Closing the Tax Gap - Stanford, CA
| November 8, 2008 |
The Stanford Law & Policy Review hosts a symposium on Closing the Tax Gap, Nov. 8, 2008. (The deadline for the call for papers has already passed.)
Closing the Tax Gap - Stanford, CA
The Stanford Law & Policy Review hosts a symposium on Closing the Tax Gap, Nov. 8, 2008. (The deadline for the call for papers has already passed.)
Litigating Takings & Other Challenges to Land Use & Envir. Reg. - Stanford
| November 6, 2008 | to | November 7, 2008 |
On November 6-7, 2008, the Georgetown Environmental Law & Policy Institute at Georgetown University Law Center and Stanford Law School’s Environmental and Natural Resources Law & Policy Program will host the 11th Annual Conference on Litigating Takings and Related Legal Challenges to Land Use and Environmental Regulation.
The conference, to be held at Stanford Law School, will examine how the Takings Clause and related legal doctrines may undermine the public’s ability to address emerging environmental, public health, and growth management challenges. A particular focus of this year’s conference will be the potential takings implications of public policy initiatives designed to mitigate and adapt to global warming. The conference will also address recent legal developments in takings law and related fields, including the latest legal and policy fall out from the Supreme Court’s landmark decisions in Lingle v. Chevron USA and Kelo v. City of New London. Another featured topic will be future prospects for property rights ballot measures along the lines of Propositions 98 and 99 in California and other states.
Conference faculty will include a mix of leading academic scholars and expert practitioners. The proceedings of the conference will be published in the Stanford Environmental Law Journal.
Litigating Takings & Other Challenges to Land Use & Envir. Reg. - Stanford, CA
On November 6-7, 2008, the Georgetown Environmental Law & Policy Institute at Georgetown University Law Center and Stanford Law School’s Environmental and Natural Resources Law & Policy Program will host the 11th Annual Conference on Litigating Takings and Related Legal Challenges to Land Use and Environmental Regulation.
The conference, to be held at Stanford Law School, will examine how the Takings Clause and related legal doctrines may undermine the public’s ability to address emerging environmental, public health, and growth management challenges. A particular focus of this year’s conference will be the potential takings implications of public policy initiatives designed to mitigate and adapt to global warming. The conference will also address recent legal developments in takings law and related fields, including the latest legal and policy fall out from the Supreme Court’s landmark decisions in Lingle v. Chevron USA and Kelo v. City of New London. Another featured topic will be future prospects for property rights ballot measures along the lines of Propositions 98 and 99 in California and other states.
Conference faculty will include a mix of leading academic scholars and expert practitioners. The proceedings of the conference will be published in the Stanford Environmental Law Journal.
International Labor Standards - Stanford, CA
| November 14, 2008 | to | November 15, 2008 |
Stanford Law School hosts International Labor Standards, Rights and Beyond, Nov. 14-15, 2008.
International Labor Standards - Stanford, CA
Stanford Law School hosts International Labor Standards, Rights and Beyond, Nov. 14-15, 2008.
Neuroimaging, Pain, and the Law - Stanford, CA
| December 4, 2008 |
Stanford Law School’s Center for Law and the Biosciences will host a day-long, interdisciplinary conference on Neuroimaging, Pain, and the Law, Dec. 4, 2008. “Leading researchers in their respective fields will discuss the current state of the science, the applicability of the science to the law, and the scope of the legal issues and potential impact.”
Neuroimaging, Pain, and the Law - Stanford, CA
Stanford Law School’s Center for Law and the Biosciences will host a day-long, interdisciplinary conference on Neuroimaging, Pain, and the Law, Dec. 4, 2008. “Leading researchers in their respective fields will discuss the current state of the science, the applicability of the science to the law, and the scope of the legal issues and potential impact.”
Hurst Summer Institute in Legal History - Madison, WI
| June 14, 2009 | to | June 27, 2009 |
The J. Willard Hurst Summer Institute in Legal History is sponsored by the Institute for Legal Studies in conjunction with the American Society for Legal History (ASLH). Each Institute is organized and chaired by a well-known legal historian and includes visiting senior scholars who lead specialized sessions. While sessions have been held biennially, it is possible the Institute will move to a three year cycle.
