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Southwest Junior Law Professors Workshop – Tempe, AZ

March 15, 2010

The Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law (Arizona State University) hosts the Southwest Junior Law Professors Workshop March 15, 2010.

The Workshop is designed to foster an intellectual community among junior law professors in the region and to give them an opportunity to receive feedback from their peers on a current project. Workshop attendees will be asked to present either a paper or a “half-baked idea” and to comment on the papers and ideas presented by others.As the host school, ASU will provide dinner the night before the Workshop, as well as breakfast and lunch to participants on the day of the 15th, and it will arrange for a hotel near the campus to provide rooms for a reduced rate. We will also obtain tickets to a spring training baseball game for interested workshop attendees who are able to arrive early on Sunday the 14th. There will be no registration fee, but Workshop attendees are responsible for their own travel expenses.

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Southwest Junior Law Professors – Tempe, AZ

The Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law (Arizona State University) hosts the Southwest Junior Law Professors Workshop March 15, 2010. “The Workshop is designed to foster an intellectual community among junior law professors in the region and to give them an opportunity to receive feedback from their peers on a current project.” mw

Posted by on September 29th, 2009 | CONFERENCES, JUNIOR SCHOLARS | no comments

Personalized Medicine – Phoenix, AZ

March 8, 2010toMarch 9, 2010

The Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law (Arizona State University) Center for the Study of Law, Science, & Technology, in partnership with the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI), presents Personalized Medicine in the Clinic: Policy, Legal, and Ethical Implications March 8-9, 2010. mw

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Personalized Medicine – Phoenix, AZ

The Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law (Arizona State University) Center for the Study of Law, Science, & Technology, in partnership with the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI), presents Personalized Medicine in the Clinic: Policy, Legal, and Ethical Implications March 8-9, 2010. mw

Posted by on September 29th, 2009 | CONFERENCES, Health Law | no comments

AALS Faculty Recruitment Conference – Washington, DC

November 5, 2009toNovember 7, 2009

The AALS Faculty Recruitment Conference is Nov. 5-7, 2009, in Washington, DC. mw

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AALS Faculty Recruitment Conference – Washington, DC

The AALS Faculty Recruitment Conference is Nov. 5-7, 2009, in Washington, DC. mw

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Aspiring Law Professors Conference – Tempe, AZ

October 17, 2009

The Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law (Arizona State University) hosts the Aspiring Law Professors Conference, designed to assist Visiting Assistant Professors and Fellows at law schools across the country who anticipate attending the AALS Faculty Recruitment Conference in Fall 2009. The conference takes place Oct. 17, 2009. Online registration ends Oct. 14. mw

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Aspiring Law Professors Conference – Tempe, AZ

The Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law (Arizona State University) hosts the Aspiring Law Professors Conference, designed to assist Visiting Assistant Professors and Fellows at law schools across the country who anticipate attending the AALS Faculty Recruitment Conference in Fall 2009. The conference takes place Oct. 17, 2009. Online registration ends Oct. 14. mw

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Securities Regulation and the Global Economic Crisis – Newark, NJ

October 30, 2009

Seton Hall Law Review‘s symposium — Securities Regulation and the Global Economic Crisis: What Does the Future Hold? — will be held Oct. 30, 2009. Details are here. mw

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Securities Regulation and the Global Economic Crisis – Newark, NJ

Seton Hall Law Review‘s symposium — Securities Regulation and the Global Economic Crisis: What Does the Future Hold? — will be held Oct. 30, 2009. Details are here. mw

Posted by on September 29th, 2009 | CONFERENCES, Securities Law | no comments

Call for Papers Deadline Extended: Intelligent Information Privacy Management – Stanford, CA

CodeX: The Stanford Center of Computers and Law announces Intelligent Information Privacy Management Symposium, March 23-25, 2010. The call for papers deadline is Oct. 2, 2009. UPDATE (Sept. 29): the deadline has been extended to Oct. 23.

Issues papers should clearly describe an important privacy related issue in 2-4 pages. Position papers and technical papers can be up to 6 pages in length. Jump to full post

Posted by on September 29th, 2009 | Business Law, CALLS FOR PAPERS, CONFERENCES, Law and Cyberspace | no comments

D Is for Digitize – Google Book Settlement – New York City

October 8, 2009toOctober 10, 2009

New York Law School‘s Institute for Information Law and Policy presents D Is for Digitize, Oct. 8-10, 2009.

The conference will discuss Google’s plan to digitize books and the class action settlement now awaiting court approval. It will feature a lineup of academics and practitioners who will examine the settlement through the lenses of copyright, civil procedure, antitrust, information policy, literary culture, and the publishing industry.

The conference is timed to coincide with the rescheduled fairness hearing in the Google Book Search case, to be held on Wednesday, October 7, just five blocks away from the Law School. mw

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D Is for Digitize – Google Book Settlement – New York City

New York Law School‘s Institute for Information Law and Policy presents D Is for Digitize, Oct. 8-10, 2009.

