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AIPLA in DC

October 18, 2007toOctober 20, 2007

The AIPLA (Amer. Intellectual Property Law Ass’n) Annual Meeting is in Washington, DC, Oct. 18-20.

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

International Law - Ottawa

October 18, 2007toOctober 20, 2007

The Canadian Council on International Law (CCIL) has its 35th Annual Conference: “Canada’s Contribution to International Law” , Oct. 18-20, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

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

Teaching Legal Research - Austin

October 18, 2007toOctober 20, 2007

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.

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

Business & Law Education - Birmingham, AL

October 17, 2007toOctober 19, 2007

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).

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

Law Libraries - Toronto

October 17, 2007toOctober 20, 2007

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.”

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

Corporations, Investors, Securities Markets - New York

October 18, 2007toOctober 19, 2007

Earlier this month (Oct. 18-19, 2007), Fordham University School of Law’s Corporate Law Center hosted Corporations, Investors, and the Securities Markets.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on October 29th, 2007 | EVENTS | no comments

October 18, 2007 Colloquia/Workshops

October 18, 2007

Boston University

Kris Collins (Boston Law), “Let the Government become their Guardians”: Welfare Policy, Administrative Law, and the Legal Construction of the Family in the Early Nineteenth Century

Brooklyn

Frank Partnoy (San Diego Law), Hedge Fund Activism, Corporate Governance, and Firm Performance

Columbia

Alec Stone Sweet (Yale Law), Proportionality Balancing and Global Constitutionalism

Columbia Tax Colloquium

Joseph Bankman (Stanford Law), Mr. Smith Gets an Education

Florida State

Gabriel J. Chin (Arizona Law), Unexplainable on Grounds of Race: Doubts About Yick Wo

Fordham

Keith N. Hylton (Boston Law), Due Process and Punitive Damages: An Economic Approach

Georgetown

Charles Lane, The Day Freedom Died (Chap. 5) (Chap. 9) (Chap. 11)

Northwestern Law and Economics

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

NYU Legal, Political and Social Philosophy

Lisa Austin (Toronto Law), Privacy and Private Law: the Dilemma of Justification

Ohio State

Frank Rudy Cooper (Suffolk Law), Who’s the Man? Police Masculinity and Terry v. Ohio

Pittsburgh

Larry D. Johnson (Assistant Secretary-General For Legal Affairs in United Nations), Advancing International Justice: The Varieties of UN-Sponsored Criminal Tribunals

SMU Law

Gregory Klass (Georgetown Law), Intent to Contract

SMU Law and Citizenship

Kevin Johnson (Cal-Davis Law), Opening the Floodgates: Why America Needs to Rethink its Borders and Immigration Law

Stanford Law and Economics

Oren Bar-Gill (NYU Law), The Prisoner’s (Plea Bargain) Dilemma

Vanderbilt

Ross Davies (George Mason Law)

Yale Legal Theory

Liam Murphy (NYU Law), Paper

Washington

Kurt Lash (Loyola L.A. Law), The Original Meaning of an Omission: The Tenth Amendment, Popular Sovereignty and “Expressly” Delegated Power

Posted by pittlegalscholarship on October 18th, 2007 | Law and Race, Law and Economics, COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS, EVENTS, Estate Planning, Immigration Law, Legal History, Administrative Law, Business Law, Contract Law, Tax Law, Constitutional Law, International Law, Uncategorized | no comments

October 18, 2007 Colloquia/Workshops

Boston University

Kris Collins (Boston Law), “Let the Government become their Guardians”: Welfare Policy, Administrative Law, and the Legal Construction of the Family in the Early Nineteenth Century

Brooklyn

Frank Partnoy (San Diego Law), Hedge Fund Activism, Corporate Governance, and Firm Performance

Columbia

Alec Stone Sweet (Yale Law), Proportionality Balancing and Global Constitutionalism

