| October 14, 2011 |
The Canadian Association of Law Libraries / Association Canadienne des Bibliotheques de Droit invites program proposals for the 2012 CALL/ACBD Annual Meeting, Towering Opportunities / Possibilités Immenses, which will take place May 6-9, in Toronto. The submission deadline is Oct. 14, 2011. mw
| May 6, 2012 | to | May 9, 2012 |
The Canadian Association of Law Libraries / Association Canadienne des Bibliotheques de Droit invites program proposals for the 2012 CALL/ACBD Annual Meeting, Towering Opportunities / Possibilités Immenses, which will take place May 6-9, in Toronto. The submission deadline is Oct. 14, 2011. mw
The Canadian Association of Law Libraries / Association Canadienne des Bibliotheques de Droit invites program proposals for the 2012 CALL/ACBD Annual Meeting, Towering Opportunities / Possibilités Immenses, which will take place May 6-9, in Toronto. The submission deadline is Oct. 14, 2011. mw
| January 11, 2012 | ||
| 8:00 pm |
The Kentucky Law Journal has issued a call for papers on the subject of continental philosophy and the law. Articles in the Kentucky Law Journal Online are about 5,000 words or less and generally do not exceed 40 footnotes, but these are rough guidelines rather than fixed rules. This format used by the Kentucky Law Journal Online uses favors theoretical and normative analysis over extensive documentation of cases.
The Kentucky Law Journal is seeking submissions that draw on continental philosophy to analyze cases, the legal system, or legal scholarship. Submissions are due by January 10, 2012. Articles can be submitted electronically to kljoeditors@kentuckylawjournal.org or by hard copy to
Online Content Manager
Kentucky Law Journal
University of Kentucky College of Law
Lexington, KY 40506-0048
mw
The Kentucky Law Journal has issued a call for papers on the subject of continental philosophy and the law. Articles in the Kentucky Law Journal Online are about 5,000 words or less and generally do not exceed 40 footnotes, but these are rough guidelines rather than fixed rules. This format used by the Kentucky Law Journal Online uses favors theoretical and normative analysis over extensive documentation of cases.
The Kentucky Law Journal is seeking submissions that draw on continental philosophy to analyze cases, the legal system, or legal scholarship. Submissions are due by January 10, 2011. Articles can be submitted electronically to kljoeditors@kentuckylawjournal.org or by hard copy to
Online Content Manager
Kentucky Law Journal
University of Kentucky College of Law
Lexington, KY 40506-0048
mw
| September 19, 2011 | to | September 20, 2011 |
Truth on the Market is planning an online symposium, Unlocking the Law: Deregulating the Legal Profession. It will take place Sept. 19-20, 2011.
The “Unlocking the Law” symposium is designed to start an intellectual dialogue on this topic, bringing together legal scholars and economists with a variety of views and perspectives on the law and economics of the legal profession, regulation, antitrust.
mw
Truth on the Market is planning an online symposium, Unlocking the Law: Deregulating the Legal Profession. It will take place Sept. 19-20, 2011.
The “Unlocking the Law” symposium is designed to start an intellectual dialogue on this topic, bringing together legal scholars and economists with a variety of views and perspectives on the law and economics of the legal profession, regulation, antitrust.
mw
| September 29, 2011 |
The Charleston School of Law hosts the second Southeastern Law Scholars Conference Oct. 28-29, 2011.
This regional conference will bring together junior law school faculty to present published papers or works-in-progress across all disciplines within the law. The conference is open to all junior law faculty (one to seven years teaching experience) at law schools in the southeastern United States. To ensure an atmosphere conducive to feedback, space is limited to twenty participants.The conference will begin with dinner for all participants on Friday, October 28, 2011. On Saturday, October 29, 2011, conference participants will present either a completed paper or work-in-progress, and comment on the papers and ideas presented by others. As the host school, the Charleston School of Law will provide dinner on Friday, October 28, as well as breakfast and lunch on Saturday, October 29. There is no registration fee. Participants, however, are responsible for their own travel expenses.
To participate in the conference, please send an email to conference organizer, Associate Professor Sheila B. Scheuerman at sscheuerman@charlestonlaw.edu by Friday, September 29, 2011. Please note whether you will be attending dinner on Friday, October 28, in your email. In addition, please include the title of your presentation topic. A short abstract would also be helpful. Please direct any questions, comments or suggestions to Sheila B. Scheuerman at the email address above.
mw
| October 28, 2011 | ||
| 5:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
| October 29, 2011 | ||
The Charleston School of Law hosts the second Southeastern Law Scholars Conference Oct. 28-29, 2011.
This regional conference will bring together junior law school faculty to present published papers or works-in-progress across all disciplines within the law. The conference is open to all junior law faculty (one to seven years teaching experience) at law schools in the southeastern United States. To ensure an atmosphere conducive to feedback, space is limited to twenty participants.The conference will begin with dinner for all participants on Friday, October 28, 2011. On Saturday, October 29, 2011, conference participants will present either a completed paper or work-in-progress, and comment on the papers and ideas presented by others. As the host school, the Charleston School of Law will provide dinner on Friday, October 28, as well as breakfast and lunch on Saturday, October 29. There is no registration fee. Participants, however, are responsible for their own travel expenses.