The conference will discuss Google’s plan to digitize books and the class action settlement now awaiting court approval. It will feature a lineup of academics and practitioners who will examine the settlement through the lenses of copyright, civil procedure, antitrust, information policy, literary culture, and the publishing industry.

The conference is timed to coincide with the rescheduled fairness hearing in the Google Book Search case, to be held on Wednesday, October 7, just five blocks away from the Law School. mw

Posted by on September 29th, 2009 | Antitrust Law, Civil Procedure, CONFERENCES, Intellectual Property, Law and Cyberspace, Law and Humanities, Law and Literature | no comments

Call for Papers Deadline: Family, Life, and Legacy Planning Issues for the GLBT Community – Jacksonville, FL

December 1, 2009

The Florida Coastal School of Law and Florida Coastal Law Review announce the Law Review’s second annual Law Symposium, scheduled for March 5, 2010: Family, Life, and Legacy Planning Issues for the GLBT Community.

The Law Review invites the submission of articles, notes, essays, and other scholarly writing. We encourage submissions from practitioners, authors, and academia. The Law Review will select five to seven authors to present their papers and participate in panel discussions within each topic. Articles by symposium participants will also be included in a special issue of the Florida Coastal Law Review.

We encourage submissions regarding topics of concern within the GLBT community, such as discrimination, policy changes, social impact, and financial concerns. Florida Coastal Law Review will consider all proposals for publication even if the proposal is not suitable for this year’s symposium.

Proposals should be in the form of abstracts, not to exceed 500 words, and accompanied by the author’s name, contact information, and CV. The deadline for submission is December 1, 2009. Please direct inquiries and submissions to Symposium Manager, Nathan R. Ross, at nathan.r.ross [at] law.fcsl.edu. The Law Review prefers electronic submissions; however, submissions may also be mailed to the Law Review Office at: Florida Coastal Law Review, c/o Symposium Manager, 8787 Baypine Road, Jacksonville, Florida 32256. mw

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Family, Life, and Legacy Planning Issues for the GLBT Community – Jacksonville, FL

March 5, 2010

The Florida Coastal School of Law and Florida Coastal Law Review announce the Law Review’s second annual Law Symposium, scheduled for March 5, 2010: Family, Life, and Legacy Planning Issues for the GLBT Community.

The Law Review invites the submission of articles, notes, essays, and other scholarly writing. We encourage submissions from practitioners, authors, and academia. The Law Review will select five to seven authors to present their papers and participate in panel discussions within each topic. Articles by symposium participants will also be included in a special issue of the Florida Coastal Law Review.

We encourage submissions regarding topics of concern within the GLBT community, such as discrimination, policy changes, social impact, and financial concerns. Florida Coastal Law Review will consider all proposals for publication even if the proposal is not suitable for this year’s symposium.

Proposals should be in the form of abstracts, not to exceed 500 words, and accompanied by the author’s name, contact information, and CV. The deadline for submission is December 1, 2009. Please direct inquiries and submissions to Symposium Manager, Nathan R. Ross, at nathan.r.ross [at] law.fcsl.edu. The Law Review prefers electronic submissions; however, submissions may also be mailed to the Law Review Office at: Florida Coastal Law Review, c/o Symposium Manager, 8787 Baypine Road, Jacksonville, Florida 32256. mw

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Family, Life, and Legacy Planning Issues for the GLBT Community – Jacksonville, FL

The Florida Coastal School of Law and Florida Coastal Law Review announce the Law Review’s second annual Law Symposium, scheduled for March 5, 2010: Family, Life, and Legacy Planning Issues for the GLBT Community.

The Law Review invites the submission of articles, notes, essays, and other scholarly writing. We encourage submissions from practitioners, authors, and academia. The Law Review will select five to seven authors to present their papers and participate in panel discussions within each topic. Articles by symposium participants will also be included in a special issue of the Florida Coastal Law Review.

We encourage submissions regarding topics of concern within the GLBT community, such as discrimination, policy changes, social impact, and financial concerns. Florida Coastal Law Review will consider all proposals for publication even if the proposal is not suitable for this year’s symposium.

Proposals should be in the form of abstracts, not to exceed 500 words, and accompanied by the author’s name, contact information, and CV. The deadline for submission is December 1, 2009. Please direct inquiries and submissions to Symposium Manager, Nathan R. Ross, at nathan.r.ross [at] law.fcsl.edu. The Law Review prefers electronic submissions; however, submissions may also be mailed to the Law Review Office at: Florida Coastal Law Review, c/o Symposium Manager, 8787 Baypine Road, Jacksonville, Florida 32256. mw

Posted by on September 29th, 2009 | CALLS FOR PAPERS, CONFERENCES, Estate Planning, Family Law, Law and Sexuality | no comments

European State Aid Law, Restructuring Banks and Airlines – London

November 26, 2009toNovember 27, 2009

Lexxion presents its autumn conference on European State Aid Law. The main conference is Nov. 27, 2009, at King`s College London. A workshop is planned on the previous day, Nov. 26, with focus on restructuring of banks and airlines; it will be at the Athenaeum.

