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Call for Participants Deadline: Future of Legal Education – Atlanta

January 4, 2008

Georgia State University College of Law hosts the International Conference on the Future of Legal Education Feb. 20-23 in Atlanta. Twenty-four speakers from the US and abroad are already scheduled. Review of applications to participate will begin immediately with decisions being made by January 7.

The conference is sponsored by

Posted by on December 17th, 2007 | EVENTS | no comments

Future of Legal Education – Atlanta

February 20, 2008toFebruary 23, 2008

Georgia State University College of Law hosts the International Conference on the Future of Legal Education Feb. 20-23 in Atlanta. Twenty-four speakers from the US and abroad are already scheduled. Review of applications to participate will begin immediately with decisions being made by January 7.

The conference is sponsored by

Posted by on December 17th, 2007 | EVENTS | no comments

Future of Legal Education – Atlanta

Georgia State University College of Law hosts the International Conference on the Future of Legal Education Feb. 20-23 in Atlanta. Twenty-four speakers from the US and abroad are already scheduled. Review of applications to participate will begin immediately with decisions being made by January 7.

The conference is sponsored by

Posted by on December 17th, 2007 | CONFERENCES, Legal Education | no comments

English Arbitration Act – London

January 21, 2008

The British Institute of International and Comparative Law presents its 11th Annual Review of the Arbitration Act 1996 on Monday, Jan. 21, 2008.

The 2007 annual review of the English Arbitration Act 1996 proposes a comparative look at developments in England as the courts now approach 1,000 decided cases since entry into force of the Act. This year’s review takes place against the background of claims by the Law Society (England and Wales: The Jurisdiction of Choice, October 2007) that London as an arbitration venue and English law are superior to civil law jurisdictions in terms of quality of legal norms, certainty, predictability, arbitration friendliness, lawyers and infrastructure. Are the Law Society’s claims legitimate or merely an expression of legal ethnocentrism by practitioners unfamiliar with systems of law other than their own?

Posted by on December 17th, 2007 | EVENTS | no comments

English Arbitration Act – London

The British Institute of International and Comparative Law presents its 11th Annual Review of the Arbitration Act 1996 on Monday, Jan. 21, 2008.

The 2007 annual review of the English Arbitration Act 1996 proposes a comparative look at developments in England as the courts now approach 1,000 decided cases since entry into force of the Act. This year’s review takes place against the background of claims by the Law Society (England and Wales: The Jurisdiction of Choice, October 2007) that London as an arbitration venue and English law are superior to civil law jurisdictions in terms of quality of legal norms, certainty, predictability, arbitration friendliness, lawyers and infrastructure. Are the Law Society’s claims legitimate or merely an expression of legal ethnocentrism by practitioners unfamiliar with systems of law other than their own?

Posted by on December 17th, 2007 | Alternative Dispute Resolution, Comparative Law, CONFERENCES | no comments

AALS Hot Topics – NYC

AALS saves a few slots at its annual meeting for hot topics. This year’s are:

  • Fri., Jan. 4, 2008, 10:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Reproductive Justice After Carhart
  • Sat., Jan. 5, 2008, 8:30-10:15 a.m. Of Guns and Militias: Just What Does The Second Amendment Guarantee? Reflections on the Supreme Court’s Grant Of Certiorari In District Of Columbia V. Heller
  • Sat., Jan. 5, 2008, 10:30a.m.-12:15 p.m., The New Federal Student Loan Repayment and Forgiveness Law: How it Will Affect Law Graduates and Law Schools
  • Sat., Jan. 5, 2008, 1:30-3:15 p.m. Accountability for Military Contractors

The entire program is here.

Posted by on December 14th, 2007 | CONFERENCES, Constitutional Law, Legal Education, National Security Law | no comments

Call for Proposals Deadline: Teaching Drafting and Transactional Skills

December 21, 2007

The Center for Transactional Law and Practice at Emory University School of Law presents Teaching Drafting and Transactional Skills: The Basics and Beyond May 30-31, 2008. The call for proposals deadline is December 21, 2007.

Thanks: Conglomerate.

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Teaching Drafting and Transactional Skills – Atlanta

The Center for Transactional Law and Practice at Emory University School of Law presents Teaching Drafting and Transactional Skills: The Basics and Beyond May 30-31, 2008. The call for proposals deadline is December 21, 2007.

Thanks: Conglomerate.

