Emory University School of Law’s Center for Transactional Law and Practice will hold its second biennial conference on the teaching of transactional law and skills — Transactional Education: What’s Next? — June 4-5, 2010. Proposals are due by Friday, Feb. 1, 2010. mw
Reminder: the early-bird registration deadline for the Commonwealth Regional Law Conference (Ajuna, Nigeria) is Dec. 31, 2009. For more information, see earlier post. mw
Bocconi University, Tilburg University, and NYU present the 5th International Conference on Financial Regulation and Supervision (”Finlawmetrics”), June 24-25, 2010 in Milan. The topic will be “Central banking, regulation and supervision after the financial crisis.” The conference committee will consider through January 31 papers that shed light on the different causes of change in, and their consequences for, central banking, regulation and supervision. Keynote speakers are to include Arnoud Boot (University of Amsterdam) and Xavier Vives (IESE Business School). ajc
NeXus: Chapman’s Journal of Law and Public Policy (Chapman University School of Law) presented The 80th Anniversary of the Great Crash of 1929: Law, Markets, and the Role of the State Oct. 30, 2009. mw
The University of Connecticut School of Law presents Consumer Finance Post-Apartheid: The South African Experience Nov. 20, 2009. The event is sponsored by the Insurance Law Center, the Connecticut Insurance Law Journal and the Black Law Students Association. mw
Rutgers School of Law - Newark, Women’s Rights Law Reporter would like to introduce the topic of our Fall 2009 Symposium, occurring on Friday, November 13, 2009: Women In Economics, Where are We Today?
This symposium is focused on the recent downturn in our economy, and how our latest economic crisis has had an effect on women. We invite discussion on topics such as: women in the workplace today; women’s positions in our economic sphere as it stands today and, possibly, as compared with ten years ago; women’s ability to obtain loans for either small businesses, homes, or the like; the bailout and its effect on women; all current legal issues associated with women and economics, and finally, differing feminist perspectives on where the women of today are headed in the future in terms of this economy. This is a fairly broad topic, but our main concern to answer the question of where this recent economic crisis has left women today, and the legal battles that they may be facing in the future.
We invite proposals for articles, essays and book reviews in conjunction with this symposium topic, however, such proposals are not required for participation in this event. Also, publication of any article, essay or book review is subject to the quality of the piece, and is within the sole discretion of our editors.
We welcome brief submissions of 250 words or less as to what issues you would be able to speak on concerning our Fall 2009 Symposium. I expect to get back to potential speakers as soon as possible, as this event if fast approaching. Please feel free to contact me. Christine Burke, Symposium Editor (burke.christine5 [at] gmail.com).
The Commonwealth Regional Law Conference 2010 will take place in Abuja, Nigeria, April 8-11.
This conference is the first CLA regional meeting and follows a decision taken by the Council in 2008 to organise an event to focus on a specific region in the year in which no Commonwealth Law Conference is due to take place. The theme of the conference is ‘The 21st Century Lawyer: Present Challenges & Future Skills’ and the two programme streams will focus on ‘Human Rights & the Rule of Law’ and ‘Corporate & Commercial Law’ with an emphasis on issues of importance within the host country and wider region. The sessions will offer practical training which will provide and further develop the legal skills of those attending, in addition to providing the usual networking opportunities and exciting social programme. It is anticipated that the regional conference will primarily be attended by lawyers from the host jurisdiction and the immediate neighbouring countries.
The International Association of IT Lawyers (IAITL) will hold the Third International Conference on International Law and Trade in Sliema, Malta on November 3-5, 2009. The conference is an opportunity for academics, practitioners and consultants to come together, exchange ideas, and discuss emerging issues in IT law and the emerging technological environment.
For full details, please see the conference website.
The International Association of IT Lawyers (IAITL) invites submission of the papers for presentation at the Third International Conference on International Law and Trade, to be held in Sliema, Malta on November 3-5, 2009. The Conference provides an opportunity for academics, practitioners and consultants from different backgrounds to dialogue on important issues relating to international law, trade, commerce, and information technology.
The conference committee is seeking submission of papers for oral presentations; both academic, peer reviewed papers and presentations based on case studies, research in progress, or industry practices will be accepted. Full research papers must be submitted by September 20, 2009. Short presentations may be submitted by October 15.
For complete submission guidelines, suggested topics, and forms, please visit the call for papers page on the conference website.
The National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Asian Society of International Law (AsianSIL) invite submissions for the NUS Law School-AsianSIL Conference on Sovereign Wealth Funds: Governance and Regulation, to be held at the NUS Law School in Singapore on September 9-11, 2009.
All conference papers will be published as “working papers” on the AsianSIL website. A select number of accepted papers will subsequently be considered for formal publication in a special section of the Singapore Year Book of International Law. Paper-givers who are selected through a competitive process will have their reasonable expenses covered.
Completed proposals must be submitted Friday, 24 April 2009. Those selected to participate in the conference will be notified by Friday, 1 May 2009.
For possible topics, full details on the conference, and an explanation of submission requirements, please see the conference website.
The Stanford Program in Law, Science & Technology (LST), its Center for E-Commerce, and the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsels (ACC) will conduct the Sixth Annual E-Commerce Best Practices Conference on June 12, 2009, on the Stanford University campus. This year’s program will once again cover a wide array of current issues facing the e-commerce industry and will feature a roundtable of general counsels from leading ecommerce companies.
Full information and online registration is available at the conference website.
Lexxion presents its 7th Experts’ Forum on New Developments in European State Aid Law 2009 May 14-15 (with a workshop May 13), 2009.
