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Call for Papers: Southwestern Journal of International Law

June 29, 2009

The Southwestern Journal of International Law seeks scholarly legal articles in the area of international law for publication in its next volume. Articles should reflect the international focus of the journal.

Please submit all articles and questions to lawjournal@swlaw.edu prior to June 29, 2009. Article submission requirements can be found at here.

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Call for Papers: Southwestern Journal of International Law

The Southwestern Journal of International Law seeks scholarly legal articles in the area of international law for publication in its next volume. Articles should reflect the international focus of the journal.

Please submit all articles and questions to lawjournal@swlaw.edu prior to June 29, 2009. Article submission requirements can be found at here.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on June 5th, 2009 | CALLS FOR PAPERS, International Law | no comments

Call for Papers: Texas Environmental Law Journal

The Texas Environmental Law Journal, the official journal of the Texas State Bar Environmental and Natural Resource Law Section, solicits Student Notes and Articles on Texas state issues, or federal issues with impact for practitioners in Texas.

Please send submissions to teljsubmissions@gmail.com.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on June 5th, 2009 | CALLS FOR PAPERS, Environmental Law | no comments

Call for Papers: Journal of Affordable Housing & Community Development Law

June 15, 2009

The Journal of Affordable Housing & Community Development Law, the legal publication of the American Bar Association’s Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development Law, is currently seeking submissions from students, professors, and practitioners. The Journal publishes full-length articles, book reviews, and shorter commentaries on a wide range of affordable housing and community and economic development issues.

The Fall 2009 issue will focus on “Housing and Community Development in the Economic Crisis.” Submissions of papers or proposals for papers should be e-mailed to Paulette Williams at pwillia8@utk.edu no later than June 15, 2009.

Writer’s guidelines can be found here.

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Call for Papers: Journal of Affordable Housing & Community Development Law

The Journal of Affordable Housing & Community Development Law, the legal publication of the American Bar Association’s Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development Law, is currently seeking submissions from students, professors, and practitioners. The Journal publishes full-length articles, book reviews, and shorter commentaries on a wide range of affordable housing and community and economic development issues.

The Fall 2009 issue will focus on “Housing and Community Development in the Economic Crisis.” Submissions of papers or proposals for papers should be e-mailed to Paulette Williams at pwillia8@utk.edu no later than June 15, 2009.

Writer’s guidelines can be found here.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on June 5th, 2009 | Poverty Law, Law and Society, Law and Economics, CALLS FOR PAPERS | no comments

Call for Papers: University of Richmond Law Review

August 7, 2009

The University of Richmond Law Review seeks articles and essays from legal scholars and practicing attorneys on regulatory, administrative, and all related legal topics for publication in the January 2010 issue of Volume 44. Book reviews of works related to the regulatory theme of this issue, particularly Richard Posner’s A Failure of Capitalism, are also encouraged.

Please send a .doc version of any submission to lawrevsubmissions@richmond.edu before August 7, 2009. Article selection will be finalized by August 31, 2009.

Complete submission guidelines can be found here.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on June 5th, 2009 | EVENTS | no comments

Call for Papers: University of Richmond Law Review

The University of Richmond Law Review seeks articles and essays from legal scholars and practicing attorneys on regulatory, administrative, and all related legal topics for publication in the January 2010 issue of Volume 44. Book reviews of works related to the regulatory theme of this issue, particularly Richard Posner’s A Failure of Capitalism, are also encouraged.

Please send a .doc version of any submission to lawrevsubmissions@richmond.edu before August 7, 2009. Article selection will be finalized by August 31, 2009.

Complete submission guidelines can be found here.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on June 5th, 2009 | CALLS FOR PAPERS | no comments

Conference: 40 Years of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties - London, UK

June 18, 2009

The British Institute of International and Comparative Law presents Celebrating 40 Years of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, a conference on Thursday, June 18, 2009.

Since its adoption in 1969 the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties has made a significant contribution to the development of international law. This conference will examine current issues in the application and the interpretation of the VCLT. Topics to be considered include: treaty interpretation; reservations to treaties; amendment and invalidity of treaties; and developments concerning the ratification and domestic implementation of treaties.

A full program is available here.

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Conference: 40 Years of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties - London, UK

The British Institute of International and Comparative Law presents Celebrating 40 Years of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, a conference on Thursday, June 18, 2009.

