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Constitutional Environmental Rights – Wilmington, DE

uwlegalscholarship — Wed, 09 May 2012 17:45:48 +0000

The Widener Environmental Law Center (WELC) will host a one-day scholar workshop on recent developments in the growing field of global and domestic constitutional environmental rights May 31, 2012. The application deadline was March 31, 2012. Hat tip: Constitutional Law Prof Blog. mw

AALS Midyear: Torts, Environment, Disaster, Technology, IP, Bio Law – Berkeley, CA

uwlegalscholarship — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 22:30:25 +0000

AALS offers two workshops at the Claremont Hotel in Berkeley:

Workshop on Torts, Environment and Disaster, June 8-10, 2012.
Workshop on When Technology Disrupts Law: How Do IP, Internet and Bio Law Adapt?, June 10-12, 2012.

The Environmental Law & Policy Annual Review Conference – Washington D.C.

uwlegalscholarship — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 20:48:03 +0000

The Environmental Law Institute and Vanderbilt University Law School are co-sponsoring the Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review on April 13, 2012 to be held at Russell Senate Office Building, Room 385 (SR-385) Capitol Hill, Washington, DC. The topics to be covered are: new tools for assessing catastrophic outcomes related to greenhouse gases and nanotechnology; technology inducement prizes; and climate change litigation impacts on tort law

The Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review (ELPAR) is a special issue of the Environmental Law Reporter (ELR) , published in collaboration with the Vanderbilt University Law School (VULS) and the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) in Washington, DC. Each year, Vanderbilt Law students work with an expert advisory committee and senior staff from ELI to identify the year’s best academic articles that present legal and policy solutions to pressing environmental problems. The result is a one issue, student-edited volume that includes condensed versions of the selected articles, along with commentaries from leading experts from the academy, law firms, business, government and non-governmental organizations.

In conjunction with the publication, ELI and Vanderbilt co-sponsor an annual conference at which the authors of the articles and comments present their ideas and views to an audience that includes business, government (federal, state, and local), think tank, and non-profit representatives.

We will discuss the following articles on April 13, 2012 on Capitol Hill, Washington, DC:

Jonathan H. Adler, Eyes on a Climate Prize: Rewarding Energy Innovation to Achieve Climate Stabilization, 35 Harv. Envtl. L. Rev. 1

Daniel A. Farber, Uncertainty, 99 Geo. L.J. 901

Douglas A. Kysar, What Climate Change Can Do About Tort Law, 41 Envtl. L. 1

You can find the agenda and conference details here.

We will also convene on February 23, 2012 at Vanderbilt University Law School, Nashville, TN to discuss:

Joel B. Eisen, Residential Renewable Energy: By Whom?, 31 Utah Envtl. L. Rev. 339

The events are free and open to the public, but you must RSVP. To do so, please email Lynsey Gaudioso at gaudioso@eli.org. Please include your name, affiliation, contact information, and indicate the panel(s) you plan to attend. Attendance is limited, please register early to guarantee your space.

Water, Environment, and Health – Waterloo, ON

uwlegalscholarship — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 21:43:32 +0000

The Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS) and the American Society of International Law (ASIL), in cooperation with the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), are pleased to announce the twenty-second ACUNS-ASIL Summer Workshop on International Organization Studies (SWIOS 22). For 2012, the Summer Workshop engages with the subject of “Water, Environment and Health: Addressing Knowledge, Capacity and Governance Challenges.” It will take place July 6-14, 2012, at Wilfrid Laurier University, in Waterloo, Ontario. Applications are being accepted. References are due March 26, 2012. mw

Call for Papers: Mid-Atlantic J. L. & Pub. Pol’y, Animal Law

uwlegalscholarship — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 23:28:56 +0000

The Mid-Atlantic Journal on Law and Public Policy is a new, region-focused journal. The Journal will publish two editions annually and welcomes article submissions for its first animal law edition to be published on July 1, 2012.

The Journal will have Westlaw and LexisNexis citations. Articles for the animal law edition should generally discuss the intersection of animals and current law and policy concerns. Submissions, which should provide a comparative exploration of as many states in the mid-Atlantic region as possible, will be considered for potential publication.

Abstracts were originally due by March 1, 2012, but the editors are still accepting submissions. The Journal will publish twice a year, so submissions for future issues are also welcome.

Completed articles will be due by April 1, 2012. Alternatively, if you have a completed article, you may submit it along with an abstract summarizing the article to us. Priority consideration will be given to completed articles. To submit your application consisting of your abstract and/or article, resume and cover letter, or to pose any questions you may have, please contact the Journal staff at MidAtlanticJournal [at] Gmail.com.

How IP and Technology Influence Other Areas of Law – Chicago, IL

uwlegalscholarship — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 20:03:52 +0000

The Northwestern Journal of Technology & Intellectual Property (NJTIP) is hosting a symposium in conjunction with the Searle Center on Law, Regulation and Economic Growth at Northwestern Law School on February 23 (5:30-9 p.m.) and 24 (all day), 2012.

The theme for our 2012 Symposium is “Beyond IP: How Intellectual Property and Technology Influence Other Areas of Law.” The topics for our panels are: Climate Change and Clean Technology Incentivization; Technology and Government Surveillance in the Post-9/11 World; and Copyright and the Future of the Entertainment Industry. The Symposium will also include an opening address discussing the effects of the new America Invents Act, as well as a Keynote Luncheon discussing international compulsory licensing of pharmaceutical patents.

Environmental Taxation – Vancouver, BC

uwlegalscholarship — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 01:52:32 +0000

The University of British Columbia Faculty of Law, the UBC National Centre for Business Law, and the UBC Centre for Law and the Environment host the 13th Global Conference on Environmental Taxation (GCET): Barriers, Opportunities, and the Potential for Inducing Technological Innovation Sept. 20-22, 2012. The call for papers deadline is April 15, 2012. mw

Call for Papers: LSU J. Energy Law and Resources

uwlegalscholarship — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 01:32:53 +0000

The Louisiana State University Journal of Energy Law and Resources (JELR), a new journal (print and online) intended for all scholars with an interest in energy law, invites submissions for its inaugural issue.

Hat tip: Faculty Law Conference Updates. mw

Call for Papers: Michigan Journal of Environmental & Administrative Law

uwlegalscholarship — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 19:33:44 +0000

The Michigan Journal of Environmental & Administrative Law is soliciting articles on a range of topics related to environmental and administrative law for its upcoming volume. Submissions will be accepted throughout the spring and into the early part of the summer. Please submit articles directly to Editor-in-Chief Susie Shutts (shutts[at]umich.edu) or Managing Articles Editor, Brian Connolly (cobrian[a]umich.edu). ae

Wetlands Policy for the Next Generation – Buffalo, NY

uwlegalscholarship — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 08:52:18 +0000

SUNY Buffalo Law School and the Baldy Center for Law & Social Policy will host Beyond Jurisdiction: Wetlands Policy for the Next Generation April 26-27, 2012. Paper abstracts and presentation proposals are due by February 13, 2012; submit them here.

Hat Tip: Faculty Law Conference Updates