This blog focuses on posting upcoming conferences, calls for papers, and current colloquia and in-house workshops.
Readers, do you think it would be a helpful addition to include some citations to recent scholarship about legal scholarship? For example:
- Buell, Samuel W., Becoming a Legal Scholar (May 14, 2011). Michigan Law Review, Vol. 110, No. 6, 2012. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1840785
- Maharg, Paul and Duncan, Nigel James, Black Box, Pandora’s Box or Virtual Toolbox? An Experiment in a Journal’s Transparent Peer Review on the Web (2007). International Review of Law, Computers & Technology, Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 109-28, 2007. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1817767
- Davies, Ross E., Like Water for Law Reviews: An Introduction to the Journal of Law (April 07, 2011). The Journal of Law: A Periodical Laboratory of Legal Scholarship, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 1-10, 2011; George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 11-15. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1804968
- Leong, Nancy and Mullins, Jennifer, An Empirical Examination of Gender and Student Note Publication 1999-2009 (March 8, 2011). Yale Journal of Law & Feminism, Forthcoming. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1781149
- LeClair, Jean, A Review of Law Reviews: Comments of a Contented Victim (December 4, 2005). Queen’s Law Journal, Vol. 31, pp. 385-401, 2005. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1777524
- Donovan, James M. and Watson, Carol A., Citation Advantage of Open Access Legal Scholarship (March 4, 2011). UGA Legal Studies Research Paper No. 11-07. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1777090
- Di Valentino, Lisa, Open Access and Legal Publishing: An Annotated Bibliography (December 17, 2010). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1772228
- Ramsay, Ian and Stapledon, Geofrey P., The Influence of Commercial Law Journals: Citation Analysis (February 10, 2011). Australian Business Law Review, Vol. 26, pp. 298-303, 1998. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1759578
- Davies, Ross E., The Dipping Point: Law Review Circulation 2010. Green Bag Almanac and Reader, pp. 547-554, 2011 ; George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 11-01. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1738530
- Yaphe, Andrew, Taking Note of Notes: Student Legal Scholarship in Theory and Practice (November 18, 2010). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1711533
- Müller-Langer, Frank and Watt, Richard, Copyright and Open Access for Academic Works (June 30, 2010). Review of Economic Research on Copyright Issues, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 45-65, 2010; Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition & Tax Law Research Paper No. 10-09. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1647586
- Seidman Diamond, Shari and Mueller, Pam, Empirical Legal Scholarship in Law Reviews (December 2010). Annual Review of Law and Social Science, Vol. 6, pp. 581-599, 2010. Abstract available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1708405 or doi:10.1146/annurev-lawsocsci-102209-152848
- Hart, Edward T., Indexing Open Access Law Journals… Or Maybe Not (June 11, 2010). International Journal of Legal Information, Vol. 38, No. 19, 2010; University of Florida Levin College of Law Research Paper No. 2010-22. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1685994
- Sisk, Gregory C., Hackerson, Debby , Wells, Mary and Aggerbeck, Valerie, Scholarly Impact of Law School Faculties: Extending the Leiter Rankings to the Top 70 (September 30, 2010). University of St. Thomas Legal Studies Research Paper No. 10-24. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1674764
Our goal would not be to create comprehensive bibliographies–just to share some items we come across that might interest you. If you’d like to comment on this idea (or anything else related to the blog), please send a note to legalscholarshipblog [at] gmail.com.
mw
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| January 5, 2012 |
| 10:30 am | to | 12:15 pm |
AALS Section on Law and Humanities seeks panelists for a program during the AALS 2012 Annual Meeting in Washington, DC (Jan. 4-8, 2012), “Excavating and Integrating Law and Humanities in the Core Curriculum” (Jan. 5, 10:30-12:15). Statements of interest are due by March 31, 2011.
