NALP’s Annual Education Conference 2011 will be held April 27-30, 2011, in Palm Springs, CA. The deadline for proposals has already passed. (NALP was originally the National Association for Law Placement but is now known only by the acronym.)
Laws Locations: The Textures of Legality in Developing and Transitional Societies will be held at the University of Wisconsin Law School on April 23-25, 2010. The conference is held in conjunction with the annual symposium of the Wisconsin International Law Journal. It is part of the Research Circle on Role of Law in Developing and Transition Countries.
The conference is held in honor of Professor David Trubek, Voss Bascom Emeritus Professor of Law and Senior Fellow, Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE). The gues speaker is Richard Abel (UCLA Law). Speaker bios and abstracts are posted on the conference webpage. mw
The Society of American Law Teachers is organizing an invitation-only meeting for deans, state supreme court justices and bar examiners on April 23, 2010: SALT Alternatives to the Bar Exam: Introduction to the Daniel Webster Scholars Honors Program at Franklin Pierce Law Center. mw
The Center for Social Justice and Public Service at Santa Clara University Announces the 2010 Women and the Law Stories Conference, The Power of Women’s Stories ll: Examining Women’s Role in Law and the Legal System. It will take place April 16, 2010. mw
The University of Denver Sturm College of Law hosts the Colorado Access to Justice Commission’s conference, Moving Forward for Equal Justice, April 23-24, 2010. mw
Charlotte School of Law will host the Assessment and Student Outcomes Conference on May 27, 2010, in light of recently proposed ABA Standard on Student Learning Outcomes that will require law schools to be more versed in assessing and measuring the development of their students. This conference seeks to further the dialogue by introducing in more detail methods by which such assessment may be accomplished. More information may be found here. ajc
American University Washington College of Law, in cooperation with Kogod School of Business (also AU), presents Practicing Law in an Interconnected World: Exploring Trends and Opening Dialogue April 8-10, 2010, in Miami, FL. mw
The International Bar Association presents the 4th World Women Lawyers Conference April 15-16, 2010, in London. Plenary sessions are on rainmaking and legal management. Focus groups are on trafficking of women and children, bankruptcy and finance, corporate social responsibility, and mergers and acquisitions. mw
Northeastern University School of Law will host the Women in the Law 2010 Conference on Friday, April 9. The event is scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. and will feature as keynote speaker Associate Justice Carol S. Ball of the Massachusetts Superior Court. ajc
The University of Auckland Faculty of Law and the Department of Commercial Law is hosting the 2010 Australasian Law Teachers Association (ALTA) Conference July 4-7, 2010. The conference theme is: Power, Regulation and Responsibility: Lawyers in Times of Transition.
Keynote speakers at the plenary sessions will be Dame Sian Elias, Chief Justice of New Zealand, Professor Jeremy Waldron of the New York University School of Law, Stephen Gageler SC and David Collins QC, the respective Solicitors-General of Australia and New Zealand, Associate Professor Mary Keyes of Griffith Law School and Dr Robert Joseph of Waikato Law School. A strong interest group programme will also be at the heart of the conference. The venue will be the brilliant new Owen G Glenn Building of the Business School, with dinners at the University’s famous Fale Pasifika and the harbour front headquarters of the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron. We encourage you to come to New Zealand and attend the conference. Decide now that you will present a paper to one of the interest groups. Be part of what promises to be an exciting intellectual and social occasion.
Important dates
2 April 2010 Abstract submissions close
7 May 2010 Early registrations close
14 June 2010 Full paper submissions close
4 to 7 July 2010 Conference
Email: alta2010 [at] auckland.ac.nz
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Reminder: the early-bird registration deadline for the Commonwealth Regional Law Conference (Ajuna, Nigeria) is Dec. 31, 2009. For more information, see earlier post. mw
The Ronald H. Brown Center for Civil Rights and Economic Development (St. John’s University School of Law) will hold a two-day symposium Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Ronald H. Brown’s Graduation from the School of Law, Nov. 13-14, 2009.
The symposium honors his illustrious legal career by showcasing the important scholarship and programs of the Ronald H. Brown Center for Civil Rights and Economic Development (the “Center”) and the Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development (formerly the St. John’s Journal of Legal Commentary), an official publication of the Center.
The first day of the symposium will feature scholarly presentations by St. John’s law faculty on modern adaptations of issues of racial, social, economic justice. The second day will explore ways to increase diversity in the legal profession and will feature the Center’s signature pipeline programs. mw
The University of London’s Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS), the University of Westminster School of Law, and the Cleveland State University College of Law are holding the conference “Regulating and Deregulating Lawyers in the 21st Century” on June 3 & 4, 2010 at the IALS in London. The conference is accepting paper submissions due by May 31, 2010. Jump to full post
The 2010 Commonwealth Regional Law Conference focusing on comparative law and professional experiences of lawyers in commonwealth countries will be held April 8 - 10 in Abuja, Nigeria. jv
The Stanford Center on the Legal Profession will host the fourth International Legal Ethics Conference, at Stanford Law School on July 15-17, 2010. This will be the first time the conference will occur in the United States.
The conference, titled “The Legal Profession in Times of Turbulence,” will focus on a broad range of issues including the conditions of legal practice, bar regulatory structures, law firm culture, access to justice, diversity, cause lawyering, client relationships, conflicts of interest, globalization, and legal ethics education.
The call for papers deadline was Oct. 1, 2009. mw
The Center for Social Justice and Public Service at Santa Clara Law will host the 2010 Women and the Law Stories Conference April 16, 2010. This year’s is The Power of Women’s Stories ll: Examining Women’s Role in Law and the Legal System. mw
The annual SALT Trina Grillo Public Interest & Social Justice Retreat will take place at the University of Oregon School of Law March 6-7, 2010. mw
The annual SALT Robert Cover Retreat will be held on Friday-Sunday, February 26-28, 2010, at Camp Sargent, Peterborough, NH. The Retreat is being organized by the students at Western New England College School of Law. The theme is Turning Point: Shaping Public Interest Law for 2015. mw
The Fourth Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies will be held at the USC Gould School of Law in Los Angeles Nov. 20-21, 2009. The preliminary program is here. Paper abstracts are available on SSRN.
Panel topics address a wide range of legal areas and institutions, including:
(These are all separate panels. I grouped them into the bullet points to make the list easier to browse.) mw
The Society of Legal Scholars Annual Seminar 2009, Judges and Jurists: Reflections on the House of Lords, will take place Nov. 5-6, 2009, at the Law Society’s Hall in London. Itl marks two events in 2009: the Centenary of the Society of Legal Scholars, and the transition from the House of Lords to the new United Kingdom Supreme Court. There will be a range of reflections on judicial reasoning and the interaction between judges, academics and the professions over a century of transformation. It is being organised by Birmingham Law School (although it is taking place in London).
There is an early booking discount on bookings made before the end of Friday, Sept. 18, 2009.
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