Stanford, Yale, and Harvard Law Schools announce the Junior Faculty Forum (the successor to the Stanford/Yale Junior Faculty Forum that has convened for the past twelve years) to be held at Harvard Law School on June 1-2, 2012, and seek submissions for this meeting.
The Forum’s objective is to encourage the work of young scholars by providing experience in the pursuit of scholarship and the nature of the scholarly exchange. Meetings are held each spring, alternating between Yale, Stanford, and Harvard.
Paper submissions for the Forum should be sent to Ms. Kaitlin Burroughs at Harvard Law School (1525 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138). Electronic submissions should be sent to kburroughs[at]law.harvard.edu. The deadline for submission is February 15, 2012. Please note on the cover letter which topic your paper falls under.
Inquiries concerning the Forum should be sent to Adriaan Lanni (adlanni[at]law.harvard.edu) or Gabriella Blum (gblum[at]law.harvard.edu) at Harvard Law School, Joseph Bankman at Stanford Law School (jbankman[at]stanford.edu), or Ian Ayres at Yale Law School (ian.ayres[at]yale.edu)
The focus of this year’s session will be public law and the humanities. The topics to be addressed are:
Administrative Law
Constitutional Law
Criminal Law
Employment Law, Social Welfare Policy, and Anti-Discrimination Law
Environmental Law
Family Law
Jurisprudence and Philosophy
Law and Humanities (including Law and Literature, Critical Legal Studies, and Gender Studies)
Legal History
Public International Law
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Posted by uwlegalscholarship on November 2nd, 2011
| Administrative Law, CALLS FOR PAPERS, Civil Rights Law, CONFERENCES, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Environmental Law, Family Law, International Law, JUNIOR SCHOLARS, Jurisprudence, Labor and Employment Law, Law and Gender, Law and Humanities, Law and Literature, Law and Philosophy, Law and Politics, Law and Psychology, Law and Race, Law and Religion, Law and Science, Law and Sexuality, Law and Society, Legal History, Public Interest Law |
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The University of Ljubljana Faculty of Law invites abstract submissions for a two day conference entitled Contemporary Challenges of International Environmental Law. This is an opportunity for legal scholars to engage in an interdisciplinary academic debate with other invited scientists involved in environmental protection. For more information, please email Maša Kovič Dine at masa.kovic-dine[at]pf.uni-lj.si. The conference will be held in Ljubljana, Slovenia on June 21-22, 2012. The deadline for submission of abstracts is Saturday, November 11, 2011. mf
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on November 1st, 2011
| CONFERENCES, Environmental Law |
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The Association for Law, Property and Society (ALPS) holds its 3rd Annual Meeting March 2-3, 2012, at Georgetown Law. The meeting is cosponsored by Syracuse University College of Law.
The call for papers is broad, covering indigenous rights, climate change, intellectual property, and more. It does not appear to have a deadline. “All papers submitted for the conference will be eligible for consideration for publication in a “themed” book to be edited as a part of the series on Law, Property, and Society published by Ashgate Publishing.”
Registration opened Sept. 1, 2011, and closes Jan. 20, 2012.
