| February 1, 2011 |
| September 1, 2011 |
The Law School Admission Council invites grant proposals.
The Law School Admission Council (LSAC) Research Grant Program funds research on a wide variety of topics related to the mission of LSAC. Specifically included in the program’s scope are projects investigating precursors to legal training, selection into law schools, legal education, and the legal profession. To be eligible for funding, a research project must inform either the process of selecting law students or legal education itself in a demonstrable way. Projects will be funded for amounts up to $200,000.The program welcomes proposals for research proceeding from any of a variety of methodologies, a potentially broad range of topics, and varying time frames. Proposals will be judged on the importance of the questions addressed, their relevance to the mission of LSAC, the quality of the research designs, and the capacity of the researchers to carry out the project. Eligible investigators need not be members of law school faculties. Proposals from interdisciplinary teams of law faculty and researchers from outside law schools are strongly encouraged.
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There are two reviewing cycles each year. The deadlines are September 1 and February 1. Decisions on proposals are expected to be made within three to four months following those deadlines.
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on January 11th, 2011
| EVENTS |
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The Law School Admission Council invites grant proposals.
The Law School Admission Council (LSAC) Research Grant Program funds research on a wide variety of topics related to the mission of LSAC. Specifically included in the program’s scope are projects investigating precursors to legal training, selection into law schools, legal education, and the legal profession. To be eligible for funding, a research project must inform either the process of selecting law students or legal education itself in a demonstrable way. Projects will be funded for amounts up to $200,000.The program welcomes proposals for research proceeding from any of a variety of methodologies, a potentially broad range of topics, and varying time frames. Proposals will be judged on the importance of the questions addressed, their relevance to the mission of LSAC, the quality of the research designs, and the capacity of the researchers to carry out the project. Eligible investigators need not be members of law school faculties. Proposals from interdisciplinary teams of law faculty and researchers from outside law schools are strongly encouraged.
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There are two reviewing cycles each year. The deadlines are September 1 and February 1. Decisions on proposals are expected to be made within three to four months following those deadlines.
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on January 11th, 2011
| Empirical Legal Studies, Legal Education, Legal Profession, OTHER SCHOLARLY OPPORTUNITIES |
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From June 5 to June 7, 2011, the International Max Planck Research School for Competition and Innovation and the Professorship for Intellectual Property at ETH Zurich will jointly organize their Second Workshop for Junior Researchers on the Law and Economics of Intellectual Property and Competition Law. The workshop will be held in Wildbad Kreuth, a lovely region one hour south of Munich, Germany. The submission deadline is Feb. 28, 2011.
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on January 11th, 2011
| Antitrust Law, CALLS FOR PAPERS, CONFERENCES, Intellectual Property, JUNIOR SCHOLARS, Law and Economics |
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The Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and Security is pleased to announce its Annual Essay Competition. This competition strives to stimulate original thought on issues in Homeland Security and Homeland Defense. The winner receives a prize of $1500. The submission deadline is Jan. 31, 2011.
This year’s essay question:
Claude Debussy said “Works of art make rules; rules do not make works of art.” How might this idea be applied to how we approach homeland defense and security?
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on January 11th, 2011
| EVENTS |
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The Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and Security is pleased to announce its Annual Essay Competition. This competition strives to stimulate original thought on issues in Homeland Security and Homeland Defense. The winner receives a prize of $1500. The submission deadline is Jan. 31, 2011.
This year’s essay question:
Claude Debussy said “Works of art make rules; rules do not make works of art.” How might this idea be applied to how we approach homeland defense and security?
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on January 11th, 2011
| CONFERENCES, National Security Law |
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ISIS Center For Women and Development (I.C.W.A.D) (Centre Isis) presents International Forum on ‘Women and the New Media in the Mediterranean Region’ June 24-26 , 2011, at the Palais des Congrès, Fez, Morocco. The call for papers is on Feminist Law Professors. Abstracts must be submitted by March 1, 2011.
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on January 11th, 2011
| CALLS FOR PAPERS, Comparative Law, CONFERENCES, Law and Cyberspace, Law and Gender |
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