Columbia Tax Colloquium

Joseph Bankman (Stanford Law), Mr. Smith Gets an Education

Florida State

Gabriel J. Chin (Arizona Law), Unexplainable on Grounds of Race: Doubts About Yick Wo

Fordham

Keith N. Hylton (Boston Law), Due Process and Punitive Damages: An Economic Approach

Georgetown

Charles Lane, The Day Freedom Died (Chap. 5) (Chap. 9) (Chap. 11)

Northwestern Law and Economics

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

NYU Legal, Political and Social Philosophy

Lisa Austin (Toronto Law), Privacy and Private Law: the Dilemma of Justification

Ohio State

Frank Rudy Cooper (Suffolk Law), Who’s the Man? Police Masculinity and Terry v. Ohio

Pittsburgh

Larry D. Johnson (Assistant Secretary-General For Legal Affairs in United Nations), Advancing International Justice: The Varieties of UN-Sponsored Criminal Tribunals

SMU Law

Gregory Klass (Georgetown Law), Intent to Contract

SMU Law and Citizenship

Kevin Johnson (UC Davis Law), Opening the Floodgates: Why America Needs to Rethink its Borders and Immigration Law

Stanford Law and Economics

Oren Bar-Gill (NYU Law), The Prisoner’s (Plea Bargain) Dilemma

Vanderbilt

Ross Davies (George Mason Law)

Yale Legal Theory

Liam Murphy (NYU Law), Paper

Washington

Kurt Lash (Loyola L.A. Law), The Original Meaning of an Omission: The Tenth Amendment, Popular Sovereignty and “Expressly” Delegated Power

Posted by pittlegalscholarship on October 18th, 2007 | Law and Race, Law and Economics, COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS, Immigration Law, Estate Planning, Legal History, Administrative Law, Business Law, Contract Law, Tax Law, Constitutional Law, International Law, Uncategorized | no comments

American Indian Law and Literature: Day One

October 18, 2007

American Indian Law and Literature
Fourth Annual Indigenous Law Conference
Michigan State University College of Law
October 18 & 20, 2007

9:00-10:30 a.m.  Kristen Carpenter, “The Actual State of Things”:  American Indian Legal Fictions and Truths
                                  Renee Knake, “How Lawyers Resolve Ethical Dilemmas:  A study of James Welch’s The Indian Lawyer
                                  Wenona Single, “Rebellious Judging”

10:45-12:15 p.m.  Margaret Montoya & Christine Zuni Cruz, “Narrative Braids:  Performing Racial Literacy”
                                    Larry Cata Backer, “Nostalgia Written in Blood:  The Noble Savage and Latin American Political Identity”
                                    Jo Carrillo, “Legal Culture, Communicative Circuits and Symbols”

1:30-3:00 p.m.      Richard Delgado & Jean Stefancic, “Crossover”
                                    Carla Pratt, “The Construction of Indian Identity:  As an Africanless Identity in Indian Law and Literature”
                                    Frank Pommersheim, “Poetry and Law:  What Is the Relationship Exactly?”

3:15-5:00 p.m.      Gordon Henry, “Trying Skins:  Courtoom Scenes in American Indian Fiction”
                                   Matthew Fletcher, “Red Leaves and the Dirty Ground:  The Cannibalism of Law and Economics”
                                   Sonia Katyal, “Iconic Intersectionality”

7:00 p.m.                Keynote:  Chairman Frank Ettawageshik

Posted by pittlegalscholarship on October 16th, 2007 | EVENTS, Indian Law | no comments

Collective Management of Copyright and Related Rights in North America

October 17, 2007toOctober 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.

Posted by pittlegalscholarship on August 30th, 2007 | EVENTS | no comments

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, Five Years Later: Assessing Its Impact, Charting Its Future

October 18, 2007toOctober 19, 2007

Sixth Annual Business Law Conference at the University of Maryland School of Law in Baltimore, Maryland on October 18-19, 2007.

Posted by legalscholarshipblog on August 13th, 2007 | EVENTS, Business Law, CONFERENCES | no comments