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Call for Papers Deadline: Accessing Justice in Hard Times

June 1, 2009

Difficult economic times are upon us. As a result, both the public and private sectors have been forced to make difficult budgetary decisions. The effects of these decisions have reverberated throughout our nation. In response to this crisis and in an effort to illuminate the effects of this economic downturn upon Maine’s legal system and legal systems nationally, the Maine Law Review will publish a Spring 2010 symposium issue entitled: “Accessing Justice in Hard Times: Lessons from the Field, Looking to the Future.”

The topic is construed broadly in order to provide an opportunity for a wide variety of viewpoints on a nearly limitless range of sub-topics. This symposium will not be a “traditional” law review publication, as such. The issue will present an interdisciplinary perspective on the subject and include theoretical, empirical, and practical pieces by authors with a variety of backgrounds.

The deadline for expressions of interest in writing for this symposium issue is June 1, 2009. The deadline for submissions to be considered for the Spring 2010 symposium is October 1, 2009.

Submissions are welcome via Expresso or by email: mainelawrevieweditor [at] gmail.com

Please contact Tina H. Nadeau, Editor-in-Chief, at tina.h.nadeau [at] gmail.com for more information about this symposium or to express interest in submitting an article.

Posted by on April 20th, 2009 | EVENTS | no comments

Call for Papers: Accessing Justice in Hard Times

Difficult economic times are upon us. As a result, both the public and private sectors have been forced to make difficult budgetary decisions. The effects of these decisions have reverberated throughout our nation. In response to this crisis and in an effort to illuminate the effects of this economic downturn upon Maine’s legal system and legal systems nationally, the Maine Law Review will publish a Spring 2010 symposium issue entitled: “Accessing Justice in Hard Times: Lessons from the Field, Looking to the Future.”

The topic is construed broadly in order to provide an opportunity for a wide variety of viewpoints on a nearly limitless range of sub-topics. This symposium will not be a “traditional” law review publication, as such. The issue will present an interdisciplinary perspective on the subject and include theoretical, empirical, and practical pieces by authors with a variety of backgrounds.

The deadline for expressions of interest in writing for this symposium issue is June 1, 2009. The deadline for submissions to be considered for the Spring 2010 symposium is October 1, 2009.

Submissions are welcome via Expresso or by email: mainelawrevieweditor [at] gmail.com

Please contact Tina H. Nadeau, Editor-in-Chief, at tina.h.nadeau [at] gmail.com for more information about this symposium or to express interest in submitting an article.

Posted by on April 20th, 2009 | CALLS FOR PAPERS, Courts, Law and Society, Poverty Law | no comments

Symposium on Four-Day Work Week – Hartford, CT

The Connecticut Law Review‘s fall symposium will be “Redefining Work: Exploring the Legal Implications of the Four-Day Work Week.” It will be held at the University of Connecticut School of Law in October 2009. For information, contact symposium co-editors Patrick Murphy (patrick.murphy [at] students.law.uconn.edu) and John Langmaid (jabl [at] lat46north.com).

Posted by on April 20th, 2009 | CONFERENCES, Labor and Employment Law | no comments

April 21st Colloquia/Workshops

April 21, 2009

Chicago Law and Politics

       Matthew Spitzer (USC Law), Television Duopoly in Small Markets: The Effect on Diversity

Lewis and Clark

       Dale Goble (Idaho Law), Threats and Risks: Assessing a Species’s Vulnerability to Extinction

New York Law

       Brandt Goldstein (New York Law)

Pittsburgh

       James Anderson (RAND Institute for Civil Justice), Towards an Empirical Theory of Tort Law

Posted by on April 20th, 2009 | COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS, Environmental Law, EVENTS, Law and Politics, Tort Law | no comments

April 20th Colloquia/Workshops

Chicago Law and Philosophy

       Cynthia Skach (Oxford Politics)

Columbia Law and Economics

       Margret Meyer (Oxford)

Georgia

       Juliet M. Moringiello (Widener Law)

Rutgers (Camden)

       Michael Carrier (Rutgers Camden Law)

UC Berkeley CSLS

       Jacob Hacker (Berkeley Poli. Sci.), Yes, We Can? The New Push for American Health Security

UCLA

       Eugene Volokh (UCLA Law), Facilitative Constitutional Rights

Wisconsin

       Jannine Bell (Indiana University), Hate Speech and Hate Crime

Yale Workplace Theory and Policy

       Ben Sachs (Harvard Law)

Posted by on April 20th, 2009 | Constitutional Law, Health Law, Law and Economics, Law and Philosophy | no comments