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U.S. Government Efforts to Suppress Terrorism Financing - Winston-Salem, NC

April 4, 2008

The Wake Forest Law Review held its twenty-first annual Business Law Symposium — U.S. Government Efforts to Suppress Terrorism Financing — on Friday, April 4, 2008, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on May 9th, 2008 | EVENTS | no comments

Climate Change - New Orleans

April 4, 2008toApril 5, 2008

Tulane Law School’s 13th Annual Environmental Conference on Law, Science & the Public Interest — Climate Change: In the Community & the Courtroom — was April 4-5, 2008.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on April 14th, 2008 | EVENTS | no comments

Disability, Reproduction, and Parenting - St. Louis

April 4, 2008

Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy and
the Center for Health Law Studies presented the 20th Annual Saint Louis University Health Law Symposium, Disability, Reproduction and Parenting, April 4, 2008.

Thanks: Reproductive Rights Prof Blog.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on April 11th, 2008 | EVENTS | no comments

April 4, 2008 Colloquia/Workshops

Cincinnati

Natasha Martin (Seattle Law), Immunity for Hire: The Same Actor Factor as a Subterfuge to Equality in the Contemporary Workplace

Duke

Christine Jolls (Yale Law)

Florida

Craig Anthony Arnold (Louisville Law), Land Use Regulation and the Democratic Process

Georgetown International Human Rights

Martin Flaherty (Fordham Law), Executive Authority, Fundamental Rights, and Global Separation of Powers

Georgia International Law

David Caron (UC Berkeley Law), Why International Courts and Tribunals Look and Act as They Do

Harvard International Law

John Mikhail (Georgetown Law)

Iowa

Thomas Merrill (Columbia Law), The Rule of First Possession and the Rule of Accession

Missouri

Heidi Kitrosser (Minnesota Law)

Syracuse

Eric A. Kades (William & Mary Law), A Positive Theory of Eminent Domain

Texas

Kristin Collins (BU Law), Let the Government become their Guardians: Administrative Law, Social Provision, and the Legal Construction of the Family in the Early Nineteenth Century

UCLA Faculty Friday

Mark Tushnet (Harvard Law), The Rights Revolution in the Twentieth Century

Virginia

Gia Lee (UCLA Law), Free Speech Deference

Posted by pittlegalscholarship on April 4th, 2008 | Labor and Employment Law, Law and Economics, Law and Humanities, COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS, Courts, Legal History, Civil Rights Law, Constitutional Law, Property Law, International Law, Commercial Law, Administrative Law, Uncategorized | no comments

Critical Tax Conference - Tallahassee, FL

April 4, 2008toApril 5, 2008

Florida State University College of Law hosts the Critical Tax Conference April 4-5.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on April 2nd, 2008 | EVENTS | no comments

April 4, 2008 Colloquia/Workshops

April 4, 2008

Cincinnati

Natasha Martin (Seattle Law), Immunity for Hire: The Same Actor Factor as a Subterfuge to Equality in the Contemporary Workplace

Duke

Christine Jolls (Yale Law)

Florida

Craig Anthony Arnold (Louisville Law), Land Use Regulation and the Democratic Process

Georgetown International Human Rights

Martin Flaherty (Fordham Law), Executive Authority, Fundamental Rights, and Global Separation of Powers

Georgia International Law

David Caron (UC Berkeley Law), Why International Courts and Tribunals Look and Act as They Do

Harvard International Law

John Mikhail (Georgetown Law)

Iowa

Thomas Merrill (Columbia Law), The Rule of First Possession and the Rule of Accession

Missouri

Heidi Kitrosser (Minnesota Law)

Syracuse

Eric A. Kades (William & Mary Law), A Positive Theory of Eminent Domain

Texas

Kristin Collins (BU Law), Let the Government become their Guardians: Administrative Law, Social Provision, and the Legal Construction of the Family in the Early Nineteenth Century

UCLA Faculty Friday

Mark Tushnet (Harvard Law), The Rights Revolution in the Twentieth Century

Virginia

Gia Lee (UCLA Law), Free Speech Deference

Posted by pittlegalscholarship on March 30th, 2008 | Law and Humanities, Labor and Employment Law, COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS, EVENTS, Courts, Legal History, Civil Rights Law, Constitutional Law, Property Law, International Law, Commercial Law, Administrative Law, Uncategorized | no comments

