Legal Scholarship Blog

The 85th Annual Meeting of the American Law Institute is taking place in Washington, DC, May 19-21, 2008. On the agenda: Capital Punishment Status Report; Principles of the Law of Aggregate Litigation; Principles of the Law of Nonprofit Organizations; Restatement of the Law Third, Restitution and Unjust Enrichment; Restatement of the Law Third, Employment Law; Proposal to amend § 1-301 (Choice of Law) of Article 1 of the Uniform Commercial Code; Principles of the Law of Software Contracts.

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

May 21, 2008 Colloquia/Workshops

Chicago International Law

William Burke-White (UPenn Law), Peace vs. Justice or Peace & Justice: States, Rebels, and the International Criminal Court

Duke

Donald T. Hornstein (UNC Law)

Stanford

Alison Morantz (Stanford Law)

Posted by pittlegalscholarship on May 19th, 2008 | EVENTS, COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS, International Law, Criminal Law, Uncategorized | no comments

Off-Label Uses of Approved Drugs - Washington, DC

The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research presents Off-Label Uses of Approved Drugs: Medicine, Law, and Policy May 21, 2008.

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

Theorising the Global Legal Order - Swansea, Wales, UK

Swansea University School of Law presents Theorising the Global Legal Order May 21-22, 2008.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on May 5th, 2008 | EVENTS | no comments

Williams Act (Corp. Takeovers) - Washington, D.C.

The Williams Act 40 Years On, May 21 - May 22, 2008.

In cooperation with the Securities & Exchange Commission, Georgetown Law has planned a day and a half of lively presentations and discussion about the current state of both U.S. and global regulation of corporate takeovers and M&A activity. The speakers and panelists will include senior SEC officials, academics, financial journalists, regulators, practitioners, bankers, and judges, including Delaware Vice- Chancellors Leo Strine and Steve Lamb.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on March 31st, 2008 | EVENTS | no comments

Computers, Freedom, and Privacy - New Haven

The Technology Policy ‘08 conference, Computers, Freedom, and Privacy, will be held May 20-23, 2008, in New Haven, CT.

It is sponsored by Google, AOL, Yale Law and Media Project (LAMP), Yale Information Society Project (ISP), and the Association for Computing Machinery.

The Call for presentations, tutorials, and workshops has different options. Most have a deadline of March 21, 2008. The deadline for Birds of a Feather Session proposals is April 21, 2008.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on March 4th, 2008 | EVENTS | no comments