Posted by on December 14th, 2007 | Business Law, CALLS FOR PAPERS, CONFERENCES, Estate Planning, Legal Ethics, Legal Research & Writing | no comments

Teaching Drafting and Transactional Skills – Atlanta

May 30, 2008toMay 31, 2008

The Center for Transactional Law and Practice at Emory University School of Law presents Teaching Drafting and Transactional Skills: The Basics and Beyond May 30-31, 2008. The call for proposals deadline is December 21, 2007.

Thanks: Conglomerate.

Posted by on December 14th, 2007 | EVENTS | no comments

Transaction Law Workshop – AALS Midyear – 2009

Gordon Smith (BYU) reports that AALS will have a workshop on transaction law at its midyear meeting in 2009. Details (like date and location) aren’t available yet, but you can start thinking now. See his post on the Conglomerate blog.

Posted by on December 14th, 2007 | Business Law, CONFERENCES, Legal Education | no comments

December 13, 2007 Colloquia/Workshops

Boston University

Charles Silver (Texas Law)

Yale Legal Theory

Susan Wolf (North Carolina Philosophy), Moral Obligations and Social Commands

Posted by on December 13th, 2007 | COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS, Law and Religion, Uncategorized | no comments

December 11, 2007 Colloquia/Workshops

Chicago-Kent Legal History

Michael Alexander (Illinois-Chicago History), Interpreting Roman Trials: Critical vs. Empathetic History

Connecticut

Sara Bronin (UConn Law), Local Legal Barriers to Green Building

Queen’s Law

Robert Hockett (Cornell Law), The Impossibility of Paretian Prescription: Preferences, Principles and Imperatives in Law and Economics

Texas

Daniel Rodriguez (Texas Law) & Mathew McCubbins (San Diego Law), Faith in Reason: A Prolegomenon

UCLA Law, Economics, and Organizations

Steven Shavell (Harvard Law), On Optimal Legal Change, Past Behavior, and Grandfathering

Vanderbilt

Nita Farahany (Vanderbilt Law)

Posted by on December 11th, 2007 | COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS, Law and Economics, Legal History, Uncategorized | no comments

December 10, 2007 Colloquia/Workshops

Queen’s Law

Matthew Groves (Monash Law), Judicial Review of Administrative Action in the High Court of Australia

Posted by on December 10th, 2007 | Administrative Law, Comparative Law, CONFERENCES | no comments

Call for Papers Deadline Empirical Studies of Civil Liability

January 15, 2008

The Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth at Northwestern University School of Law is soliciting papers for a Research Symposium on Empirical Studies of Civil Liability at Northwestern University School of Law, Oct. 9-10, 2008. The call for papers deadline is Jan. 15, 2008.

Posted by on December 9th, 2007 | EVENTS | no comments

Empirical Studies of Civil Liability – Chicago

October 9, 2008toOctober 10, 2008

The Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth at Northwestern University School of Law is soliciting papers for a Research Symposium on Empirical Studies of Civil Liability at Northwestern University School of Law, Oct. 9-10, 2008. The call for papers deadline is Jan. 15, 2008.

Update (5/1/08): confirmed speakers are listed here.

Posted by on December 9th, 2007 | EVENTS | no comments

Empirical Studies of Civil Liability – Chicago

The Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth at Northwestern University School of Law is soliciting papers for a Research Symposium on Empirical Studies of Civil Liability at Northwestern University School of Law, Oct. 9-10, 2008. The call for papers deadline is Jan. 15, 2008.

Update (May 1, 2008): confirmed speakers are listed here.

Posted by on December 9th, 2007 | CALLS FOR PAPERS, Civil Procedure, CONFERENCES, Empirical Legal Studies, Tort Law | no comments

Cost-benefit analysis of regs

We posted about this conference in August: 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 on December 9th, 2007 | Administrative Law, CONFERENCES, Law and Economics | no comments

Call for Papers Deadline: Junior Faculty – Public Law, Humanities – New Haven

March 21, 2008

Stanford and Yale Law Schools announce the ninth session of the Stanford/Yale Junior Faculty Forum to be held at Yale Law School on June 20-21, 2008, and seek submissions for its meeting. The call for papers deadline is March 21, 2008.

Each year the Forum invites submissions on selected topics in public and private law, legal philosophy, and gender and race theory, alternating loosely between public law and humanities subjects in one year, and private and dispute resolution law in the next. For the upcoming 2008 meeting, the topics will cover public law and the humanities.

For more information, see the call for papers on SSRN.