Details here. mw; updated 6/12/11 mw
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on June 13th, 2011
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| January 7, 2012 |
| 10:30 am | to | 12:15 pm |
In connection with the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Law Schools in Washington, D.C., the AALS Section on Alternative Dispute Resolution will be sponsoring a panel discussion on “The Supreme Court and the Future of Arbitration,” Jan. 7, 2012, 10:30am – 12:15pm. Jump to full post
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on June 13th, 2011
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The AALS Section on Antitrust and Economic Regulation and the Section on Law & Economics will hold a joint program on Behavioral Economics and Antitrust Law during the AALS 2012 Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. The program, Jan. 6, 2012, 10:30am to 12:15 pm, will focus on the influence of Behavioral Economics on Antitrust Law and Policy. Jump to full post
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on June 13th, 2011
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The editors of the Pace Law Review invite proposals from scholars, researchers, practitioners, and professionals for contributions to an issue slated for publication during the Fall of 2011. This issue focuses on the changing landscape of Labor and Employment in the modern market. The deadline for submissions was June 1, 2011, but the executive articles editor reports that the editors are still collecting articles on the theme. mw
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The editors of the Pace Law Review invite proposals from scholars, researchers, practitioners, and professionals for contributions to an issue slated for publication during the Fall of 2011. This issue focuses on the changing landscape of Labor and Employment in the modern market. The deadline for submissions was June 1, 2011, but the executive articles editor reports that the editors are still collecting articles on the theme. mw
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on June 13th, 2011
| CALLS FOR PAPERS, Labor and Employment Law |
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The AALS Section on Securities Regulation will hold a program during the AALS 2012 Annual Meeting in Washington D.C. (Jan. 4-8). The topic is “Exploring the Regulatory Response to the Financial Crisis.” The program will include presentations by SEC Commissioner Troy Paredes, Professor Lynn Stout (UCLA), Professor Robert Thompson (Georgetown), and two additional speakers.
Faculty members of AALS member schools are eligible to submit papers. Faculty members of fee-paid law schools, foreign, visiting and adjunct faculty members, graduate students, and fellows are not eligible to submit.
Eligible faculty members interested in presenting a paper should send a draft or proposal to William Sjostrom, william.sjostrom [at] law.arizona.edu, by Aug. 15, 2011. Decisions will be announced by September 15, 2011.
Contact Information:
William Sjostrom
Chair, AALS Section on Securities Regulation
University of Arizona
James E. Rogers College of Law
1201 E. Speedway Boulevard
P.O. Box 210176
Tucson, AZ 85721
520.626.6451
william.sjostrom [at] law.arizona.edu
Source: Faculty Law Conference Updates. mw
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on June 13th, 2011
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| January 6, 2012 10:30 am | to | January 10, 2012 12:15 pm |
The AALS Section on Securities Regulation will hold a program during the AALS 2012 Annual Meeting in Washington D.C. — Jan. 6, 2012, 10:30am to 12:15pm. The topic is “Exploring the Regulatory Response to the Financial Crisis.” The program will include presentations by SEC Commissioner Troy Paredes, Professor Lynn Stout (UCLA), Professor Robert Thompson (Georgetown), and two additional speakers.
Faculty members of AALS member schools are eligible to submit papers. Faculty members of fee-paid law schools, foreign, visiting and adjunct faculty members, graduate students, and fellows are not eligible to submit.
Eligible faculty members interested in presenting a paper should send a draft or proposal to William Sjostrom, william.sjostrom [at] law.arizona.edu, by Aug. 15, 2011. Decisions will be announced by September 15, 2011.
Contact Information:
William Sjostrom
Chair, AALS Section on Securities Regulation
University of Arizona
James E. Rogers College of Law
1201 E. Speedway Boulevard
P.O. Box 210176
Tucson, AZ 85721
520.626.6451
william.sjostrom [at] law.arizona.edu
Source: Faculty Law Conference Updates. mw
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on June 13th, 2011
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The AALS Section on Securities Regulation will hold a program during the AALS 2012 Annual Meeting in Washington D.C. — Jan. 6, 2012, 10:30am to 12:15pm. The topic is “Exploring the Regulatory Response to the Financial Crisis.” The program will include presentations by SEC Commissioner Troy Paredes, Professor Lynn Stout (UCLA), Professor Robert Thompson (Georgetown), and two additional speakers.
Faculty members of AALS member schools are eligible to submit papers. Faculty members of fee-paid law schools, foreign, visiting and adjunct faculty members, graduate students, and fellows are not eligible to submit.
Eligible faculty members interested in presenting a paper should send a draft or proposal to William Sjostrom, william.sjostrom [at] law.arizona.edu, by Aug. 15, 2011. Decisions will be announced by September 15, 2011.
Contact Information:
William Sjostrom
Chair, AALS Section on Securities Regulation
University of Arizona
James E. Rogers College of Law
1201 E. Speedway Boulevard
P.O. Box 210176
Tucson, AZ 85721
520.626.6451
william.sjostrom [at] law.arizona.edu
Source: Faculty Law Conference Updates. mw
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on June 13th, 2011
| CALLS FOR PAPERS, CONFERENCES, Securities Law |
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The Frances Lewis Law Center (Washington and Lee University School of Law) and the Washington and Lee Law Review present Regulation in the Fringe Economy Nov. 11, 2011. The Washington and Lee Law Review will publish a symposium issue featuring the conference papers in 2012.
