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Emerging Voices in Islamic Jurisprudence: The 21st Annual Symposium on Law, Religion and Ethics – St. Paul, MN

uwlegalscholarship — Mon, 14 May 2012 19:01:31 +0000

The Journal of Law and Religion and Hamline University School of Law are co-hosting the conference Emerging Voices in Islamic Jurisprudence on September 28-29, 2012.

This symposium highlights this innovative, responsive thinking and invites emerging Islamic scholars into a community of conversation with each other, senior Islamic law scholars, and others interested in this discourse about the future of Islamic jurisprudence. Panel topics include Islamic Legal Theory; Feminism, Gender, Islam & Law; Comparative Law; Family Law; and Revolutions & Rights.

Emerging Issues in First Amendment Jurisprudence – Greensboro, NC

uwlegalscholarship — Tue, 08 May 2012 05:01:30 +0000

The Elon Law Review is accepting submissions for a call for articles, essays and requests to present for their 2012 Symposium: “Emerging Issues in First Amendment Jurisprudence: Interpreting the Relationship Between Religion and the State in the Modern Age.” The symposium will be held on October 26, 2012, and proposals are due by July 15, 2012. gf

Comparative Constitutional Law and Religion Fellowship – Lucerne, Switzerland

uwlegalscholarship — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 20:45:00 +0000

The UNILU (University of Lucerne) Center for Comparative Constitutional Law and Religion (CCCLR) Student Research Fellows Program invites post-graduate students to participate in an international short fellowship followed by a guided individual research project. Proposals should be sent by May 1, 2012, for a summer placement and by Aug. 1, 2012, for an autumn/winter placement. Details here. mw

Bioethics – Rotterdam, Netherlands

uwlegalscholarship — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 23:44:40 +0000

Erasmus MC Rotterdam hosts the 11th conference of the International Association of Bioethics, Thinking Ahead: Bioethics and the Future, and the Future of Bioethics June 26-29, 2012.

Satellite workshops:

ELSI 2.0: Planning an International Collaboratory for Genomics and Society Research, June 26, 2012.
FAB (Feminist Approaches to Bioethics), June 25-26, 2012. (The call for papers deadline was Dec. 1, 2011.)
WMA (World Medical Association), June 26, 2012. (The deadline for submitting abstracts was Feb. 1, 2012.)
Circumcision: Forbid, Deter or Encourage?, June 28, 2012.

Jewish Law Association – New Haven, CT

uwlegalscholarship — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:31:25 +0000

The Jewish Law Association in conjunction with the Yale University Program in Judaic Studies will hold the 17th International conference of the JLA at Yale Law School July 30-August 2, 2012.

The general call for papers deadline was Jan. 31, 2012, but there is a separate call for papers for students and emerging scholars. That submission deadline is March 31, 2012.

The Jewish Law Association is now accepting applications from graduate students, law students, and other emerging scholars, to participate on a plenary panel.

The goal of the panel is to recognize and encourage the next generation of scholars and teachers of Jewish Law. The panel will include presentations by emerging scholars, including graduate students in law and other disciplines, who will outline their research agendas and career aspirations in Jewish Law and Jewish Legal Studies. In addition to presenting their research at a major conference, these emerging scholars will benefit from suggestions by senior scholars on the panel and comments from the audience. The conference schedule will also include opportunities for informal discussions with scholars and teachers of Jewish Law.

Please submit a statement of interest, including a brief biography and research agenda, along with a current CV, to Larry Rabinovich, treasurer of the Association, lrabinovich@hblaw.com. The deadline for submissions is March 31, 2012. mw

Limited financial scholarships will be available for accepted applicants.

Religion in Law School, University, Practice of Law – Central Islip, NY

uwlegalscholarship — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 22:45:06 +0000

Touro Law Center hosts the 2012 Conference of Religiously Affiliated Law Schools, The Place of Religion in the Law School, the University and the Practice of Law, May 2–4, 2012. mw

Book Proposals – Interdisciplinary Topics

uwlegalscholarship — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:55:44 +0000

The University of Akron School of Law and the University of Akron Press announce a new book series, &LAW. The series

aims to examine legal problems and issues across a diverse range of opinions.After providing a legal framework for a particular question, books int he series will call on experts in other fileds like science, business, history, engineering, political science, and even art to broaden and enhance the discussion. &LAW will provides unique, and at times, unexpected, answers to challenging topics of contemporary importance.

There series will include one or two publications a year, in print and e-book formats. Book proposals should be sent to:

Tracy A. Thomas
Professor of Law
The University of Akron School of Law
Akron, OH 44325-2901
(330) 972-6617
thomast@uakron.edu

Thanks: SSRN. mw

Treatment Choices at the End of Life–Saint Paul, MN

uwlegalscholarship — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 07:43:05 +0000

The Hamline University School of Law, the Hamline Law Review, and Hamline Law’s Health Law Institute will co-host a symposium entitled Honoring Patients’ Treatment Choices at the End of Life: New Tools, New Challenges, New Limits on on November 9, 2012. Anyone interested in speaking at the Symposium, publishing in the Hamline Law Review‘s Symposium issue, or both, should submit both a CV and a 500-word abstract to healthlawsym2012[at]hamline.edu by March 30th, 2012. A link to the full post can be found here. mm

Call for Papers: Legal Interpretations of Religious Texts – NYU School of Law

uwlegalscholarship — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:03:56 +0000

International Conference and Call For Papers: Revelation and Interpretation – Legal Interpretation of Religious Texts at New York University School of Law on September 11-12, 2012.

Paper submissions are invited. An abstract of 600 (max.) words should be sent to jlrs[at]biu.ac.il no later than March 15, 2012. Please indicate academic affiliation and attach a short CV. The conference committee will consider all the abstracts and will notify applicants of papers acceptance by April 30, 2012. The participants will be required to submit their papers by August 15, 2012. The final version must be no more than 13,000 words (footnotes included). Papers will go through a refereeing process and the successful ones will be published in the new Journal of Law Religion and State. ae

Religion & Civilization in International History – Cambridge, MA

uwlegalscholarship — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:51:15 +0000

Harvard University hosts Religion and Civilization in International History, The Twelfth Annual Harvard Graduate Student Conference on International History, March 8-9, 2012. The call for papers is here. The organizers write: “There will be faculty commentators, and perspectives from law are especially welcome.” Paper proposals are due Dec. 15, 2011. mw