Posted by on December 9th, 2007 | EVENTS | no comments

Junior Faculty – Public Law, Humanities – New Haven

June 20, 2008toJune 21, 2008

Stanford and Yale Law Schools announce the ninth session of the Stanford/Yale Junior Faculty Forum to be held at Yale Law School on June 20-21, 2008, and seek submissions for its meeting. The call for papers deadline is March 21, 2008.

Each year the Forum invites submissions on selected topics in public and private law, legal philosophy, and gender and race theory, alternating loosely between public law and humanities subjects in one year, and private and dispute resolution law in the next. For the upcoming 2008 meeting, the topics will cover public law and the humanities.

For more information, see the call for papers on SSRN.

Posted by on December 9th, 2007 | EVENTS | no comments

Junior Faculty – Public Law, Humanities – New Haven

Stanford and Yale Law Schools announce the ninth session of the Stanford/Yale Junior Faculty Forum to be held at Yale Law School on June 20-21, 2008, and seek submissions for its meeting. The call for papers deadline is March 21, 2008.

Each year the Forum invites submissions on selected topics in public and private law, legal philosophy, and gender and race theory, alternating loosely between public law and humanities subjects in one year, and private and dispute resolution law in the next. For the upcoming 2008 meeting, the topics will cover public law and the humanities.

For more information, see the call for papers on SSRN.

Posted by on December 9th, 2007 | CALLS FOR PAPERS, CONFERENCES, JUNIOR SCHOLARS | no comments

Call for Papers Deadline: Corporate Boards – Chicago

December 15, 2007

Loyola University of Chicago Graduate School of Business hosts Corporate Boards: Managers of Risk, Sources of Risk, April 16-18, 2008. The first call for papers deadline is Dec. 15, 2007.

Posted by on December 9th, 2007 | EVENTS | no comments

Corporate Boards – Chicago

April 16, 2008toApril 18, 2008

Loyola University of Chicago Graduate School of Business hosts Corporate Boards: Managers of Risk, Sources of Risk, April 16-18, 2008. The first call for papers deadline is Dec. 15, 2007.

Posted by on December 9th, 2007 | EVENTS | no comments

Corporate Boards – Chicago

Loyola University of Chicago Graduate School of Business hosts Corporate Boards: Managers of Risk, Sources of Risk, April 16-18, 2008. The first call for papers deadline is Dec. 15, 2007.

Posted by on December 9th, 2007 | Business Law, CALLS FOR PAPERS, CONFERENCES, Law and Economics | no comments

Global Workplace – San Diego (+ Baton Rouge and Newark via video feed)

February 15, 2008toFebruary 16, 2008

Thomas Jefferson School of Law (San Diego) hosts The Global Workplace: Expanding Intellectual Borders with International & Comparative Workplace Law, Feb. 15-16, 2008. Two sites will participate via videoconference: Seton Hall University School of Law (Newark, NJ) and Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge).

Posted by on December 9th, 2007 | EVENTS | no comments

Global Workplace – San Diego (+ Baton Rouge and Newark via video feed)

Thomas Jefferson School of Law (San Diego) hosts The Global Workplace: Expanding Intellectual Borders with International & Comparative Workplace Law, Feb. 15-16, 2008. Two sites will participate via videoconference: Seton Hall University School of Law (Newark, NJ) and Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge).

Posted by on December 9th, 2007 | Comparative Law, CONFERENCES, International Law, Labor and Employment Law | no comments

International Commercial Law – London

February 6, 2008toFebruary 8, 2008

The Centre for Commercial Law Studies at Queen Mary, University of London hosts Commercial Law – Where from and Where to? Feb. 6-8, 2008. Panels include scholars from the UK, US, EU, and China discussing international commercial law topics. For more information, see the announcement on SSRN.

Posted by on December 9th, 2007 | EVENTS | no comments

International Commercial Law – London

The Centre for Commercial Law Studies at Queen Mary, University of London hosts Commercial Law – Where from and Where to? Feb. 6-8, 2008. Panels include scholars from the UK, US, EU, and China discussing international commercial law topics. For more information, see the announcement on SSRN.

