The Chinese (Taiwan) Society of International Law (a branch of the International Law Association) is pleased to hold the International Law Association (ILA) Asia-Pacific Regional Conference from May 29 to June 1, 2011, in Taipei, Taiwan. The theme of the conference will be Contemporary International Law Issues in the Asia Pacific: Opportunities and Challenges. Paper and panel proposals must be submitted electronically by December 20, 2010, to ila [at] nccu.edu.tw. A proposal of no more than 300 words should include the author’s name and full contact information.
The call for papers is available here.
Subject areas may include, but are not limited to, the following:
- General Public International Law
- The Use of Force
- Asia-Pacific Security
- