Elder Law (NAELA) - Memphis
| November 2, 2007 | to | November 4, 2007 |
The National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys presents the 2007 NAELA Institute - It’s Now or Never, November 2-4 (with a presession day on Nov. 1), 2007, in Memphis, TN.
National Lawyers Guild
| October 31, 2007 | to | November 4, 2007 |
National Lawyers Guild - 70th Anniversary Law for the People Convention, Oct. 31 – Nov. 4, Washington, D.C.
Animals & Bioengineering - Durham, NC
| November 9, 2007 | to | November 10, 2007 |
Duke University School of Law is putting on Animals & Bioengineering: A Consideration of Law, Ethics and Science, Nov. 9-10, 2007, Durham, NC.
Video Game Law - Seattle
| October 4, 2007 | to | October 5, 2007 |
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.)
Rhetoric - Seattle
| May 23, 2008 | to | May 26, 2008 |
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.
Rhetoric - Eugene
| May 17, 2008 | to | May 20, 2008 |
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.
Catholic Environmental Law - St. Paul
| September 21, 2007 |
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.)
Low-Wage Worker - Minneapolis
| November 2, 2007 |
The 2007 Minnesota Law Review Symposium is “The Low-Wage Worker: Legal Rights—Legal Realities,” Nov. 2, 2007, Minneapolis.
Thanks: Workplace Prof Blog.
Family Law - Richmond
| September 16, 2007 | to | September 18, 2007 |
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.
School Desegregation Cases - Louisville
| January 18, 2008 |
“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.
Bankruptcy - Orlando
| October 10, 2007 | to | October 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 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.
Labor Law - London, Ontario
| October 26, 2007 | to | October 27, 2007 |
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.
International Environmental Law - New Delhi
| December 8, 2007 | to | December 9, 2007 |
The Indian Society of International Law will have its Fifth International Conference, “International Environmental Law,” on December 8-9, 2007, in New Delhi.
IALL in Mumbai
| December 1, 2007 | to | December 5, 2007 |
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.
Digital Rights Management - Alexandria
| October 29, 2007 |
The Seventh ACM DRM Workshop is Oct. 29, 2007, in Alexandria, VA. (ACM is the Association for Computing Machines.)
Latin American Competition Law - Sao Paolo
| March 21, 2008 |
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
Legal Realism, Feminism, Legal Theory - Madison
| October 5, 2007 | to | October 6, 2007 |
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.
South Asian Legal Issues - Madison
| October 11, 2007 |
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.
Law & Democracy in S. Korea, Taiwan - Madison
| October 19, 2007 | to | October 20, 2007 |
“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.
Public Interest Enviromental Law - Eugene
| March 6, 2008 | to | March 9, 2008 |
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.”
Property - Cambridge, England
| April 1, 2008 | to | April 3, 2008 |
Reading University Centre for Property Law presents the 7th Biennial Conference on Property Law, April 1-3, 2008, Queens’ College, Cambridge University.
NLADA - Tucson
| November 7, 2007 | to | November 10, 2007 |
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.”
British & Irish Law Librarians - Dublin
| June 12, 2008 | to | June 14, 2008 |
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.
Call for Papers - Obligations — Goals of Private Law — Singapore
| December 1, 2007 |
“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.
Obligations — Goals of Private Law — Singapore
| July 23, 2008 | to | July 25, 2008 |
“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.
Call for Papers - Gender, Family - Brighton, UK
| April 30, 2008 |
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.
Call for Papers - Gender, Family - Brighton, UK
| December 31, 2007 |
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.
Gender, Family - Brighton, UK
| July 10, 2008 | to | July 12, 2008 |
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.
EU in International Affairs - Brussels
| April 24, 2008 | to | April 26, 2008 |
“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.
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.
Health Law Profs - Philadelphia
| June 5, 2008 4:00 pm | to | June 7, 2008 8:30 pm |
| June 6, 2008 | to | June 7, 2008 |
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.
Race, Law, Inequality - Irvine
| May 2, 2008 | to | May 3, 2008 |
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.
Early English Law - London
| July 16, 2008 | to | July 17, 2008 |
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.
Economic Crime - Cambridge, UK
| September 2, 2007 | to | September 9, 2007 |
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.
Why Delaware for Corporations? - Champaign, IL
| October 19, 2007 |
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.
Patenting Tax Strategies
| October 16, 2007 |
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.
Corporate Governance - Copenhagen
| September 18, 2007 |
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.
Call for Papers - International Interdisciplinary Conference on Women - Madrid
| February 28, 2008 |
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.
International Interdisciplinary Conference on Women - Madrid
| July 3, 2008 | to | July 9, 2008 |
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.
Forty Years of Loving
| November 2, 2007 |
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 Antitrust - New York
| September 27, 2007 | to | September 28, 2007 |
Fordham University School of Law presents 34th Annual Conference on International Antitrust Law & Policy, Sept. 27-28, 2007, New York, NY.
Energy and Climate Change - New York
| October 1, 2007 |
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 Arbitration - New York
| June 16, 2008 | to | June 17, 2008 |
Fordham University School of Law presents Third Annual Conference on International Arbitration and Mediation, June 16-17, 2008, New York.
Cost-Benefit Analysis of Regs - Chicago
| October 11, 2007 | to | October 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.
Second Annual Colloquium on Current Scholarship in Labor and Employment Law
| September 28, 2007 | to | September 29, 2007 |
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.
U.S. Federalism Panel - Oslo
| May 9, 2008 | to | May 12, 2008 |
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
Globalizing Secured Credit Law: Current Problems, New Directions
| November 9, 2007 | to | November 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.
Capital Punishment - Austin, TX
| November 2, 2007 | to | November 3, 2007 |
The University of Texas School of Law’s Capital Punishment Center will present Capital Punishment Stories, a conference featuring presentations about landmark death penalty cases, Nov. 2-3, 2007.
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.
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