For each Hurst Institute, a committee appointed by the ASLH reviewed applications from beginning faculty members, doctoral students with completed or almost completed dissertations, and recent J.D. graduates, and selected 12 junior scholars from around the world as Institute Fellows. The Fellows came to Madison for two weeks to participate in seminars, meet other legal historians, and discuss their own work.
The Next Hurst Institute: June 14-27, 2009. We are pleased that Barbara Welke, Associate Professor of History and Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota will chair the Hurst Summer Institute again in 2009. Guest scholars will be named at a later date. The two-week program is structured but informal, and features discussions of core readings in legal history and analysis of the work of the participants in the Institute. Applications will be accepted in Fall 2008 when more complete information will be posted.
Update (Sept. 1): Applications will be accepted Dec. 1, 2008 - Jan. 15, 2009.
Hurst Summer Institute in Legal History - Madison, WI
The J. Willard Hurst Summer Institute in Legal History is sponsored by the Institute for Legal Studies in conjunction with the American Society for Legal History (ASLH). Each Institute is organized and chaired by a well-known legal historian and includes visiting senior scholars who lead specialized sessions. While sessions have been held biennially, it is possible the Institute will move to a three year cycle.
For each Hurst Institute, a committee appointed by the ASLH reviewed applications from beginning faculty members, doctoral students with completed or almost completed dissertations, and recent J.D. graduates, and selected 12 junior scholars from around the world as Institute Fellows. The Fellows came to Madison for two weeks to participate in seminars, meet other legal historians, and discuss their own work.
The Next Hurst Institute: June 14-27, 2009. We are pleased that Barbara Welke, Associate Professor of History and Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota will chair the Hurst Summer Institute again in 2009. Guest scholars will be named at a later date. The two-week program is structured but informal, and features discussions of core readings in legal history and analysis of the work of the participants in the Institute. Applications will be accepted in Fall 2008 when more complete information will be posted.
Update (Sept. 1): Applications will be accepted Dec. 1, 2008 - Jan. 15, 2009.
Creativity, Entrepreneurship, and Intellectual Property - Madison, WI
| April 24, 2009 |
Professor Shubha Ghosh (University of Wisconsin School of Law) will host a workshop for scholars invited to present papers on the empirics of patent lawyering, the economics of creativity, intellectual property as governing the employment relationship, international migration, and global intellectual property, April 24, 2009. Details pending.
Thanks: IP and IT Conferences.
Creativity, Law, and Entrepreneurship - Madison, WI
Professor Shubha Ghosh (University of Wisconsin School of Law) will host a workshop for scholars invited to present papers on the empirics of patent lawyering, the economics of creativity, intellectual property as governing the employment relationship, international migration, and global intellectual property, April 24, 2009. Details pending.
Thanks: IP and IT Conferences.
Space Law - Daejeon, S. Korea
| October 12, 2009 | to | October 16, 2009 |
The International Institute of Space Law (IISL) is organizing two symposia - the first to be held during the course of the 59th International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2008) in Glasgow, Scotland, Sept. 29 - Oct. 3, 2008, and the second during the 60th IAC in Daejeon, South Korean one year later, Oct. 12-16, 2009.
The Glasgow colloquium is From Imagination to Reality, are here. The Daejeon program is still being developed.
Space Law - Glasgow, Scotland
| September 29, 2008 | to | October 3, 2008 |
The International Institute of Space Law (IISL) is organizing two symposia - the first to be held during the course of the 59th International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2008) in Glasgow, Scotland, Sept. 29 - Oct. 3, 2008, and the second during the 60th IAC in Daejeon, South Korean one year later, Oct. 12-16, 2009.
The Glasgow colloquium is From Imagination to Reality, are here. The Daejeon program is still being developed.
Space Law - Glasgow, Scotland (’08) and Daejeon, South Korea (’09)
The International Institute of Space Law (IISL) is organizing two symposia - the first to be held during the course of the 59th International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2008) in Glasgow, Scotland, Sept. 29 - Oct. 3, 2008, and the second during the 60th IAC in Daejeon, South Korean one year later, Oct. 12-16, 2009.
The Glasgow colloquium is From Imagination to Reality, are here. The Daejeon program is still being developed.