Posted by on December 9th, 2007 | Commercial Law, CONFERENCES, International Law | no comments

December 7, 2007 Colloquia/Workshops

December 7, 2007

New York Clinical Theory

Leah A. Hill (Fordham Law) & Lyn Slater (Fordham Social Services), “Practicing in Slow Motion”: The Development of an Interdisciplinary Curriculum for Critical Thinking and Reflective Practice

Notre Dame

Spencer Waller (Loyola Chicago Law), Law and Economics as Virus/Antitrust

Texas

Mat McCubbins (San Diego Law), From Competition to Competence? Theory and Experiments Regarding Deliberation, Expertise, and Decision Making & Knowing When to Trust Others

Posted by on December 7th, 2007 | COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS, EVENTS, Law and Economics, Uncategorized | no comments

December 7, 2007 Colloquia/Workshops

New York Clinical Theory

Leah A. Hill (Fordham Law) & Lyn Slater (Fordham Social Services), “Practicing in Slow Motion”: The Development of an Interdisciplinary Curriculum for Critical Thinking and Reflective Practice

Notre Dame

Spencer Waller (Loyola Chicago Law), Law and Economics as Virus/Antitrust 

Texas

Mat McCubbins (San Diego Law), From Competition to Competence? Theory and Experiments Regarding Deliberation, Expertise, and Decision Making & Knowing When to Trust Others

Posted by on December 7th, 2007 | COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS, Law and Economics, Uncategorized | no comments

Torture, Law, and War – Chicago

February 29, 2008toMarch 1, 2008

The University of Chicago Law School hosts Torture, Law, and War: What are the moral and legal boundaries on the use of coercion in interrogation? February 29-March 1, 2008. The conference is in conjunction with the University of Chicago Law School’s year-long Law and Philosophy Workshop focused on coercion. It will address the nature, history, psychology, law, and ethics of coercive interrogation.

Posted by on December 6th, 2007 | EVENTS | no comments

Torture, Law, and War – Chicago

The University of Chicago Law School hosts Torture, Law, and War: What are the moral and legal boundaries on the use of coercion in interrogation? February 29-March 1, 2008. The conference is in conjunction with the University of Chicago Law School’s year-long Law and Philosophy Workshop focused on coercion. It will address the nature, history, psychology, law, and ethics of coercive interrogation.

Posted by on December 6th, 2007 | CONFERENCES, Criminal Law, Law and Psychology, National Security Law | no comments

Land Use – Denver

March 6, 2008toMarch 7, 2008

The Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute‘s 17th Annual RMLUI Land Use Conference, Sustaining the Next 100 Million, will take place March 6-7, 2008, at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law.

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Land Use – Denver

The Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute‘s 17th Annual RMLUI Land Use Conference, Sustaining the Next 100 Million, will take place March 6-7, 2008, at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law.

Posted by on December 6th, 2007 | CONFERENCES, Local Government Law, Property Law | no comments

Citizen Lawyer – Williamsburg, VA

February 8, 2008toFebruary 9, 2008

The Institute of Bill of Rights Law (William & Mary Marshall-Wythe School of Law) and the William & Mary Law Review present Citizen Lawyer, Feb. 8-9, 2008:

This conference will critically examine the “citizen lawyer” idea. Even the definition of the citizen lawyer can be a broadly debated thing. Some would say the citizen lawyer is the lawyer who serves in government or specifically in public office. Some focus on the pro bono aspect, identifying the citizen lawyer as one who does public service of a wide variety. Some, holding the broadest view would say that all lawyers are citizen lawyers, serving as they do a critical role in the justice system or the economic life of the country.

Posted by on December 6th, 2007 | EVENTS | no comments

Citizen Lawyer – Williamsburg, VA

The Institute of Bill of Rights Law (William & Mary Marshall-Wythe School of Law) and the William & Mary Law Review present Citizen Lawyer, Feb. 8-9, 2008:

This conference will critically examine the “citizen lawyer” idea. Even the definition of the citizen lawyer can be a broadly debated thing. Some would say the citizen lawyer is the lawyer who serves in government or specifically in public office. Some focus on the pro bono aspect, identifying the citizen lawyer as one who does public service of a wide variety. Some, holding the broadest view would say that all lawyers are citizen lawyers, serving as they do a critical role in the justice system or the economic life of the country.

Posted by on December 6th, 2007 | CONFERENCES, Law and Society, Legal Ethics | no comments

How to Vote – Williamsburg, VA

March 14, 2008

The Institute of Bill of Rights Law (William & Mary Marshall-Wythe School of Law) presents How to Vote, Fri. March 14, 2008:

Central to our democracy is the casting of votes. The way in which America votes has been changing in recent years with a strong move towards electronic voting methods and the emergence of alternative voting schemes, such as early voting and voting by mail. The federal Help America Vote Act has imposed new requirements on the voting process, such as increasing the accessibility of voting booths to disabled voters, while some state legislatures have imposed heightened voter identification requirements. This conference will examine some of these recent changes in the way in which we vote in the United States and will consider how to best protect both the integrity and the reliability of our voting process.

