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October 19, 2010 Colloquia / Workshops

October 20, 2010

University of Illinois

Margaret Blair (Vanderbilt Law) presents “Financial Innovation and the Distribution of Wealth and Income.”

This paper is publicly available.

University of Kansas

Robert Wagner (Case Western Law)

Lewis and Clark

Lisa LeSage and Bob Miller (Lewis and Clark Law)

Marquette

Ysole Gendreau (University of Montreal Research and Public Rights)

Sandra Day O’Connor

David Gartner (Arizona State Law)

 UC Hastings

Adam Kurland (Howard Law)

Posted by on October 19th, 2010 | COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS, EVENTS, LECTURES | no comments

October 19, 2010 Colloquia / Workshops

University of Illinois

Margaret Blair (Vanderbilt Law) presents “Financial Innovation and the Distribution of Wealth and Income.”

This paper is publicly available.

University of Kansas

Robert Wagner (Case Western Law)

Lewis and Clark

Lisa LeSage and Bob Miller (Lewis and Clark Law)

Marquette

Ysole Gendreau (University of Montreal Research and Public Rights)

Sandra Day O’Connor

David Gartner (Arizona State Law)

 UC Hastings

Adam Kurland (Howard Law)

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Conducting Empirical Legal Scholarship Workshop (Advanced) – Chicago, IL

February 4, 2011toFebruary 6, 2011

The upcoming presented by and , will take place February 4-6, 2011, at Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago.The Advanced Course is for law school faculty interested in furthering their training in empirical research.

The workshop is designed for those who have some experience with empirical legal research and an understanding of elementary statistics (i.e. at the level taught in the introductory workshop). Topics to be covered will include multiple regression, regression models for limited dependent variables, presenting results from non-linear models, data visualization and graphics, and matching methods for casual inference.  Leading empirical scholars, Lee Epstein, and Andrew D. Martin will teach the workshop.

Posted by on October 19th, 2010 | EVENTS | no comments

Conducting Empirical Legal Scholarship Workshop (Advanced) – Chicago, IL

The upcoming Conducting Empirical Legal Scholarship Workshop: The Advanced Course presented by Northwestern University School of Law and Washington University School of Law, will take place February 4-6, 2011, at Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago.The Advanced Course is for law school faculty interested in furthering their training in empirical research.

The workshop is designed for those who have some experience with empirical legal research and an understanding of elementary statistics (i.e. at the level taught in the introductory workshop). Topics to be covered will include multiple regression, regression models for limited dependent variables, presenting results from non-linear models, data visualization and graphics, and matching methods for casual inference.  Leading empirical scholars, Lee Epstein, and Andrew D. Martin will teach the workshop.

Posted by on October 19th, 2010 | CONFERENCES, Empirical Legal Studies | no comments

Submission Deadline: Prize for 2010 Professional Responsibility Publication

November 1, 2010

Submissions and nominations of articles are now being accepted for the first annual Fred C. Zacharias Memorial Prize for Scholarship in Professional Responsibility.  To honor Fred’s memory, the committee will select from among articles in the field of Professional Responsibility with a publication date of 2010.  The prize will be awarded at the Professional Responsibility Section program at the 2011 AALS Annual Meeting in San Francisco.  Please send submissions and nominations to Professor Samuel Levine at Touro Law Center: slevine@tourolaw.edu.  The deadline for submissions and nominations is November 1, 2010.

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Prize for 2010 Professional Responsibility Publication

Submissions and nominations of articles are now being accepted for the first annual Fred C. Zacharias Memorial Prize for Scholarship in Professional Responsibility.  To honor Fred’s memory, the committee will select from among articles in the field of Professional Responsibility with a publication date of 2010.  The prize will be awarded at the Professional Responsibility Section program at the 2011 AALS Annual Meeting in San Francisco.  Please send submissions and nominations to Professor Samuel Levine at Touro Law Center: slevine@tourolaw.edu.  The deadline for submissions and nominations is November 1, 2010.

Posted by on October 19th, 2010 | CALLS FOR PAPERS, Legal Profession, OTHER SCHOLARLY OPPORTUNITIES | no comments

Call for Proposals Deadline: Animals in Law, Legislation, and Policy – Baltimore, MD

January 20, 2011

The Animal Law Section of the Maryland State Bar Association presents Bridges to a Better Civil Society: Animals in Law, Legislation, & Policy on April 11, 2011, at the historic West Minster Church in Baltimore and at the Maryland State Bar Association headquarters. (Note that this is a decommissioned church, and is a renovated conference space contained within a historic location).

Proposals may be submitted to Joshua L. Friedman (jterpslaw [at] gmail.com) by Jan. 20, 2011.

For more information about the conference, including but not limited to sponsorship opportunities, please consult animalsymposium.com or contact Gary C. Norman, (410) 241-6745, GLNorman15 [at] hotmail.com. (The site currently has information about past animal law conferences; watch for postings about the upcoming conference.)

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Animals in Law, Legislation, and Policy – Baltimore, MD

April 11, 2011

The Animal Law Section of the Maryland State Bar Association presents Bridges to a Better Civil Society: Animals in Law, Legislation, & Policy on April 11, 2011, at the historic West Minster Church in Baltimore and at the Maryland State Bar Association headquarters. (Note that this is a decommissioned church, and is a renovated conference space contained within a historic location).

Proposals may be submitted to Joshua L. Friedman (jterpslaw [at] gmail.com) by Jan. 20, 2011.

For more information about the conference, including but not limited to sponsorship opportunities, please consult animalsymposium.com or contact Gary C. Norman, (410) 241-6745, GLNorman15 [at] hotmail.com. (The site currently has information about past animal law conferences; watch for postings about the upcoming conference.)

Posted by on October 19th, 2010 | EVENTS | no comments

Animals in Law, Legislation, and Policy – Baltimore, MD

The Animal Law Section of the Maryland State Bar Association presents Bridges to a Better Civil Society: Animals in Law, Legislation, & Policy on April 11, 2011, at the historic West Minster Church in Baltimore and at the Maryland State Bar Association headquarters. (Note that this is a decommissioned church, and is a renovated conference space contained within a historic location). Registration is $15.

Proposals may be submitted to Joshua L. Friedman (jterpslaw [at] gmail.com) by Jan. 20, 2011.

For more information about the conference, including but not limited to sponsorship opportunities, please consult animalsymposium.com or contact Gary C. Norman, (410) 241-6745, GLNorman15 [at] hotmail.com. (The site currently has information about past animal law conferences; watch for postings about the upcoming conference.)

Posted by on October 19th, 2010 | Animal Law, CALLS FOR PAPERS, CONFERENCES | no comments