Space Law - Washington, DC
| December 11, 2008 |
The National Center for Remote Sensing, Air and Space Law and the International Institute of Space Law present the Third Eilene M. Galloway Symposium on Critical Issues in Space Law, Dec. 11, 2008, at the Cosmos Club, in Washington, DC. The National Center for Remote Sensing, Air and Space Law is at the University of Mississippi School of Law. (Information about Eilene Galloway is here.)
Space Law - Washington, DC
The National Center for Remote Sensing, Air and Space Law and the International Institute of Space Law present the Third Eilene M. Galloway Symposium on Critical Issues in Space Law, Dec. 11, 2008, at the Cosmos Club, in Washington, DC. The National Center for Remote Sensing, Air and Space Law is at the University of Mississippi School of Law. (Information about Eilene Galloway is here.)
Speech and Silence in American Law - Tuscaloosa, AL
| February 27, 2009 |
As part of a series on Law, Knowledge & Imagination, the University of Alabama School of Law presents Speech and Silence in American Law, Feb. 27, 2009.
This symposium will study the relationship between speech and silence in American law. We will examine how the law values silence, focusing on the right not to speak, as well as the decision not to select a speaker, in both private and government discourse.
We will analyze compelled speech, in contexts ranging from the flag salute to the Solomon Amendment cases, as well as instances where individuals are forced to be identified with a particular message.
In the aftermath of 9/11, we were reminded that speech alone may be troubling or dangerous. For some, the continuing threat of terrorism requires new attitudes toward speech. Others believe we can strike a better balance between freedom and security.
Speech and Silence in American Law - Tuscaloosa, AL
As part of a series on Law, Knowledge & Imagination, the University of Alabama School of Law presents Speech and Silence in American Law, Feb. 27, 2009.
This symposium will study the relationship between speech and silence in American law. We will examine how the law values silence, focusing on the right not to speak, as well as the decision not to select a speaker, in both private and government discourse.
We will analyze compelled speech, in contexts ranging from the flag salute to the Solomon Amendment cases, as well as instances where individuals are forced to be identified with a particular message.
In the aftermath of 9/11, we were reminded that speech alone may be troubling or dangerous. For some, the continuing threat of terrorism requires new attitudes toward speech. Others believe we can strike a better balance between freedom and security.
Sovereignty, Emergency, and Legality - Tuscaloosa, AL
| October 17, 2008 |
As part of a series on Law, Knowledge & Imagination, the University of Alabama School of Law hosts Sovereignty, Emergency, and Legality, Oct. 17, 2008.
The purpose of this symposium is to chart the complex interplay of sovereignty, emergency, and legality and to ask what we can learn about each by examining their juxtaposition. For some scholars, sovereignty is only truly knowable in times of emergency, moments when the law is suspended, put on hold. Others believe that sovereign power is more malleable, less absolute, adaptable to constitutional democracy. For these scholars, sovereign power can and does operate in and through law and law, in turn, can be used to domesticate and direct that power.
While in the United States today many have turned their attention to sovereignty, emergency, and legality, we want to use this symposium not just to take up today’s pressing issues, but also to revisit moments in our past–e.g…. the internment of Japanese- Americans and the Supreme Court’s Korematsu decision, the civil rights movement and the decisions in Cooper v. Aaron and Walker v. Birmingham–and to use these moments to frame the history of the present. We also want to turn our attention to the experience of other nations–e.g…. the British in Northern Ireland, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, etc.
Sovereignty, Emergency, and Legality - Tuscaloosa, AL
As part of a series on Law, Knowledge & Imagination, the University of Alabama School of Law hosts Sovereignty, Emergency, and Legality, Oct. 17, 2008.
The purpose of this symposium is to chart the complex interplay of sovereignty, emergency, and legality and to ask what we can learn about each by examining their juxtaposition. For some scholars, sovereignty is only truly knowable in times of emergency, moments when the law is suspended, put on hold. Others believe that sovereign power is more malleable, less absolute, adaptable to constitutional democracy. For these scholars, sovereign power can and does operate in and through law and law, in turn, can be used to domesticate and direct that power.