The agenda of the conference covers major recent developments in the field of EC State aid law with a focus on: • the Application of State Aid Rules to Banking and Financial Services (Guarantees and Loans, ecapitalizations and Toxic Assets)
• the Future of Restructuring
• Material Selectivity after Gibraltar and British Aggregates
• The Cooperation between the Commission and the National Courts - the New Enforcement Noticeand will take place on 14 & 15 May 2009, Bibliothèque Solvay, Brussels.
The preceding high-level workshop is targeted at a maximum of 25 qualified delegates who will take a closer look into State aid and the financial crisis. It is scheduled for 13 May 2009, Hotel Le Châtelain, Brussels.
Villanova University School of Law presents the 2009 Norman J. Shachoy Law Review Symposium, The Rise of the New Shareholder: Sovereign Wealth Funds, Hedge Funds, and Private Equity, on Saturday, March 14, 2009. Speakers will explore how sovereign wealth funds, hedge funds, and private equity funds have dramatically changed the landscape of U.S. and global capital markets.
The Energy & Environment Conference , held at Hofstra Law School, focuses on the rights and duties of consumers, the consequences of their energy consumption choices, and the implications of their environmental demands and responsibilities. The Conference examines some of the most important legal, factual, political and ethical considerations in the evolving role of the energy and environmental consumer.
The Journal of Law and Commerce, Law and Entrepreneurship Program, and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law present Microfinance and the Law on Friday, February 13, 2009, from 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in Pittsburgh, PA. To register, please visit here or send an e-mail to jlc|@|law.pitt.edu.
Brian Bix (Minnesota Law), Pluralism and Decentralization in Marriage Regulation
Alison Morantz (Stanford Law), Rethinking the Great Compromise: What Happens When Large Companies Opt out of Workers’ Compensation?
Randall Thomas (Vanderbilt Law)
David Bowker, Unwise Counsel in the Wake of 9/11: How Bad Legal Advice and the Avoidance of Process Led to Unlawful Conduct in the War on Terrorism
Northwestern Law and Political Economy
Nancy Scherer (Wellesley Poli Sci), Does Descriptive Race Representation Enhance Institutional Legitimacy? The Case of the U.S. Courts
Trina Jones (UC Irvine Law), Political Accountability and Expertise in Administrative Law: Lessons from the U.S. Endangered Species Act
Steven Davidoff (Connecticut Law), The Failure of Private Equity
Michael Rappaport (San Diego Law), The Tradeoff Between Originalism and Precedent: A Consequentialist Analysis
Harvard Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics Workshop
Zeke Emanuel (National Institute of Health), A New Theory for the Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources: The Complete Lives Framework
Randall Thomas (Vanderbilt Law)
Beth Lyon (Villanova Law), The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Migrant Workers: an Overlooked Opportunity to Educate America about ‘Brown-Collar’ Migration
Steve Choi (NYU Law), Motions for Lead Plaintiff in Securities Class Actions
Clarisa Long (Columbia Law), Interest Groups and Institutions in Patent and Copyright
Ziba Mir-Hosseini (NYU Law), The Law and the Veil
Oregon Environmental and Natural Resource Law
Dan Gavin (Oregon Geography), Abrupt Climate Change: Assessing its Impact on Forests and Wildfire from the Paleoecological Record
Santa Clara Social Justice Workshop
Michele Jawando (People for the American Way Foundation), Shattering the Myth: An Examination of the New Politics of Voter Suppression
Yale Law Economics and Organization
Edward Iacobucci (Toronto Law), Does Departing from Mandatory Corporate Law Increase Value
The Journal of Court Innovation is soliciting articles concerning the future of commercial litigation and e-discovery. Articles can concern the federal or any state justice system and there is no page length requirement.
Articles will be published in conjunction with the New York State Judicial Institute Colloquium on the Future of Commercial Litigation: Developing a Cost-Efficient Judicial Process for the Electronic Age. The colloquium will be held at the New York State Judicial Institute (84 North Broadway, White Plains, New York 10603) on December 1, 2008. Chief Justice Judith Kaye will open the event and will be followed by distinguished members of the judiciary, the bar and the educational academy.
The Journal of Court Innovation is a peer reviewed journal that is a combined effort between the New York State Judicial Institute (White Plains, NY), the Center for Court Innovation (New York) and Pace Law School (White Plains, NY). The journal’s mission is to promote innovation among the 50 state court systems and seeks to “bridge the worlds of theory and practice.” It is targeted to court administrators, judges, lawyers, scholars, non-profit executives, legislative and executive branch officials and other professionals interested on improving court systems and the administration of justice.
If you are interested in submitting a paper for consideration please contact Prof. Leslie Yalof Garfield at lgarfield[at]law.pace.edu. Final drafts should be submitted by December 30, 2008 for consideration in this edition
We also welcome articles on any topics that consider court innovation for publication in future editions.
Stephanos Bibas (Pennsylvania Law), Assembly-Line Criminal Justice
David Frisch (Miami Law), Commercial Law Minimalism
Brian Z. Tamanaha (St. John’s Law), Understanding Legal Realism
Anthony Colangelo (SMU Law), De Facto Sovereignty: Boumediene and Beyond
Michael Steinberger (Williams Institute), The Sexual Orientation Gap in Labor Force Participation Rates: The Role of Children
Karen Cunningham (UCLA English), The Inns of Court and Shakespearean Comedy
The 12th International Conference on Consumer Law, organized under the auspices of the International Association of Consumer Law will be held at the NALSAR University of Law in Hyderabad, India, on February 25-27, 2009. The theme of the conference is ’Consumer Law - Globalisation, Poverty and Development.’ Consumer law scholars from all parts of the world – both members of the IACL and others – are invited to participate.
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