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Call for Papers: Teaching About Domestic Violence

uwlegalscholarship — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 22:39:56 +0000

Violence Against Women (a journal published by Sage) seeks manuscripts for a special issue, Teaching About Domestic Violence. Manuscripts are due by Oct. 1, 2012.

The full call for papers is available on Feminist Law Professors.

Hat tip: Faculty Law Conference Updates. mw

2012 Lavender Law Conference & Career Fair, National LGBT Bar Association – Washington D.C.

uwlegalscholarship — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 19:25:15 +0000

The National LGBT Bar Association is hosting its 2012 Lavender Law Conference & Career Fair to be held from August 23-25, 2012 in Washington D.C.

Each year, the Lavender Law Conference provides a challenging and rewarding learning experience for attendees and presenters. In addition to day-long seminars focused on family law and transgender issues, the 2012 conference will feature dozens of continuing legal education (CLE) workshops on cutting edge legal issues affecting LGBT individuals, their families and the community. Topics covered in recent years include marriage equality, HIV/AIDS, immigration, LGBT issues in criminal law, LGBT youth issues and many others.

The 2012 conference will also feature workshops geared specifically towards corporate counsel and business practitioners. Topics in previous years included intellectual property, outsourcing and globalization, best practices for winning business from clients interested in LGBT diversity, employment law issues from both the management and plaintiffs’ perspective and others. Distinguished speakers for the 2012 Lavender Law Conference will include representatives from Wells Fargo, Kellogg, Bank of America, Starbucks, Microsoft and many more!

If you are interested in being a presenter at the 2012 Lavender Law Conference, you can submit a workshop proposal by visiting: Submit a CLE Workshop Proposal.

Note: The deadline for Workshop Proposals has passed and was on Monday, April 2.

Reforming Child Protection Law: A Public Health Approach – Brooklyn, NY

uwlegalscholarship — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:21:27 +0000

Brooklyn Law School‘s Center for Health, Science and Public Policy and Journal of Law and Policy present Reforming Child Protection Law: A Public Health Approach Fri., April 13, 2012. mw

From the Classroom to the Courtroom, Children in Justice System – Minneapolis, MN

uwlegalscholarship — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 19:49:13 +0000

The Community Justice Project of the Interprofessional Center for Counseling and Legal Services at the University of St. Thomas will hold its annual symposium which explores the question, “How are the Children?” This year’s symposium is “Part V: From the Classroom to the Courtroom; Exploring a Child’s Journey through the Justice System.” The symposium takes place Wed., March 14, 2012, 9-4. mw

Unsex Mothering – Cambridge, MA

uwlegalscholarship — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:28:23 +0000

The Harvard Journal of Law & Gender will host a conference on Darren Rosenblum’s article Unsex Mothering: Toward a New Culture of Parenting Feb. 13, 2012, 5-7 pm. The author will discuss his piece, with responses from Professor Duncan Kennedy (HLS), Professor Mary Anne Case (U. Chicago), Professor Elizabeth Emens (Columbia), Professor Suzanne Kim (Rutgers), and Katherine Kraschel (HLS ’12). The journal also solicited written responses from twenty scholars in the field for an online colloquium. mw

Call for Papers: Stanford, Yale, and Harvard Junior Faculty Forum – Cambridge, MA

uwlegalscholarship — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:29:40 +0000

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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Wells Conference on Adoption Law – Columbus, OH

uwlegalscholarship — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 20:13:05 +0000

Capital University Law School is hosting the 8th Annual Wells Conference on Adoption Law on March 8, 2012. The conference is seeking proposals for presentations and papers emphasizing: facilitating adoptions through the internet; changes in search and reunion activities through the internet and social media; and the legal implications of technology’s impact on evolving “family” dynamics. Proposals for presentations are due by October 1, 2011 and articles associated with the presentations would be due August 1, 2012.

Hat Tip: Family Law Prof Blog
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Immigration/Family Law Symposium – Hempstead, NY

uwlegalscholarship — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:14:46 +0000

Hofstra Law School will be hosting a symposium on the interplay between immigration issues and family courts’ obligations to serve families and children in November 2012. Hofstra’s Family Court Review will be publishing a special issue on the same topic and is currently soliciting papers. They are especially interested in submissions from clinical professors. The deadline for paper submission is June 1, 2012. For more information contact Professors Theo Liebmann and Lauris Wren, Special Issue Editors, at lawtsl[at]hofstra.edu and lawlpw[at]hofstra.edu.

Hat Tip: Calls for Paper and Presentation Blog
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Exploring the American Family – Hempstead, NY

uwlegalscholarship — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:26:32 +0000

Hofstra Law School will host Exploring the American Family, Nov. 3-5, 2011. The event is sponsored by the Conference of Asian American Law Faculty (CAPALF) and Northeast People of Color Conference (NEPOC).

Scholars will address how law, culture and society play a critical role in defining the meaning, scope and boundaries of the family in the United States. Scholars will address how law, culture and society play a critical role in defining the meaning, scope and boundaries of the family in the United States.

Call for Papers: California Topics

uwlegalscholarship — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 02:41:06 +0000

Chapman Law Review seeks articles with ties to California topics for upcoming Winter Issue. They welcome any topics related to California law, including:

the state budget crisis and the ability of state agencies to provide legally required services
possible changes in state drug laws
same-sex marriage
the immigration debate and the California Dream Act

The submission deadline is Sept. 30, 2011.The full call for papers is on SSRN. mw