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The Perfect Storm of Patent Reform — Davis, CA

November 7, 2008

On November 7, 2008, the University of California, Davis School of Law inaugurates the Fenwick & West Lecture Series in Technology, Entrepreneurship, Science, and Law (TESLaw) with a symposium on patent law developments and their probable effect on innovation, policy and the economic landscape. Symposium topics will focus on patent reform in Congress, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and the courts, with a closing panel discussion on the confluence of these reforms. The symposium also will explore the application of the reforms to the major sectors of the technology industry: information technology and life sciences.

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The Perfect Storm of Patent Reform — Davis, CA

On November 7, 2008, the University of California, Davis School of Law inaugurates the Fenwick & West Lecture Series in Technology, Entrepreneurship, Science, and Law (TESLaw) with a symposium on patent law developments and their probable effect on innovation, policy and the economic landscape. Symposium topics will focus on patent reform in Congress, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and the courts, with a closing panel discussion on the confluence of these reforms. The symposium also will explore the application of the reforms to the major sectors of the technology industry: information technology and life sciences.

Posted by on November 5th, 2008 | CONFERENCES, Intellectual Property, Law and Technology | no comments

The Supreme Court of California – Berkeley, CA

November 14, 2008

The first conference on the Supreme Court of California will be held by University of California, Berkeley School of Law on Friday, November 14, 2008. The proceedings will address the following issues: Review of the Supreme Court of California’s 2007-08 Term; The Death Penalty and the Appellate Process; Arbitration and Private Judging; and Access to Justice in Family Court.

The keynote address will be presented by Pete Wilson, Former Governor of California. The proceedings will be followed by a reception and dinner featuring an address by Ronald M. George, Chief Justice of California.

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The Supreme Court of California – Berkeley, CA

The first conference on the Supreme Court of California will be held by University of California, Berkeley School of Law on Friday, November 14, 2008. The proceedings will address the following issues: Review of the Supreme Court of California’s 2007-08 Term; The Death Penalty and the Appellate Process; Arbitration and Private Judging; and Access to Justice in Family Court.

The keynote address will be presented by Pete Wilson, Former Governor of California.  The proceedings will be followed by a reception and dinner featuring an address by Ronald M. George, Chief Justice of California.

Posted by on November 5th, 2008 | Alternative Dispute Resolution, CONFERENCES, Courts, Criminal Law, Family Law | no comments

November 6th Colloquia/Workshops

November 6, 2008

Harvard

       Richard Lazarus (Georgetown Law)

Harvard Health Law Policy, Bitechnology & Bioethics Workshop

       I. Glenn Cohen (Harvard Law), Patients with Passports: Legal and Ethical Issues in Medical Tourism

Iowa

       RandyBezanson (Iowa Law), Trespassory Art

Michigan Law and Economics

       Justin Wolfers (Pennsylvania Business), Underestimating Female CEOs

Minnesota Work In Progress

       Barry Feld (Minnesota Law) and Shelley Schaefer, The Right to Counsel in Juvenile Court: Law Reform, Judicious Non-Intervention, and Unintended Consequences

Northwestern Law and Economics

       John Coates (Harvard Law), Reforming the Taxation and Regulation of Mutual Funds: A Comparative Legal and Economic Analysis

Vanderbilt

       Ruth Okediji (Minnesota Law), Beyond Fragmentation:  WIPO-WTO Relations and the Future of Global IP Norms

Posted by on November 5th, 2008 | Business Law, COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS, Criminal Law, EVENTS, International Law, Tax Law | no comments

The Role of the Congress in the 21st Century – Boston, MA

November 14, 2008toNovember 15, 2008

Boston University School of Law will hold a conference on The Most Disparaged Branch: The Role of Congress in the 21st Century on November 14-15, 2008. This is the third in a series of conferences at BU that began with The Role of the Judge in the 21st Century and continued with The Role of the President in the 21st Century. They keynote address on November 14 will be presented by Jeremy Waldron, and Lawrence Lessig will give a lunch address on November 15.

For further information or to RSVP, please contact Andrea Larsen at 617.353.8011 or alarsen@bu.edu.

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The Role of the Congress in the 21st Century – Boston, MA

Boston University School of Law will hold a conference on The Most Disparaged Branch: The Role of Congress in the 21st Century on November 14-15, 2008. This is the third in a series of conferences at BU that began with The Role of the Judge in the 21st Century and continued with The Role of the President in the 21st Century. They keynote address on November 14 will be presented by Jeremy Waldron, and Lawrence Lessig will give a lunch address on November 15.

For further information or to RSVP, please contact Andrea Larsen at 617.353.8011 or alarsen@bu.edu.

Posted by on November 5th, 2008 | CONFERENCES, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Law and Politics | no comments

November 5th Colloquia/Workshops

Arizona State

       Stephanos Bibas (Pennsylvania Law), Assembly-Line Criminal Justice

Miami

       David Frisch (Miami Law), Commercial Law Minimalism

NYU Legal History

       Brian Z. Tamanaha (St. John’s Law), Understanding Legal Realism

SMU Law and Citizenship

       Anthony Colangelo (SMU Law), De Facto Sovereignty: Boumediene and Beyond

UCLA William Institute

       Michael Steinberger (Williams Institute), The Sexual Orientation Gap in Labor Force Participation Rates: The Role of Children
 

USC Law, History, and Culture

       Karen Cunningham (UCLA English), The Inns of Court and Shakespearean Comedy

Posted by on November 5th, 2008 | COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS, Commercial Law, Criminal Law, Law and Literature, Law and Sexuality | no comments