Posted by on December 6th, 2007 | EVENTS | no comments

How to Vote – Williamsburg, VA

The Institute of Bill of Rights Law (William & Mary Marshall-Wythe School of Law) presents How to Vote, Fri. March 14, 2008:

Central to our democracy is the casting of votes. The way in which America votes has been changing in recent years with a strong move towards electronic voting methods and the emergence of alternative voting schemes, such as early voting and voting by mail. The federal Help America Vote Act has imposed new requirements on the voting process, such as increasing the accessibility of voting booths to disabled voters, while some state legislatures have imposed heightened voter identification requirements. This conference will examine some of these recent changes in the way in which we vote in the United States and will consider how to best protect both the integrity and the reliability of our voting process.

Posted by on December 6th, 2007 | CONFERENCES, Law and Politics | no comments

Nat’l Ass’n of Environmental Law Societies – South Royalton, VT

March 20, 2008toMarch 23, 2008

Vermont Law School hosts the 2008 meeting of the , Picking up the Pieces: Reclaiming Global Environmental Leadership, March 20-23, 2008.

Posted by on December 6th, 2007 | EVENTS | no comments

Nat’l Ass’n of Environmental Law Societies – South Royalton, VT

Vermont Law School hosts the 2008 meeting of the , Picking up the Pieces: Reclaiming Global Environmental Leadership, March 20-23, 2008.

Posted by on December 6th, 2007 | CONFERENCES, Environmental Law | no comments

Call for Papers Deadline: Conference on Empirical Legal Studies

April 15, 2008

Cornell Law School hosts the Third Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies on Friday, September 12 and Saturday, September 13, 2008. The call for papers deadline is April 15, 2008.

The conference will feature original empirical and experimental legal scholarship by leading scholars from a diverse range of fields. The conference’s objectives are: (i) to encourage and develop empirical and experimental scholarship on legal issues by providing scholars with an opportunity to present and discuss their work with an interdisciplinary group of people interested in the empirical study of law; and (ii) to stimulate ongoing conversations among scholars in law, economics, political science, demographics, finance, psychology, sociology, and other disciplines.

Posted by on December 6th, 2007 | EVENTS | no comments

Conference on Empirical Legal Studies – Ithaca, NY

September 12, 2008toSeptember 13, 2008

Cornell Law School hosts the Third Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies on Friday, September 12 and Saturday, September 13, 2008. The call for papers deadline is April 15, 2008.

The conference will feature original empirical and experimental legal scholarship by leading scholars from a diverse range of fields. The conference’s objectives are: (i) to encourage and develop empirical and experimental scholarship on legal issues by providing scholars with an opportunity to present and discuss their work with an interdisciplinary group of people interested in the empirical study of law; and (ii) to stimulate ongoing conversations among scholars in law, economics, political science, demographics, finance, psychology, sociology, and other disciplines.

Posted by on December 6th, 2007 | EVENTS | no comments

Conference on Empirical Legal Studies – Ithaca, NY

Cornell Law School hosts the Third Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies on Friday, September 12 and Saturday, September 13, 2008.  The call for papers deadline is April 15, 2008.

The conference will feature original empirical and experimental legal scholarship by leading scholars from a diverse range of fields. The conference’s objectives are: (i) to encourage and develop empirical and experimental scholarship on legal issues by providing scholars with an opportunity to present and discuss their work with an interdisciplinary group of people interested in the empirical study of law; and (ii) to stimulate ongoing conversations among scholars in law, economics, political science, demographics, finance, psychology, sociology, and other disciplines.

Posted by on December 6th, 2007 | CONFERENCES, Empirical Legal Studies | no comments

Beyond Adversarial Governance – San Francisco

February 1, 2008

The University of California Hastings College of Law Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution and Center for State and Local Government Law are hosting a conference on Collaborative Governance, entitled Beyond Adversarial Governance, on February 1, 2008. This conference will bring scholars, practitioners, legislators and public policy makers and their attorneys together to discuss new methods of policy making through deliberative democracy and public policy facilitation.