To participate in the conference, please send an email to conference organizer, Associate Professor Sheila B. Scheuerman at sscheuerman@charlestonlaw.edu by Friday, September 29, 2011. Please note whether you will be attending dinner on Friday, October 28, in your email. In addition, please include the title of your presentation topic. A short abstract would also be helpful. Please direct any questions, comments or suggestions to Sheila B. Scheuerman at the email address above.
mw
The Charleston School of Law hosts the second Southeastern Law Scholars Conference Oct. 28-29, 2011.
This regional conference will bring together junior law school faculty to present published papers or works-in-progress across all disciplines within the law. The conference is open to all junior law faculty (one to seven years teaching experience) at law schools in the southeastern United States. To ensure an atmosphere conducive to feedback, space is limited to twenty participants.The conference will begin with dinner for all participants on Friday, October 28, 2011. On Saturday, October 29, 2011, conference participants will present either a completed paper or work-in-progress, and comment on the papers and ideas presented by others. As the host school, the Charleston School of Law will provide dinner on Friday, October 28, as well as breakfast and lunch on Saturday, October 29. There is no registration fee. Participants, however, are responsible for their own travel expenses.
To participate in the conference, please send an email to conference organizer, Associate Professor Sheila B. Scheuerman at sscheuerman@charlestonlaw.edu by Friday, September 29, 2011. Please note whether you will be attending dinner on Friday, October 28, in your email. In addition, please include the title of your presentation topic. A short abstract would also be helpful. Please direct any questions, comments or suggestions to Sheila B. Scheuerman at the email address above.
mw
This installment of Friday’s Scholarship About Scholarship might more aptly be labelled “Blog Posts About Scholarship,” but I’ll still with the meta label. To suggest something for this (nearly) weekly post, send a note to legalscholarshipblog[at]gmail.com
Do you tend to assume that everything you need is on your favorite online system? A law librarian at the University of Toronto looked at which Canadian law journals were available on Lexis, Westlaw, or HeinOnline. Fewer than half of the journals were available on two or more of the platforms. See John Papadopoulos, Canadian Law Journals on Commercial Databases, SLAW, Aug. 17, 2011.
Eugene Volokh explores what makes a good article title by analyzing Twombly Is the Logical Extension of the Mathews v. Eldridge Test to Discovery. Eugene Volokh, An Enlightening Law Review Article Title, Volokh Conspiracy, Aug. 24, 2011.
Legal History Blog interviewed Lawrence Friedman on scholarship:
Ilya Somin discusses How Lawprofs Outside the Top 15 Schools Can Still Have a Big Impact on their Fields, The Volokh Conspiracy, Sept. 12, 2011.
Colin Miller ponders Old Question: How Do You “Rank” a Specialty Journal? New Question: How Do You Rank an Online Law Review?, PrawfsBlawg, Sept. 8, 2011.
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| September 16, 2011 |
Nancy Levit (University of Missouri at Kansas City Law) presents “The Happy Lawyer: Making a Good Life in the Law.”
This paper is not publicly available.
Mary Ziegler (St. Louis Law) presents “Responding to Roe v. Wade: Should Social Issues Be Resolved in the Courts?“
This paper is not publicly available.
Margaret Burnham (Northeastern Law) presents “The Public Memory and the Civil Rights Era: Cold Cases, Truth Projects, Apologies and Monuments.”
This paper is not publicly available.
Gregoire Webber (London School of Economics) presents “The Westminster Constitution as Practice.”
This paper is not publicly available.
Ben Zipursky (Fordham Law) presents “Substantive Standing, Civil Recourse and Corrective Justice.”
This paper is not publicly available.
Anna di Robilant (Boston University Law) presents “One Property, Many Properties. Designing Liberal Egalitarian Commons.”
This paper is publicly available.
Nancy Levit (University of Missouri at Kansas City Law) presents “The Happy Lawyer: Making a Good Life in the Law.”
This paper is not publicly available.
Mary Ziegler (St. Louis Law) presents “Responding to Roe v. Wade: Should Social Issues Be Resolved in the Courts?“
This paper is not publicly available.
Margaret Burnham (Northeastern Law) presents “The Public Memory and the Civil Rights Era: Cold Cases, Truth Projects, Apologies and Monuments.”
This paper is not publicly available.
Gregoire Webber (London School of Economics) presents “The Westminster Constitution as Practice.”
This paper is not publicly available.
Ben Zipursky (Fordham Law) presents “Substantive Standing, Civil Recourse and Corrective Justice.”
This paper is not publicly available.
Anna di Robilant (Boston University Law) presents “One Property, Many Properties. Designing Liberal Egalitarian Commons.”
This paper is publicly available.
Boston College Legal History Roundtable
Jack Rakove (Stanford Law) presents “Beyond Belief: The Radical Significance of Free Existence of Religion.”
This paper is not publicly available.
Michael Knoll (Penn Law) and Ruth Mason (Connecticut Law) present “What is Tax Discrimination?“
This paper is publicly available.
Yair Listokin (Columbia Law) presents “Taxation and Marriage: A Reappraisal.”
This paper is not publicly available.
Matthew T. Bodie (St. Louis Law) presents “Employees and the Boundaries of the Corporation.”
This paper is publicly available.
I. Glenn Cohen (Harvard Law) presents “Circumvention Tourism.”
This paper is not publicly available.
Cliff Gardner (Law Offices of Cliff Gardner) presents “Litigating Post-Conviction Habeas Claims.”
This paper is not publicly available.
Trudo Lemmens (Toronto Law) and Simon Stern (Toronto Law) present “Why Guest Authors of Ghostwritten Publications Can Be Held Liable for Fraud.”
This paper is not publicly available.
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