A is for Antitrust
B is for Book
C is for Copyright
and
D IS FOR DIGITIZE
A Conference on the Google Book Search Lawsuit
New York Law School
(Institute for Information Law and Policy)
Thursday, October 8 through Saturday, October 10, 2009
Everything about the Google Book Search project is larger than life, from Google’s audacious plan to digitize every book ever published to the gigantic class action settlement now awaiting court approval. D IS FOR Digitize will give this complex lawsuit the sustained attention it deserves. An interdisciplinary lineup of academics and practitioners will examine the settlement through the lenses of copyright, civil procedure, antitrust, the publishing industry, information policy, and literary culture. The conference is timed to coincide with the rescheduled fairness hearing in the Google Book Search case, which will be held on Wednesday, October 7 in New York City, just five blocks from the Law School.
Email infolaw [at] nyls.edu for more information or to be placed on the conference mailing list.
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on July 10th, 2009
| CONFERENCES |
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A is for Antitrust
B is for Book
C is for Copyright
and
D IS FOR DIGITIZE
A Conference on the Google Book Search Lawsuit
New York Law School
(Institute for Information Law and Policy)
Thursday, October 8 through Saturday, October 10, 2009
Everything about the Google Book Search project is larger than life, from Google’s audacious plan to digitize every book ever published to the gigantic class action settlement now awaiting court approval. D IS FOR Digitize will give this complex lawsuit the sustained attention it deserves. An interdisciplinary lineup of academics and practitioners will examine the settlement through the lenses of copyright, civil procedure, antitrust, the publishing industry, information policy, and literary culture. The conference is timed to coincide with the rescheduled fairness hearing in the Google Book Search case, which will be held on Wednesday, October 7 in New York City, just five blocks from the Law School.
Email infolaw [at] nyls.edu for more information or to be placed on the conference mailing list.
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on July 10th, 2009
| CONFERENCES, Intellectual Property, Law and Cyberspace |
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| January 6, 2010 | to | January 10, 2010 |
The Association of American Law Schools’ annual meeting will be in New Orleans Jan. 6-10, 2010.
In 2010, we will be meeting in New Orleans for the first time since Hurricane Katrina forced the relocation of our 2006 Annual Meeting. During my Presidential year, I am adopting the theme of “Transformative Law,” mindful of the symbolic significance of our return there as well as of the successes and failures of the legal profession in addressing this perilous past decade. Our meeting this year takes place at a time of crisis in our economy, our ecology, and our international standing as the leader of the free world. Many lawyers (including our President, Vice-President, and many Cabinet officials and congressional leaders) must tackle these challenges. Media coverage of their efforts, however, portrays these public servants as people who happen to be lawyers, not as lawyers whose leadership grows out of their mastery of law and whose accomplishments represent the pinnacle of their professional pursuits. To a significant degree, the news accounts reflect the fact that these leaders have not pursued a traditional law firm practice but instead have devoted themselves to government and public service. The image of the citizen-lawyer, whose training can be used to advance the common good, has so thoroughly disappeared from the popular imagination that those who pursue this path are no longer centrally defined as lawyers. . . .
Rachel Moran, AALS President
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on July 10th, 2009
| EVENTS |
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The Association of American Law Schools’ annual meeting will be in New Orleans Jan. 6-10, 2010.
In 2010, we will be meeting in New Orleans for the first time since Hurricane Katrina forced the relocation of our 2006 Annual Meeting. During my Presidential year, I am adopting the theme of “Transformative Law,” mindful of the symbolic significance of our return there as well as of the successes and failures of the legal profession in addressing this perilous past decade. Our meeting this year takes place at a time of crisis in our economy, our ecology, and our international standing as the leader of the free world. Many lawyers (including our President, Vice-President, and many Cabinet officials and congressional leaders) must tackle these challenges. Media coverage of their efforts, however, portrays these public servants as people who happen to be lawyers, not as lawyers whose leadership grows out of their mastery of law and whose accomplishments represent the pinnacle of their professional pursuits. To a significant degree, the news accounts reflect the fact that these leaders have not pursued a traditional law firm practice but instead have devoted themselves to government and public service. The image of the citizen-lawyer, whose training can be used to advance the common good, has so thoroughly disappeared from the popular imagination that those who pursue this path are no longer centrally defined as lawyers. . . .
Rachel Moran, AALS President
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on July 10th, 2009
| CONFERENCES, Law and Politics, Law and Society, Legal Education, Legal Profession |
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AALS New Law Professor Section
2010 AALS Annual Meeting
New Orleans, Louisiana
The New Law Professors Section is hereby issuing a call for papers from new law professors. Four top quality papers will be selected from those submitted. The author of each of those pieces will be invited to speak at the New Law Professors Panel at the AALS annual meeting that will be held in New Orleans January 6-10, 2010. The goal of the call for papers is to give newer law professors opportunities to present and get feedback on their work, network with more established scholars in their field, and hone their presentation skills.