While in the United States today many have turned their attention to sovereignty, emergency, and legality, we want to use this symposium not just to take up today’s pressing issues, but also to revisit moments in our past–e.g…. the internment of Japanese- Americans and the Supreme Court’s Korematsu decision, the civil rights movement and the decisions in Cooper v. Aaron and Walker v. Birmingham–and to use these moments to frame the history of the present. We also want to turn our attention to the experience of other nations–e.g…. the British in Northern Ireland, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, etc.
Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning - Orlando, FL
| January 12, 2009 | to | January 16, 2009 |
The 43rd Annual Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning (University of Miami School of Law) will be Jan. 12-16, 2009 in Orlando.
Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning - Orlando, FL
The 43rd Annual Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning (University of Miami School of Law) will be Jan. 12-16, 2009 in Orlando.
Feminism and Legal Theory - Atlanta, GA
| November 6, 2008 | to | November 8, 2008 |
Emory Law School’s Feminism and Legal Theory Project presents Transcending the Boundaries of Law: Feminism and Legal Theory’s 25th anniversary conference November 6-8, 2008.
It is hard to believe that the FLT project begins its 25th year in 2008! To celebrate we are planning a major interdisciplinary conference on November 6-8, 2008 involving world renowned feminist scholars who presented papers at FLT events early in their careers, as well as their former students and many others who have made a significant impact to feminist theory throughout the first quarter century of the project. We have also secured Routledge as the publisher for an anthology of the papers from the conference entitled Transcending the Boundaries of Law. Routledge published the first ever anthology on feminist theory, At the Boundaries of Law, which was edited by Martha [Fineman].
Feminist Legal Theory - Atlanta, GA
Emory Law School’s Feminism and Legal Theory Project presents Transcending the Boundaries of Law: Feminism and Legal Theory’s 25th anniversary conference November 6-8, 2008.
It is hard to believe that the FLT project begins its 25th year in 2008! To celebrate we are planning a major interdisciplinary conference on November 6-8, 2008 involving world renowned feminist scholars who presented papers at FLT events early in their careers, as well as their former students and many others who have made a significant impact to feminist theory throughout the first quarter century of the project. We have also secured Routledge as the publisher for an anthology of the papers from the conference entitled Transcending the Boundaries of Law. Routledge published the first ever anthology on feminist theory, At the Boundaries of Law, which was edited by Martha [Fineman].
Conflict and Transitional Justice: Feminist Approaches
| September 19, 2008 | to | September 20, 2008 |
Emory Law School presents Conflict and Transitional Justice: Feminist Approaches September 19-20, 2008.
Truth Commissions and other forms of transitional justice have become ubiquitous as a mechanism for societies emerging from long years of conflict to move into a post-conflict era. From South Africa to Liberia, from Greensville South Carolina, USA, to Northern Ireland, we see both formal and informal processes of transitional justice at work. However, rarely is the process critiqued through a feminist lens. Do these “traditional” forms of reconciliation help or hinder women’s position in societies from repression or conflict? This workshop asks how a focus on women’s security and women’s ideas about peace, justice and security might further the conversation about transitional justice, conflict and post-conflict societies.
Conflict and Transition Justice: Feminist Approaches - Atlanta, GA
Emory Law School presents Conflict and Transitional Justice: Feminist Approaches September 19-20, 2008.
Truth Commissions and other forms of transitional justice have become ubiquitous as a mechanism for societies emerging from long years of conflict to move into a post-conflict era. From South Africa to Liberia, from Greensville South Carolina, USA, to Northern Ireland, we see both formal and informal processes of transitional justice at work. However, rarely is the process critiqued through a feminist lens. Do these “traditional” forms of reconciliation help or hinder women’s position in societies from repression or conflict? This workshop asks how a focus on women’s security and women’s ideas about peace, justice and security might further the conversation about transitional justice, conflict and post-conflict societies.
Race, Class, Gender, Ethnicity - Chapel Hill, NC
| February 21, 2009 |
The University of North Carolina School of Law presents the annual Conference on Race, Class, Gender and Ethnicity Feb. 21, 2009. This conference, organized by law students, “draw[s] scholars and activists from across the state and the nation to address a topic chosen by the organization.”
Race, Class, Gender, Ethnicity - Chapel Hill, NC
The University of North Carolina School of Law presents the annual Conference on Race, Class, Gender and Ethnicity Feb. 21, 2009. This conference, organized by law students, “draw[s] scholars and activists from across the state and the nation to address a topic chosen by the organization.”