The symposium Regulation in the Fringe Economy represents the most significant attempt to date by legal scholars to address the vexing legal and social issues created by lenders on the fringes of the economy who offer payday, auto title, for-profit college, and refund anticipation loans. A complete list of confirmed participants and their paper topics is available at the conference website.
Manuscript submissions are due by Aug. 15, 2011. Even if you are not able to submit a paper, the sponsors invite you to attend the conference, which is free. mw
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on June 13th, 2011
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The Frances Lewis Law Center (Washington and Lee University School of Law) and the Washington and Lee Law Review present Regulation in the Fringe Economy Nov. 11, 2011. The Washington and Lee Law Review will publish a symposium issue featuring the conference papers in 2012.
The symposium Regulation in the Fringe Economy represents the most significant attempt to date by legal scholars to address the vexing legal and social issues created by lenders on the fringes of the economy who offer payday, auto title, for-profit college, and refund anticipation loans. A complete list of confirmed participants and their paper topics is available at the conference website.
Manuscript submissions are due by Aug. 15, 2011. Even if you are not able to submit a paper, the sponsors invite you to attend the conference, which is free. mw
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on June 13th, 2011
| EVENTS |
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The Frances Lewis Law Center (Washington and Lee University School of Law) and the Washington and Lee Law Review present Regulation in the Fringe Economy Nov. 11, 2011. The Washington and Lee Law Review will publish a symposium issue featuring the conference papers in 2012.
The symposium Regulation in the Fringe Economy represents the most significant attempt to date by legal scholars to address the vexing legal and social issues created by lenders on the fringes of the economy who offer payday, auto title, for-profit college, and refund anticipation loans. A complete list of confirmed participants and their paper topics is available at the conference website.
Manuscript submissions are due by Aug. 15, 2011. Even if you are not able to submit a paper, the sponsors invite you to attend the conference, which is free. mw
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on June 13th, 2011
| CALLS FOR PAPERS, Commercial Law, CONFERENCES, Poverty Law |
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The Michigan Journal of Private Equity and Venture Capital Law will be published semi-annually by students of the University of Michigan Law School in conjunction with the ABA Committee on Private Equity and Venture Capital.
The Journal addresses the regulatory, securities, corporate, tax intellectual property, and other legal issues involved with private equity and venture capital, including with respect to both investments by funds and the formation of funds.
The Journal is currently accepting scholarly papers and paper proposals for publication in our first issue. We anticipate publishing the issue in late fall 2011. Articles for this issue are generally between 25 and 40 pages long.
Please send drafts, proposals, or inquiries to Jeffrey Koh, Executive Article Editor, at mjpvl.articles [at] gmail.com, or via ExpressO.
mw
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on June 13th, 2011
| Business Law, CALLS FOR PAPERS |
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APPEAL and the University of Zululand have announced a conference on Preparing Students for the Practice of Law, which will be held from the evening of December 7 through the afternoon of December 9, 2011, at the Tradewinds Country Inn in Mtunzini, South Africa, located about 90 minutes north of Durban.
The conference will focus on:
- teaching multilingual students
- working with students with an inadequate secondary education
- designing legal writing programs in universities with limited resources
- teaching legal reading
- teaching writing in large classes
- teaching writing in clinical programs
- diagnosing writing problems and commenting on student work
- learning theories
- teaching methods
If you are interested in presenting at the conference, please send a proposal to Laurel Oates, chair of the Program Committee, loates [at] seattleu.edu no later than July 1, 2011. The Program Committee expects to make decisions on proposals and issue invitations by September 1, 2011. Registration materials for the conference will be circulated in September 2011.
For questions regarding the conference, please contact one of the Conference Co-chairs, Janet Dickson, dicksonj [at] seattleu.edu or Olugbenga Oke-Samuel, lawville [at] yahoo.com.
Source: Legal Writing Prof Blog (via Faculty Law Conference Updates). mw
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on June 13th, 2011
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| December 7, 2011 |
| 5:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
| December 8, 2011 |
APPEAL and the University of Zululand have announced a conference on Preparing Students for the Practice of Law, which will be held from the evening of December 7 through the afternoon of December 9, 2011, at the Tradewinds Country Inn in Mtunzini, South Africa, located about 90 minutes north of Durban.