Posted by on December 6th, 2007 | EVENTS | no comments

Beyond Adversarial Governance – San Francisco

The University of California Hastings College of Law Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution and Center for State and Local Government Law are hosting a conference on Collaborative Governance, entitled Beyond Adversarial Governance, on February 1, 2008. This conference will bring scholars, practitioners, legislators and public policy makers and their attorneys together to discuss new methods of policy making through deliberative democracy and public policy facilitation.

Posted by on December 6th, 2007 | Alternative Dispute Resolution, CONFERENCES, Law and Politics, Local Government Law | no comments

Fair Trade, Corporate Accountability and Beyond – Melbourne

December 19, 2007 7:00 pmtoDecember 20, 2007 7:00 pm

The University of Melbourne‘s Centre for Employment & Labour Relations Law is hosting Fair Trade, Corporate Accountability and Beyond: Experiments in ‘Globalising Justice’, Dec. 19-20, 2007.

Orly Lobel, one of the speakers, forwarded this message to the Legal Scholarship Blog:

We still have a number of places available for the Fair Trade and Corporate Accountability Workshop. Please feel free to circulate the notice copied in below amongst your friends and colleagues who share an interest in the topic of the workshop. Please note, though, that we wish to keep numbers small in order to facilitate open discussion amongst participants, so registrations may be closed if numbers become unwieldy.

Posted by on December 6th, 2007 | EVENTS | no comments

Fair Trade, Corporate Accountability and Beyond – Melbourne

The University of Melbourne‘s Centre for Employment & Labour Relations Law is hosting Fair Trade, Corporate Accountability and Beyond: Experiments in ‘Globalising Justice’, Dec. 19-20, 2007. 

Orly Lobel, one of the speakers, forwarded this message to the Legal Scholarship Blog:

We still have a number of places available for the Fair Trade and Corporate Accountability Workshop. Please feel free to circulate the notice copied in below amongst your friends and colleagues who share an interest in the topic of the workshop. Please note, though, that we wish to keep numbers small in order to facilitate open discussion amongst participants, so registrations may be closed if numbers become unwieldy.

Posted by on December 6th, 2007 | CONFERENCES, International Law | no comments

December 6, 2007 Colloquia/Workshops

December 6, 2007

Boston College Legal History

Karen Beck (Curator of Rare Books, Boston College Law), The Nineteenth-Century American Lawyer’s Private Library: A Look at the Evidence

Boston University

Ken Simons (Boston University Law)

Columbia

John Leubsdorf (Columbia Law), Legal Ethics Falls Apart

Columbia Tax Policy

Michael Graetz (Yale Law), 100 Million Unnecessary Returns:  A Simple, Fair, and Competitive Tax Plan for the United States

Fordham

Lani Guinier (Harvard Law), All of Us is Tired: Notes Toward a Demosprudence of Social Movements

NYU Legal, Political, and Social Philosophy

David Golove (NYU Law), Incorporating Global Justice into the U.S. Constitution

Penn Law and Philosophy

David Enoch (Columbia Law), Intending, Foreseeing, and the State

USC China Institute

William Alford (Harvard Law), “Second Lawyers, First Principles”: Lawyers, Rice-Roots Legal Workers, and the Battle Over Legal Professionalism in China

Yale Law, Economics, and Organization

Abraham Wickelgren (Northwestern Law), Credible Discovery, Settlement, and Negative Expected Value Suits

Posted by on December 6th, 2007 | COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS, Comparative Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, EVENTS, International Law, Law and Economics, Law and Humanities, Law and Society, Legal Ethics, Legal History, Tax Law, Tort Law | no comments

December 6, 2007 Colloquia/Workshops

Boston College Legal History

Karen Beck (Curator of Rare Books, Boston College Law), The Nineteenth-Century American Lawyer’s Private Library: A Look at the Evidence

Boston University

Ken Simons (Boston University Law)

Columbia

John Leubsdorf (Columbia Law), Legal Ethics Falls Apart

Columbia Tax Policy

Michael Graetz (Yale Law), 100 Million Unnecessary Returns:  A Simple, Fair, and Competitive Tax Plan for the United States

Fordham

Lani Guinier (Harvard Law), All of Us is Tired: Notes Toward a Demosprudence of Social Movements

NYU Legal, Political, and Social Philosophy

David Golove (NYU Law), Incorporating Global Justice into the U.S. Constitution

Penn Law and Philosophy

David Enoch (Columbia Law), Intending, Foreseeing, and the State

USC China Institute

William Alford (Harvard Law), “Second Lawyers, First Principles”: Lawyers, Rice-Roots Legal Workers, and the Battle Over Legal Professionalism in China

