brave New World That Has Such Creatures Evidence:  An Economic Analysis of Courts’ Misguided Rules on Discovery of Digital Evidence
Margaret Brinig, The One Size Fits All Family
Vincy Fon & Francesco Paris, Plaintiff in Default:  An Economic Analysis

1:00 - 2:15 p.m.  Behavioral Law and Economics:  Theory

Peter Huang, Law and Human Flourishing:  Fostering Happiness, Learning, and Mindfulness
Jeffrey Lipshaw, Aboutness, Thingness, Models, and Understanding
Jeff Stake & Michael Alexeev, Who Responds to U.S. News & World Report’s Law School Rankings?

2:30 - 3:45 p.m.  Tax and Finance

Bradley Borden, The Aggregate-Plus Theory of Partnership Taxation
Elizabeth Brown, A Preliminary Look at Regulatory Structures for Financial Services
Joseph Warburton, Business Trusts Versus Corporations:  Evidence from the British Mutual Fund Industry

4:00 - 5:15 p.m.  Law and Medicine

Robert Katz, Gimme Some Skin:  When Tissue Banks Compete for Transplant Tissue, Who Wins?
Robert Mikos, Supervising Criminal Activity:  The Case of State Medical Marijuana Exemptions
Elizabeth Weeks, Right to Experimental Treatment

Posted by pittlegalscholarship on October 12th, 2007 | Law and Economics, CONFERENCES | no comments

October 12, 2007 Colloquia/Workshops

October 12, 2007

Georgetown Law and Economics

Karla Hoff (World Bank)

Georgia

Chris Brummer (Vanderbilt Law)

Rutgers-Camden

Eric Muller (North Carolina Law), American Inquisition: The Hunt for Japanese-American Disloyalty in World War II

Texas

Lino Graglia(Texas Law), Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc. v. PSKS, Inc.: The Strange Career of the Law of Resale Price Maintenance

UCLA Faculty Fridays

Ann Carlson (UCLA Law), Iterative Federalism and Climate Change

USC

David Cruz (USC Law), Sexual Judgments: Federalism and Gender Identity Determinations

Villanova

Mitch Nathanson (Villanova Law), What’s in a Name or, Better Yet, What’s it Worth?: Cities, Sports Teams and the Right of Publicity

Virginia Law

Richard Schragger (Virginia Law), Cities, Economic Development, and the Free Trade Constitution

Washburn

John Bickers (Northern Kentucky Law), Of Non-horses, Quantum Mechanics, and the Establishment Clause

Posted by pittlegalscholarship on October 12th, 2007 | Law and Gender, Law and Economics, Law and Race, COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS, EVENTS, Legal History, Civil Rights Law, Business Law, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Sports Law, Uncategorized | no comments

October 12, 2007 Colloquia/Workshops

Georgetown Law and Economics

Karla Hoff (World Bank)

Georgia

Chris Brummer (Vanderbilt Law)

Rutgers-Camden

Eric Muller (North Carolina Law), American Inquisition: The Hunt for Japanese-American Disloyalty in World War II

Texas

Lino Graglia(Texas Law), Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc. v. PSKS, Inc.: The Strange Career of the Law of Resale Price Maintenance

UCLA Faculty Fridays

Ann Carlson (UCLA Law), Iterative Federalism and Climate Change

USC

David Cruz (USC Law), Sexual Judgments: Federalism and Gender Identity Determinations

Villanova

Mitch Nathanson (Villanova Law), What’s in a Name or, Better Yet, What’s it Worth?: Cities, Sports Teams and the Right of Publicity

Virginia Law

Richard Schragger (Virginia Law), Cities, Economic Development, and the Free Trade Constitution

Washburn

John Bickers (Northern Kentucky Law), Of Non-horses, Quantum Mechanics, and the Establishment Clause

Posted by pittlegalscholarship on October 12th, 2007 | Law and Economics, Law and Gender, Law and Race, COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS, Legal History, Civil Rights Law, Business Law, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Sports Law, Uncategorized | no comments

2007 Annual Meeting of Midwestern Law and Economics Association: Day One

October 12, 2007

2007 Annual Meeting of Midwestern Law and Economics Association at the University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, Minnesota

9:05 - 10:20 a.m.  Regulation and Governance 

Dale Thompson, Optimal Federalism Across Many Dimensions
Guiseppe Dar-Mattiacci, Multi-Level Governance and Risk Diversification
Jonathan Remy Nash, Environmental Regulation Through the Looking-Glass

10:30 - 11:45 a.m.  Procedure and Family Law

Scott Moss, O Brave New World That Has Such Creatures Evidence:  An Economic Analysis of Courts’ Misguided Rules on Discovery of Digital Evidence
Margaret Brinig, The One Size Fits All Family
Vincy Fon & Francesco Paris, Plaintiff in Default:  An Economic Analysis

1:00 - 2:15 p.m.  Behavioral Law and Economics:  Theory

Peter Huang, Law and Human Flourishing:  Fostering Happiness, Learning, and Mindfulness
Jeffrey Lipshaw, Aboutness, Thingness, Models, and Understanding
Jeff Stake & Michael Alexeev, Who Responds to U.S. News & World Report’s Law School Rankings?

2:30 - 3:45 p.m.  Tax and Finance

Bradley Borden, The Aggregate-Plus Theory of Partnership Taxation
Elizabeth Brown, A Preliminary Look at Regulatory Structures for Financial Services
Joseph Warburton, Business Trusts Versus Corporations:  Evidence from the British Mutual Fund Industry

4:00 - 5:15 p.m.  Law and Medicine

Robert Katz, Gimme Some Skin:  When Tissue Banks Compete for Transplant Tissue, Who Wins?
Robert Mikos, Supervising Criminal Activity:  The Case of State Medical Marijuana Exemptions
Elizabeth Weeks, Right to Experimental Treatmen

Posted by pittlegalscholarship on October 9th, 2007 | EVENTS | no comments

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.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on September 24th, 2007 | EVENTS | no comments

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.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on September 24th, 2007 | EVENTS | no comments

Global Conference on the Prevention of Genocide

October 11, 2007toOctober 13, 2007

The McGill Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism hosts the inaugural Echenberg Family Conference on Human Rights entitled Global Conference on the Prevention of Genocide in Montreal, Quebec, October 11 - 13, 2007. Details after the jump. Jump to full post

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on September 12th, 2007 | EVENTS, CONFERENCES | no comments