Fair Housing Act - Indianapolis

April 3, 2008toApril 4, 2008

The Indiana Law Review Symposium this year is The Fair Housing Act After 40 Years: Continuing the Mission to Eliminate Housing Discrimination and Segregation, April 3-4, 2008, in Indianapolis.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on March 25th, 2008 | EVENTS | no comments

Call for Papers Deadline: National Security Law Junior Faculty Workshop

April 4, 2008

National Security Law Junior Faculty Workshop (Winston-Salem, NC, May 23, 2008):

Wake Forest University School of Law and the Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School announce a workshop for military and civilian junior faculty working in the area of national security law (broadly understood to include the full range of constitutional, statutory, and international law concepts implicated by national security issues). Our aim is to provide an informal setting for participants to present and discuss works-in-progress, for civilian and JAG faculty to get to know one another, and for civilian faculty to receive instruction from JAG faculty concerning current issues in the law of war.

The call for papers deadline is April 4, 2008.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on March 24th, 2008 | EVENTS | no comments

Transformation in Iraq - Los Angeles

April 4, 2008

Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review presents its 2008 symposium, Transformation in Iraq: From Ending a Modern War to Creating a Modern Peace, April 4, 2008.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on March 20th, 2008 | EVENTS | no comments

Indigenous Economic Development: Sustainability, Culture and Business - Portland, OR

April 4, 2008

Lewis and Clark Law School’s Business Law Programs hosts Indigenous Economic Development: Sustainability, Culture and Business April 4, 2008. The event is co-sponsored by the Oregon State Bar Indian Law Section.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on March 20th, 2008 | EVENTS | no comments

Victims and the Criminal Justice System - White Plains, NY

April 4, 2008

The Pace Law Review hosts Victims and the Criminal Justice System Symposium April 4, 2008.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on March 14th, 2008 | EVENTS | no comments

U.S. Gov’t Efforts to Suppress Terrorism Financing - Winston-Salem

April 4, 2008

The Wake Forest Law Review will hold its twenty-first annual Business Law Symposium on the topic of U.S. Government Efforts to Suppress Terrorism Financing on Friday, April 4, 2008, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on March 13th, 2008 | EVENTS | no comments

The Individual and Customary Int’l Law - Bloomington

April 3, 2008toApril 5, 2008

On April 3-5, 2008, the Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington will host The Individual and Customary International Law Formation. The conference will explore the current disjuncture in customary international law that results in individuals being subjects of this category of law, but not legitimate participants in its formation.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on February 29th, 2008 | EVENTS | no comments

Convicting the Innocent - Lubbock, TX

April 4, 2008

Texas Tech Law Review hosts Convicting the Innocent April 4, 2008.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on February 20th, 2008 | EVENTS | no comments

Corporate Accountability and Oversight - San Francisco

April 4, 2008

On April 4, 2008, the Journal of Law and Social Challenges (University of San Francisco School of Law) is hosting a symposium entitled The Future of Corporate Accountability and Oversight.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on February 20th, 2008 | EVENTS | no comments

IP and Gender - Washington, DC

April 4, 2008

Three entities of American University Washington College of Law — the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, the Women and the Law Program, and the Journal of Gender, Social Policy, and the Law — are presenting IP and Gender: Mapping the Connections, April 4, 2008.

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

Fed Courts Workshop for Junior Scholars - Washington, DC

April 4, 2008

American University Washington College of Law is hosting a workshop for junior federal courts faculty on April 4, 2008. Details after the jump. Jump to full post

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on November 15th, 2007 | EVENTS | no comments

Where Truth Meets Fiction: A National Symposium on the Intersection of Forensic Science and Pop Culture

April 3, 2008toApril 5, 2008

Where Truth Meets Fiction: A National Symposium on the Intersection of Forensic Science and Pop Culture at Duquesne University School of Law in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on April 3-5, 2008.

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

Law, Poverty and Economic Inequality - Valparaiso, IN

April 3, 2008toApril 4, 2008

Valparaiso University School of Law will host Law, Poverty and Economic Inequality, April 3-4, 2008. The deadline for proposal abstracts is Nov. 1, 2007. Details here.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on October 23rd, 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

Regional Trade Agreements - St. Louis

April 4, 2008

The Saint Louis University School of Law Public Law Review is organizing a symposium, The Changing Tide of Trade: Social, Political, and Environmental Implications of Regional Trade Agreements. The symposium will take place Friday, April 4, 2008. The call for papers deadline is Dec. 17, 2007. (Details here.)

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