U.S. and Cuba: Rethinking Reengagement - Chapel Hill, NC
| September 26, 2008 | to | September 27, 2008 |
The University of North Carolina’s Institute for the Study of the Americas hosts The United States and Cuba: Rethinking Reengagement Sept. 26-27, 2008.
U.S. and Cuba: Rethinking Reengagement - Chapel Hill, NC
The University of North Carolina’s Institute for the Study of the Americas hosts The United States and Cuba: Rethinking Reengagement Sept. 26-27, 2008.
Call for Papers Deadline: Financial Intermediation, Corp. Finance, Market Microstructure, Asset Pricing - Prague
| October 26, 2008 |
The Financial Intermediation Research Society (FIRS) announces the Fourth FIRS Finance Conference on issues related to financial intermediation, corporate finance, market microstructure, and asset pricing. The conference will be held May 27-29, 2009, in Prague.
Submissions are due Oct. 26, 2008. Authors will be notified by Feb. 9, 2009. Authors submitting papers should also indicate whether they are willing to act as discussants or program chairs. There is a $45 submission fee for submitting papers. The submission form is here.
Past conferences have been held in Capri, Italy, in Shanghai, China and in Anchorage, Alaska. The format resembles that of the Western Finance Association conferences, covering a broad range of topics in parallel sessions. The topics include banking, asset pricing, market microstructure, corporate finance, insurance, securitization and other intermediation related topics. Both theoretical and empirical papers will be presented. It is anticipated that most of the participants will be from universities, central banks, and international organizations. Participants will be responsible for covering their own expenses to attend the conference.
Financial Intermediation, Corp. Finance, Market Microstructure, Asset Pricing - Prague
| May 27, 2009 | to | May 29, 2009 |
The Financial Intermediation Research Society (FIRS) announces the Fourth FIRS Finance Conference on issues related to financial intermediation, corporate finance, market microstructure, and asset pricing. The conference will be held May 27-29, 2009, in Prague.
Submissions are due Oct. 26, 2008. Authors will be notified by Feb. 9, 2009. Authors submitting papers should also indicate whether they are willing to act as discussants or program chairs. There is a $45 submission fee for submitting papers. The submission form is here.
Past conferences have been held in Capri, Italy, in Shanghai, China and in Anchorage, Alaska. The format resembles that of the Western Finance Association conferences, covering a broad range of topics in parallel sessions. The topics include banking, asset pricing, market microstructure, corporate finance, insurance, securitization and other intermediation related topics. Both theoretical and empirical papers will be presented. It is anticipated that most of the participants will be from universities, central banks, and international organizations. Participants will be responsible for covering their own expenses to attend the conference.
Financial Intermediation, Corp. Finance, Market Microstructure, Asset Pricing - Prague
The Financial Intermediation Research Society (FIRS) announces the Fourth FIRS Finance Conference on issues related to financial intermediation, corporate finance, market microstructure, and asset pricing. The conference will be held May 27-29, 2009, in Prague.
Submissions are due Oct. 26, 2008. Authors will be notified by Feb. 9, 2009. Authors submitting papers should also indicate whether they are willing to act as discussants or program chairs. There is a $45 submission fee for submitting papers. The submission form is here.
Past conferences have been held in Capri, Italy, in Shanghai, China and in Anchorage, Alaska. The format resembles that of the Western Finance Association conferences, covering a broad range of topics in parallel sessions. The topics include banking, asset pricing, market microstructure, corporate finance, insurance, securitization and other intermediation related topics. Both theoretical and empirical papers will be presented. It is anticipated that most of the participants will be from universities, central banks, and international organizations. Participants will be responsible for covering their own expenses to attend the conference.
Call for Papers Deadline: Critical Pedagogy and Library Instruction
| July 16, 2008 | to | September 15, 2008 |
This isn’t specifically about legal research instruction, but might be of interest to those who teach legal research: Critical Pedagogy and Library Instruction: An Edited Collection. Abstracts are due Sept. 15, 2008. Jump to full post
International Law - Rio de Janeiro
| August 17, 2008 | to | August 21, 2008 |
73rd International Law Association Biennial Conference — with the theme Law for the Future — will take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Aug. 17-21, 2008. Jump to full post
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