Topics:
- The Restructuring of financial Institutions under Art. 87 (3) lit. b EC
- Procedure and judicial Protection in State Aid
- State Aid in special Sectors:
- Broadcasting (new Broadcasting Communication of 2 July 2009)
- Broadband (new Guidelines to be adopted)
mw

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European State Aid Law, Restructuring Banks and Airlines – London

Lexxion presents its autumn conference on European State Aid Law. The main conference is Nov. 27, 2009, at King`s College London. A workshop is planned on the previous day, Nov. 26, with focus on restructuring of banks and airlines; it will be at the Athenaeum.

Topics:
- The Restructuring of financial Institutions under Art. 87 (3) lit. b EC
- Procedure and judicial Protection in State Aid
- State Aid in special Sectors:
- Broadcasting (new Broadcasting Communication of 2 July 2009)
- Broadband (new Guidelines to be adopted)
mw

Posted by on September 29th, 2009 | Business Law, Communications Law, Comparative Law, CONFERENCES, Law and Cyberspace | no comments

Call for Papers Deadline: Law in a Pluralist Asia – Kuala Lumpur

January 8, 2010

The Asian Law Institute‘s Seventh Conference will take place May 25-26, 2010, at the the Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws, International Islamic University, Malaysia, in Kuala Lumpur. The conference theme is Law in a Pluralist Asia: Challenges and Prospects.

The Call for Papers / Participation offers several opportunities:

  • individual papers for panels — deadline is Jan. 8, 2010.
  • panels — deadline is Jan. 8, 2010.
  • papers for the young scholars workshop — deadline is Jan. 8, 2010.

Selected papers from the subthemes may be considered for publication in special issues of the Asian Journal of Comparative Law and the IIUM Law Journal. mw

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Law in a Pluralist Asia – Kuala Lumpur

May 25, 2010toMay 26, 2010

The Asian Law Institute‘s Seventh Conference will take place May 25-26, 2010, at the the Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws, International Islamic University, Malaysia, in Kuala Lumpur. The conference theme is Law in a Pluralist Asia: Challenges and Prospects.

The Call for Papers / Participation offers several opportunities:

  • individual papers for panels — deadline is Jan. 8, 2010.
  • panels — deadline is Jan. 8, 2010.
  • papers for the young scholars workshop — deadline is Jan. 8, 2010.

Selected papers from the subthemes may be considered for publication in special issues of the Asian Journal of Comparative Law and the IIUM Law Journal. mw

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Law in a Pluralist Asia – Kuala Lumpur

The Asian Law Institute‘s Seventh Conference will take place May 25-26, 2010, at the the Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws, International Islamic University, Malaysia, in Kuala Lumpur. The conference theme is Law in a Pluralist Asia: Challenges and Prospects.

The Call for Papers / Participation offers several opportunities:

  • individual papers for panels — deadline is Jan. 8, 2010.
  • panels — deadline is Jan. 8, 2010.
  • papers for the young scholars workshop — deadline is Jan. 8, 2010.

Selected papers from the subthemes may be considered for publication in special issues of the Asian Journal of Comparative Law and the IIUM Law Journal. mw

Posted by on September 29th, 2009 | CALLS FOR PAPERS, Comparative Law, CONFERENCES, JUNIOR SCHOLARS | no comments

Call for Papers Deadline: Applied Feminism and Marginalized Communities – Baltimore

October 16, 2009

The University of Baltimore School of Law‘s Center on Applied Feminism presents the Third Annual Feminist Legal Theory Conference, Applied Feminism and Marginalized Communities, March 4-5, 2010.

The organizers see workshop proposals and paper abstracts. The initial deadline for both is Oct. 16, 2009. See details here. mw

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Applied Feminism and Marginalized Communities – Baltimore

March 4, 2010
5:00 pmto9:00 pm
March 5, 2010

The University of Baltimore School of Law‘s Center on Applied Feminism presents the Third Annual Feminist Legal Theory Conference, Applied Feminism and Marginalized Communities, March 4-5, 2010.

The organizers see workshop proposals and paper abstracts. The initial deadline for both is Oct. 16, 2009. See details here. mw

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Applied Feminism and Marginalized Communities – Baltimore

The University of Baltimore School of Law‘s Center on Applied Feminism presents the Third Annual Feminist Legal Theory Conference, Applied Feminism and Marginalized Communities, March 4-5, 2010.

The organizers see workshop proposals and paper abstracts. The initial deadline for both is Oct. 16, 2009. See details here. mw

Posted by on September 29th, 2009 | CALLS FOR PAPERS, CONFERENCES, Immigration Law, Law and Gender, Law and Race, Law and Sexuality, Law and Society, Poverty Law | no comments

Oct. 13, 2009 Colloquia/Workshops

October 13, 2009

FIU

Howard Wasserman (FIU), Prescriptive Jurisdiction, Adjudicative Jurisdiction, and the Freedom of the Church

This paper is not publicly available.

Syracuse

Malcolm Thorburn (Queen’s University), Criminal Law as Public Law: Police Powers and Justifications

This paper is not publicly available.

Posted by on September 29th, 2009 | COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS, EVENTS, Law and Religion | no comments