Legal Scholarship Blog

Law-Related Calls for Papers, Conferences, and Workshops
A Service from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law & University of Washington School of Law

Sexual and Reproductive Rights – Cambridge, MA

March 4, 2011

The Harvard Journal of Law and Gender presents its symposium, Sexual and Reproductive Rights: Barriers to Access, Roadmaps to Fulfillment, on Friday, March 4, 2011.

This symposium will feature current academic discourse concerning the important issue of sexual and reproductive rights analyzed through four different frameworks, corresponding to four panels: motherhood, teenage sexuality, abortion, and international human rights. Featured on the symposium panels will be 10 preeminent scholars, who will discuss crucial topics in the field including: (1) the feminization of HIV and poverty; (2) critical race studies and intersectionality; (3) gender-motivated violence and patriarchy; (4) the shape of sexual rights in the international human rights framework; and (5) the implications of a woman’s childbearing decision-making on assessing her qualifications as a mother.

Posted by on December 5th, 2010 | EVENTS | no comments

Sexual and Reproductive Rights – Cambridge, MA

The Harvard Journal of Law and Gender presents its symposium, Sexual and Reproductive Rights: Barriers to Access, Roadmaps to Fulfillment, on Friday, March 4, 2011.

This symposium will feature current academic discourse concerning the important issue of sexual and reproductive rights analyzed through four different frameworks, corresponding to four panels: motherhood, teenage sexuality, abortion, and international human rights. Featured on the symposium panels will be 10 preeminent scholars, who will discuss crucial topics in the field including: (1) the feminization of HIV and poverty; (2) critical race studies and intersectionality; (3) gender-motivated violence and patriarchy; (4) the shape of sexual rights in the international human rights framework; and (5) the implications of a woman’s childbearing decision-making on assessing her qualifications as a mother.

Posted by on December 5th, 2010 | CONFERENCES, Criminal Law, Family Law, Health Law, Human Rights Law, Law and Gender, Law and Race, Poverty Law | no comments

Equality for Women and Girls – Cambridge, MA

February 11, 2011

The Harvard Law School Women’s Law Association presents its Fifth Annual Conference, This is What Equality Looks Like: The World We Want for Women and Girls, on Friday, February 11, 2010. The conference will include four panels, Judiciary, Economics, Girls, and Health, as well as a Keynote Address, which will be announced at a later date. The conference concludes with cocktails and dinner with the panelists. More details about the conference and dinner registration to follow.

Posted by on December 5th, 2010 | EVENTS | no comments

Equality for Women and Girls – Cambridge, MA

The Harvard Law School Women’s Law Association presents its Fifth Annual Conference, This is What Equality Looks Like: The World We Want for Women and Girls, on Friday, February 11, 2010. The conference will include four panels, Judiciary, Economics, Girls, and Health, as well as a Keynote Address, which will be announced at a later date. The conference concludes with cocktails and dinner with the panelists. More details about the conference and dinner registration to follow.

Posted by on December 5th, 2010 | CONFERENCES, Courts, Education Law, Health Law, Law and Gender | no comments