Hat tip: Faculty Law Conference Updates. mw
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on October 3rd, 2011
| CALLS FOR PAPERS, CONFERENCES, Environmental Law, Human Rights Law, Intellectual Property, Legal History, Property Law |
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Nuclear Law Association (NLA) of India, an organization established to discuss issues related to the peaceful uses of nuclear energy in India, will hold its 1st Annual Conference Feb. 17-18, 2012, in New Delhi. There are several opportunities for the faculty and for students to participate. The call for papers deadline (abstracts) is Sept. 30, 2011. mw
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on September 21st, 2011
| CALLS FOR PAPERS, CONFERENCES, Energy Law, Environmental Law, Law and Technology |
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The Canadian Council on International Law will host its 40th Annual Conference on Culture and Innovation in International Law Nov. 3-5, 2011, in Ottawa, Canada. sr
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on July 29th, 2011
| Business Law, CONFERENCES, Environmental Law, Human Rights Law, Intellectual Property, International Law, Law and Technology |
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The Thurgood Marshall Law Review (Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law) invites participation from scholars, researchers, and practitioners in its Symposium: America’s Energy Plan: From Dinosaurs to the Next Generation—Evolution or Extinction. Accepted papers will be published in the spring 2012 issue. The date for the symposium has not been set. Abstracts are due Sept. 1, 2011. Jump to full post
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on July 17th, 2011
| CALLS FOR PAPERS, CONFERENCES, Energy Law, Environmental Law |
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Transnational Environmental Law (TEL) is a new journal published by Cambridge University Press, under the editorship of Thijs Etty and Veerle Heyvaert. The online version of the inaugural issue will go live at the end of 2011, followed by its publication in print in Spring 2012. Jump to full post
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on June 12th, 2011
| CALLS FOR PAPERS, Environmental Law, International Law |
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The Texas Wesleyan Law Review will host its Fourth Annual Energy Symposium in the Spring of 2012 (tentatively scheduled for the last week in March). Abstracts are due June 15, 2011. Jump to full post
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on May 26th, 2011
| CALLS FOR PAPERS, CONFERENCES, Environmental Law, Property Law, Tort Law |
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The Eighth International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability will be held at the University of British Columbia, Jan. 10-12, 2012. “The Conference will work in a multidisciplinary way across the various fields and perspectives through which we can address the fundamental and related questions of sustainability.”
The submission deadline for the current round in the call for papers is May 19; there will be other rounds. mw
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on May 16th, 2011
| CALLS FOR PAPERS, CONFERENCES, Environmental Law, Health Law, Human Rights Law, International Law |
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The West Virginia Law Review invites participation from scholars, researchers, and practitioners in Forging a New Dialogue for Our Shared Energy Future. The editors seek papers and proposals that consider the future of energy production, transmission, regulation and consumption. Accepted papers will be showcased in a special issue of the West Virginia Law Review, Volume 114. Proposals are due by April 15, 2011. mw
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on April 13th, 2011
| CALLS FOR PAPERS, Environmental Law |
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Institut Océanographique de Paris, under the High Patronage of H.S.H. the Prince Albert II of Monaco, hosts The Ocean, Green Shipping and Sustainable Energy April 28-29, 2011. The event is sponsored by the Finance and Sustainable Development Chair, the UBC Fisheries Centre, Columbia University’s Center for Energy, Marine Transportation and Public Policy. mw
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on April 12th, 2011
| CONFERENCES, Environmental Law, International Law |
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The Environmental Law Institute presents two free conferences on environmental law and policy.
March 30, 2011, 12-?, Vanderbilt University Law School.
April 15, 2011, 9am – 1:30pm, Washington, DC.
- Jody Freeman and Andrew T. Guzman (Berkeley) (Harvard), Sea Walls Are Not Enough: Climate Change and U.S. Interests. Commenters: Jeffrey Hopkins (Rio Tinto), Daniel Lashof (Natural Resources Defense Council), Richard D. Morgenstern (Resources for the Future)
- Wendy E. Wagner (Texas), Administrative Law, Filter Failure, and Information Capture. Commenters: Howard Learner (Environmental Law and Policy Center), Thomas Milch (Arnold & Porter, LLP)
- Victor B. Flatt (North Carolina) and Paul M. Collins (North Texas) Environmental Enforcement in Dire Straits: ‘There is No Protection for Nothing and No Data For Free’. Commenters: John Cruden (DOJ), Eric Shaeffer (Environmental Integrity Project), LaJuana Wilcher (English, Lucas, Priest & Owsley, LLP)
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Posted by uwlegalscholarship on March 29th, 2011
| Administrative Law, CONFERENCES, Environmental Law |
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