Since its adoption in 1969 the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties has made a significant contribution to the development of international law. This conference will examine current issues in the application and the interpretation of the VCLT. Topics to be considered include: treaty interpretation; reservations to treaties; amendment and invalidity of treaties; and developments concerning the ratification and domestic implementation of treaties.

A full program is available here.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on June 5th, 2009 | International Law, CONFERENCES | no comments

BIICL 2009 Conference on the Law of Food and Drink - London, UK

June 11, 2009

The British Institute of International and Comparative Law hosts the 2009 Conference on the Law of Food and Drink on Thursday, June 11, 2009.

This conference brings together industry members, lawyers, insurers and regulators to discuss the practice and principles of food and drink law. This conference focuses on how the sector is affected by developments in: consumer information and product labelling regulation; consumer litigation and collective redress; trends in regulatory enforcement; and insurance, recalls and risk management.

A full program can be found here.

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BIICL 2009 Conference on the Law of Food and Drink - London, UK

The British Institute of International and Comparative Law hosts the 2009 Conference on the Law of Food and Drink on Thursday, June 11, 2009.

This conference brings together industry members, lawyers, insurers and regulators to discuss the practice and principles of food and drink law. This conference focuses on how the sector is affected by developments in: consumer information and product labelling regulation; consumer litigation and collective redress; trends in regulatory enforcement; and insurance, recalls and risk management.

A full program can be found here.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on June 5th, 2009 | Agricultural Law, Comparative Law, CONFERENCES | no comments

Brown International Advanced Research Institutes - Providence, RI

This summer four Brown International Advanced Research Institutes

will be held at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Each Institute is designed as a residential, intensive two-week long workshop, organized as a mix of lectures, round tables, group work, field trips and social interactions. Each will be led by a team of recognized scholars in the field, who have invited world-renowned lecturers and speakers to join and participate in the Institute’s formal and informal activities. During the Institute participants will be given the opportunity to share and present their work, and will have access to Brown University’s world class research facilities and resources.

The institutes have been accepting applications for a couple of months, but the website does not indicate a closed date.

The four topics are:

  • Law, Social Thought and Global Governance, June 7-20, 2009
  • Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management, June 14-27, 2009
  • Development and Inequality in the Global South, May 31 - June 13. 2009
  • Towards a Global Humanities: Critical Traditions from the Global South, May 31 - June 13, 2009

A fifth institute, The Genome and the Computational Sciences: The Next Paradigms, was originally scheduled for May 10-16, 2009, but has been postponed to 2010.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on May 21st, 2009 | EVENTS | no comments

Brown International Advanced Research Institutes - Providence, RI

May 21, 2009
10:00 pm
May 31, 2009toJune 13, 2009
May 31, 2009toJune 13, 2009
June 7, 2009toJune 20, 2009
June 14, 2009

This summer four Brown International Advanced Research Institutes

will be held at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Each Institute is designed as a residential, intensive two-week long workshop, organized as a mix of lectures, round tables, group work, field trips and social interactions. Each will be led by a team of recognized scholars in the field, who have invited world-renowned lecturers and speakers to join and participate in the Institute’s formal and informal activities. During the Institute participants will be given the opportunity to share and present their work, and will have access to Brown University’s world class research facilities and resources.

The institutes have been accepting applications for a couple of months, but the website does not indicate a closed date.

The four topics are:

  • Law, Social Thought and Global Governance, June 7-20, 2009
  • Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management, June 14-27, 2009
  • Development and Inequality in the Global South, May 31 - June 13. 2009
  • Towards a Global Humanities: Critical Traditions from the Global South, May 31 - June 13, 2009

A fifth institute, The Genome and the Computational Sciences: The Next Paradigms, was originally scheduled for May 10-16, 2009, but has been postponed to 2010.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on May 21st, 2009 | EVENTS | no comments

Financial (In)Stability - Ann Arbor, MI

June 5, 2009toJune 6, 2009

The Stephen M. Ross School of Business (University of Michigan) presents its 16th Mitsui Finance Symposium, “Financial (In)Stability,” June 5-6, 2009.

The call for papers deadline is Jan. 31, 2009.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on January 26th, 2009 | EVENTS | no comments