Yale Law, Economics, and Organization

Abraham Wickelgren (Northwestern Law), Credible Discovery, Settlement, and Negative Expected Value Suits

Posted by on December 6th, 2007 | COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS, Comparative Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, International Law, Law and Economics, Law and Humanities, Law and Society, Legal Ethics, Legal History, Tax Law, Tort Law | no comments

Call for Papers: Neuroscience of Decision Making and the Law

July 1, 2008

Behavioral Sciences and the Law announces a forthcoming special issue on the neuroscience of decision making and the law, to be co-edited by Steven K. Erickson, J.D., LL.M., Ph.D. and Alan R. Felthous, M.D., Manuscripts that address the following issues are especially welcome: Neuroscience and neuroimaging results of areas of moral judgment; the impact and limitations of such finings on legally relevant behavior; neuropsychiatric, neuropsychological and genetic disorders which impinge on intent and responsibility. Original research reports and forensically relevant literature reviews will be included. The deadline for submission is July 1, 2008. Jump to full post

Posted by on December 5th, 2007 | EVENTS | no comments

Call for Papers: Neuroscience of Decision Making and the Law

Behavioral Sciences and the Law announces a forthcoming special issue on the neuroscience of decision making and the law, to be co-edited by Steven K. Erickson, J.D., LL.M., Ph.D. and Alan R. Felthous, M.D., Manuscripts that address the following issues are especially welcome: Neuroscience and neuroimaging results of areas of moral judgment; the impact and limitations of such finings on legally relevant behavior; neuropsychiatric, neuropsychological and genetic disorders which impinge on intent and responsibility. Original research reports and forensically relevant literature reviews will be included. The deadline for submission is July 1, 2008. Jump to full post

Posted by on December 5th, 2007 | CALLS FOR PAPERS, Law and Psychology | no comments

December 5, 2007 Colloquia/Workshops

December 5, 2007

Connecticut

Laura Dickinson (UConn Law), Outsourcing War and Peace

NYU Legal History

Sarah Gordon (Penn Law), Religious Freedom: The Crossroads of Belief and Law & Under God: War and Apocalypse, 1935-1955 & The Devil: The Nation of Islam and Religion in Prison

Penn Tax

James Hines (Michigan Law)

Washington

Karen Weaver (Soha Lang), Death and Transfiguration: How the Quest for Insurance is Changing the Face of Substantive Law

Posted by on December 5th, 2007 | COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS, EVENTS, Insurance Law, Law and Economics, Legal History, Tax Law | no comments

December 5, 2007 Colloquia/Workshops

Connecticut

Laura Dickinson (UConn Law), Outsourcing War and Peace

NYU Legal History

Sarah Gordon (Penn Law), Religious Freedom: The Crossroads of Belief and Law & Under God: War and Apocalypse, 1935-1955 & The Devil: The Nation of Islam and Religion in Prison

Penn Tax

James Hines (Michigan Law)

Washington

Karen Weaver (Soha Lang), Death and Transfiguration: How the Quest for Insurance is Changing the Face of Substantive Law

Posted by on December 5th, 2007 | COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS, Insurance Law, Law and Religion, Legal History, Tax Law | no comments

December 4, 2007 Colloquia/Workshops

December 4, 2007

Harvard Law and Economics

Guhan Subramanian (Harvard Law), No-Shops and Go-Shops in Private Equity Buyouts: Some Empirical Evidence

New York Law School

Frank K. Upham (NYU Law), From Deng to Demsetz: The Implications for Law and Development Theory of China’s Three Decades of ‘Property-Rights-Less’ Economic Growth

Northwestern Law and Economics

J.J. Prescott (Michigan Law), Do Sex Offender Registration and Notification Laws Affect Criminal Behavior

Notre Dame

Jennifer Mason McAward (Notre Dame Law) & Doug Cassel (Notre Dame Law), Boumediene v. Bush

NYU Law, Economics, and Politics

Adrian Vermeule (Harvard Law), Holmes on Emergencies

Posted by on December 4th, 2007 | Business Law, COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS, Comparative Law, Criminal Law, EVENTS, Law and Economics, Legal History | no comments

December 4, 2007 Colloquia/Workshops

Harvard Law and Economics

Guhan Subramanian (Harvard Law), No-Shops and Go-Shops in Private Equity Buyouts: Some Empirical Evidence