The conference will focus on:
- teaching multilingual students
- working with students with an inadequate secondary education
- designing legal writing programs in universities with limited resources
- teaching legal reading
- teaching writing in large classes
- teaching writing in clinical programs
- diagnosing writing problems and commenting on student work
- learning theories
- teaching methods
If you are interested in presenting at the conference, please send a proposal to Laurel Oates, chair of the Program Committee, loates [at] seattleu.edu no later than July 1, 2011. The Program Committee expects to make decisions on proposals and issue invitations by September 1, 2011. Registration materials for the conference will be circulated in September 2011.
For questions regarding the conference, please contact one of the Conference Co-chairs, Janet Dickson, dicksonj [at] seattleu.edu or Olugbenga Oke-Samuel, lawville [at] yahoo.com.
Source: Legal Writing Prof Blog (via Faculty Law Conference Updates). mw
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on June 13th, 2011
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APPEAL and the University of Zululand have announced a conference on Preparing Students for the Practice of Law, which will be held from the evening of December 7 through the afternoon of December 9, 2011, at the Tradewinds Country Inn in Mtunzini, South Africa, located about 90 minutes north of Durban.
The conference will focus on:
- teaching multilingual students
- working with students with an inadequate secondary education
- designing legal writing programs in universities with limited resources
- teaching legal reading
- teaching writing in large classes
- teaching writing in clinical programs
- diagnosing writing problems and commenting on student work
- learning theories
- teaching methods
If you are interested in presenting at the conference, please send a proposal to Laurel Oates, chair of the Program Committee, loates [at] seattleu.edu no later than July 1, 2011. The Program Committee expects to make decisions on proposals and issue invitations by September 1, 2011. Registration materials for the conference will be circulated in September 2011.
For questions regarding the conference, please contact one of the Conference Co-chairs, Janet Dickson, dicksonj [at] seattleu.edu or Olugbenga Oke-Samuel, lawville [at] yahoo.com.
Source: Legal Writing Prof Blog (via Faculty Law Conference Updates). mw
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on June 13th, 2011
| CALLS FOR PAPERS, Clinics, CONFERENCES, Legal Education, Legal Research & Writing |
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The Law and Development Institute (a research institute in Pyrmont, New South Wales, Australia) invites paper proposals for the 2011 annual conference, Law and Development at the Microlevel: From Microtrade to Current Issues in Law and Development. The conference will be co-hosted with Seattle University School of Law on December 10, 2011, in Seattle.
The LDI calls for papers on any aspect of microtrade, which is a new system of international trade designed to alleviate populations of least-developed countries of extreme poverty (for a concept paper, see http://papers.ssrn.com/abstract_id=1524185), as well as for papers on other law and development issues that can be considered broadly at the “micro level”, including but not limited to: microfinance, microinsurance, green growth and development, etc.
Abstracts must be submitted by June 30, 2011. The paper proposals will be peer-reviewed by members of the editorial board of the Law and Development Review. mw
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on June 13th, 2011
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The Law and Development Institute (a research institute in Pyrmont, New South Wales, Australia) invites paper proposals for the 2011 annual conference, Law and Development at the Microlevel: From Microtrade to Current Issues in Law and Development. The conference will be co-hosted with Seattle University School of Law on December 10, 2011, in Seattle.
The LDI calls for papers on any aspect of microtrade, which is a new system of international trade designed to alleviate populations of least-developed countries of extreme poverty (for a concept paper, see http://papers.ssrn.com/abstract_id=1524185), as well as for papers on other law and development issues that can be considered broadly at the “micro level”, including but not limited to: microfinance, microinsurance, green growth and development, etc.
Abstracts must be submitted by June 30, 2011. The paper proposals will be peer-reviewed by members of the editorial board of the Law and Development Review. mw
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on June 13th, 2011
| EVENTS |
no comments
The Law and Development Institute (a research institute in Pyrmont, New South Wales, Australia) invites paper proposals for the 2011 annual conference, Law and Development at the Microlevel: From Microtrade to Current Issues in Law and Development. The conference will be co-hosted with Seattle University School of Law on December 10, 2011, in Seattle.
The LDI calls for papers on any aspect of microtrade, which is a new system of international trade designed to alleviate populations of least-developed countries of extreme poverty (for a concept paper, see http://papers.ssrn.com/abstract_id=1524185), as well as for papers on other law and development issues that can be considered broadly at the “micro level”, including but not limited to: microfinance, microinsurance, green growth and development, etc.
Abstracts must be submitted by June 30, 2011. The paper proposals will be peer-reviewed by members of the editorial board of the Law and Development Review. mw
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on June 13th, 2011
| CALLS FOR PAPERS, CONFERENCES, International Law, Poverty Law |
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