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ClassCrits V, “From Madison to Zuccotti Park: Confronting Class and Reclaiming the American Dream” — Madison, Wisconsin

uwlegalscholarship — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:36:36 +0000

The ClassCrits V workshop will be held November 16-17, 2012, at the University of Wisconsin Law School, in Madison, Wisconsin. More information about this event will be forthcoming here. mmb

Calls for Papers: Feminist Philosophy

uwlegalscholarship — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:45:59 +0000

Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy seeks submissions for upcoming special issues:

Interstices: Women of Color Feminist Philosophy, Vol. 29, No. 1. (Winter 2014). Submission deadline: Aug. 15, 2012.
New Conversations in Feminist Disability Studies, Vol. 30, No. 1 (Winter 2015). Submission deadline: Aug. 15, 2013.

Details are here.
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Race and Criminal Justice – New York, NY

uwlegalscholarship — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:53:45 +0000

NYU’s Center on the Administration of Criminal Law presents its fourth annual conference, New Frontiers in Race and Criminal Justice, Tues., April 17, 2012. mw

2012 SE/SW People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference — Birmingham, AL

uwlegalscholarship — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:03:53 +0000

The 2012 SE/SW People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference runs from March 29 through April 1, 2012 at Cumberland School of Law in Birmingham, Alabama.

The conference theme, Transformative Advocacy, Scholarship, and Praxis: Taking Our Pulse, examines the ways in which legal scholars are transforming our institutional and external communities through advocacy, scholarship, and community engagement.

For more information, please contact Professor Wendy Greene: wendy.greene[at]samford.edu.
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Race, Sexuality and Social Justice – Santa Clara, CA; Columbus, OH; Baltimore, MD

uwlegalscholarship — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:53:13 +0000

The first of three conferences focused on race, sexuality, and social justice from an interdisciplinary perspective will be held at Santa Clara University School of Law on April 13, 2012, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The daylong conference will feature some of the nation’s foremost thinkers on race and sexual equality, holding panel discussions on topics including the feasibility of “authentic conversations about difference,” the role of identity and culture in the pursuit of economic justice; next steps in race, sexual orientation and social justice; and family and youth.

Speakers include john powell (Berkeley Law); Gerald Torres (University of Texas); Shannon Price Minter (legal director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights); and Francie Kendall. Bios for all of the speakers can be found here.

Future conferences will be held at the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, October 26, 2012, and University of Maryland School of Law, in spring 2013. im

Social Justice Feminism – Cincinnati, OH

uwlegalscholarship — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 02:58:57 +0000

The University of Cincinnati College of Law‘s Center for Race, Gender, and Social Justice seeks submissions for its conference, Social Justice Feminism, which will be held Oct. 26-27, 2012. Abstracts are due April 1, 2012.

Possible panels include:

A social justice feminist approach to women and prison

Critical Race Feminism and SJF

The intersections of SJF and environmental justice

History and reproductive justice

New approaches to domestic violence activism

SJF and criminal justice

ClassCrits V – Confronting Class and Reclaiming the American Dream – Madison, WI

uwlegalscholarship — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:30:48 +0000

The ClassCrits group presents From Madison to Zuccotti Park: Confronting Class and Reclaiming the American Dream (ClassCrits V) November 16 – 17, 2012 at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Please submit panel and paper-presentation proposals by e-mail to classcrits[at]gmail.com by February 17, 2012. Junior scholars are invited to submit proposals for works in progress.

Cultural Competency and the Death Penalty – Memphis, TN

uwlegalscholarship — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:30:41 +0000

The University of Memphis Law Review announces its annual Spring Symposium, which this year will focus on Cultural Competency and the Death Penalty. The symposium will take place on March 30, 2012. mm

Cultural Competency & the Death Penalty – Memphis, TN

uwlegalscholarship — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:17:12 +0000

The University of Memphis Law Review presents its annual symposium, Cultural Competency and the Death Penalty March 30, 2012. To submit a paper or paper proposal, contact the symposium editor, Isaac Kimes, iukimes [at] memphis.edu. mm

Call for Papers: Racism, Colonialism and Law

uwlegalscholarship — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:39:12 +0000

Guest Editor Iyiola Solanke, Associate Professor at Leeds University Law School in England, and the editorial staff of Race/Ethnicity invite submissions for the first issue of its sixth volume, entitled “Racism, Colonialism and Law.” The deadline is April 1, 2012. mw