New York Law School

Frank K. Upham (NYU Law), From Deng to Demsetz: The Implications for Law and Development Theory of China’s Three Decades of ‘Property-Rights-Less’ Economic Growth

Northwestern Law and Economics

J.J. Prescott (Michigan Law), Do Sex Offender Registration and Notification Laws Affect Criminal Behavior

Notre Dame

Jennifer Mason McAward (Notre Dame Law) & Doug Cassel (Notre Dame Law), Boumediene v. Bush

NYU Law, Economics, and Politics

Adrian Vermeule (Harvard Law), Holmes on Emergencies

Posted by on December 4th, 2007 | Business Law, COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS, Comparative Law, Criminal Law, Law and Economics, Legal History | no comments

Call for Papers Deadline: Tribal Courts

December 20, 2007

American University Washington College of Law (WCL) is hosting a conference, What Do We Know About Tribal Courts? An Examination on the 30th Anniversary of Oliphant, examining tribal law and tribal courts on March 6, 2008. The call for papers deadline is Dec. 20, 2007.
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Tribal Courts – Washington, DC

March 6, 2008

American University Washington College of Law (WCL) is hosting a conference, What Do We Know About Tribal Courts? An Examination on the 30th Anniversary of Oliphant, examining tribal law and tribal courts on March 6, 2008. The call for papers deadline is Dec. 20, 2007.
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Tribal Courts – Washington, DC

American University Washington College of Law (WCL) is hosting a conference, What Do We Know About Tribal Courts? An Examination on the 30th Anniversary of Oliphant, examining tribal law and tribal courts on March 6, 2008. The call for papers deadline is Dec. 20, 2007.
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Call for Papers Deadline: European Law & Policy

February 29, 2008

The Institute of European Law at Birmingham Law School hosts The Next 50 Years: The Future of European Law & Policy: Conference on European Law & Policy in Context, July 3-4, 2008. The call for papers deadline is Feb. 29, 2008.

“Scholars and postgraduate research students in any discipline are invited to submit proposals for papers on any issue regarding the future of European Law and Policy, in particular EU membership , EU institutions and decision- making , EU policies , the protection of fundamental rights , and EU relations with the outside world.”

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European Law & Policy – Birmingham, UK

July 3, 2008toJuly 4, 2008

The Institute of European Law at Birmingham Law School hosts The Next 50 Years: The Future of European Law & Policy: Conference on European Law & Policy in Context, July 3-4, 2008. The call for papers deadline is Feb. 29, 2008.

“Scholars and postgraduate research students in any discipline are invited to submit proposals for papers on any issue regarding the future of European Law and Policy, in particular EU membership , EU institutions and decision- making , EU policies , the protection of fundamental rights , and EU relations with the outside world.”

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European Law & Policy – Birmingham, UK

The Institute of European Law at Birmingham Law School hosts The Next 50 Years: The Future of European Law & Policy: Conference on European Law & Policy in Context, July 3-4, 2008. The call for papers deadline is Feb. 29, 2008.

“Scholars and postgraduate research students in any discipline are invited to submit proposals for papers on any issue regarding the future of European Law and Policy, in particular EU membership , EU institutions and decision- making , EU policies , the protection of fundamental rights , and EU relations with the outside world.”

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Crimtorts – Harrisburg, PA

February 25, 2008

The Widener Law Journal presents a symposium on Crimtorts, Feb. 25, 2008, Harrisburg, PA. Jump to full post

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Crimtorts – Harrisburg, PA

The Widener Law Journal presents a symposium on Crimtorts, Feb. 25, 2008, Harrisburg, PA. Jump to full post

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December 3, 2007 Colloquia/Workshops

December 3, 2007

Brooklyn

Rachel Godsil (Seton Hall Law), Just Compensation in an Ownership Society

Columbia Law and Economics

Thomas J. Miles (Chicago Law), Markets for Stolen Property: Pawnshops and Crime

Vanderbilt

Michael Klausner (Stanford Law), The Contractarian Paradigm of Corporate Law Revisited

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December 3, 2007 Colloquia/Workshops

Brooklyn

Rachel Godsil (Seton Hall Law), Just Compensation in an Ownership Society

Columbia Law and Economics

Thomas J. Miles (Chicago Law), Markets for Stolen Property: Pawnshops and Crime

Vanderbilt

Michael Klausner (Stanford Law), The Contractarian Paradigm of Corporate Law Revisited

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