As with our section’s first call for papers in 2007, the theme of the submissions coordinates with the theme for the AALS’s annual meeting. The theme for the AALS’s annual meeting for 2010 is Transformational Law. Thus, the papers submitted should be related to the transformative nature of the law. Included in that broad category are any papers that suggest legal reform. Papers might focus on legal initiatives to help remediate the current economic crisis. Papers might more generally suggest legislative reform, policy initiatives, or particular judicial perspectives or interpretations. Papers might also focus on the intersection of law with other social sciences to better address needs and suggestions for social and political transformation.
Submissions are due by 5:00 pm on August 15, 2009. Only faculty members who have been full-time law teachers for five years or fewer as of July 1, 2009, are eligible to submit works. In order to submit a work, please e-mail a one page abstract of the article, plus a draft to: call4papers [at] law.stetson.edu, with a copy of the e-mail going to jmorriss [at] law.stetson.edu. Authors will also be expected to publish their articles in a special issue of the Stetson Law Review dedicated to this call for papers. The papers will be evaluated by the officers of our section and by Professor Mike Finch, the faculty advisor for the Stetson Law Review.
Any questions can be addressed to the Chair of the New Law Professors Section, Professor Joe Morrissey at Stetson Law, jmorriss [at] law.stetson.edu.
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on July 10th, 2009
| EVENTS |
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AALS New Law Professor Section
2010 AALS Annual Meeting
New Orleans, Louisiana
The New Law Professors Section is hereby issuing a call for papers from new law professors. Four top quality papers will be selected from those submitted. The author of each of those pieces will be invited to speak at the New Law Professors Panel at the AALS annual meeting that will be held in New Orleans January 6-10, 2010. The goal of the call for papers is to give newer law professors opportunities to present and get feedback on their work, network with more established scholars in their field, and hone their presentation skills.
As with our section’s first call for papers in 2007, the theme of the submissions coordinates with the theme for the AALS’s annual meeting. The theme for the AALS’s annual meeting for 2010 is Transformational Law. Thus, the papers submitted should be related to the transformative nature of the law. Included in that broad category are any papers that suggest legal reform. Papers might focus on legal initiatives to help remediate the current economic crisis. Papers might more generally suggest legislative reform, policy initiatives, or particular judicial perspectives or interpretations. Papers might also focus on the intersection of law with other social sciences to better address needs and suggestions for social and political transformation.
Submissions are due by 5:00 pm on August 15, 2009. Only faculty members who have been full-time law teachers for five years or fewer as of July 1, 2009, are eligible to submit works. In order to submit a work, please e-mail a one page abstract of the article, plus a draft to: call4papers [at] law.stetson.edu, with a copy of the e-mail going to jmorriss [at] law.stetson.edu. Authors will also be expected to publish their articles in a special issue of the Stetson Law Review dedicated to this call for papers. The papers will be evaluated by the officers of our section and by Professor Mike Finch, the faculty advisor for the Stetson Law Review.
Any questions can be addressed to the Chair of the New Law Professors Section, Professor Joe Morrissey at Stetson Law, jmorriss [at] law.stetson.edu.
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on July 10th, 2009
| CALLS FOR PAPERS, JUNIOR SCHOLARS, Law and Politics, Law and Society |
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| April 8, 2010 | to | April 11, 2010 |
The Commonwealth Regional Law Conference 2010 will take place in Abuja, Nigeria, April 8-11.
This conference is the first CLA regional meeting and follows a decision taken by the Council in 2008 to organise an event to focus on a specific region in the year in which no Commonwealth Law Conference is due to take place. The theme of the conference is ‘The 21st Century Lawyer: Present Challenges & Future Skills’ and the two programme streams will focus on ‘Human Rights & the Rule of Law’ and ‘Corporate & Commercial Law’ with an emphasis on issues of importance within the host country and wider region. The sessions will offer practical training which will provide and further develop the legal skills of those attending, in addition to providing the usual networking opportunities and exciting social programme. It is anticipated that the regional conference will primarily be attended by lawyers from the host jurisdiction and the immediate neighbouring countries.
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on July 10th, 2009
| EVENTS |
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The Commonwealth Regional Law Conference 2010 will take place in Abuja, Nigeria, April 8-11.
This conference is the first CLA regional meeting and follows a decision taken by the Council in 2008 to organise an event to focus on a specific region in the year in which no Commonwealth Law Conference is due to take place. The theme of the conference is ‘The 21st Century Lawyer: Present Challenges & Future Skills’ and the two programme streams will focus on ‘Human Rights & the Rule of Law’ and ‘Corporate & Commercial Law’ with an emphasis on issues of importance within the host country and wider region. The sessions will offer practical training which will provide and further develop the legal skills of those attending, in addition to providing the usual networking opportunities and exciting social programme. It is anticipated that the regional conference will primarily be attended by lawyers from the host jurisdiction and the immediate neighbouring countries.
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on July 10th, 2009
| Commercial Law, Comparative Law, CONFERENCES, Human Rights Law |
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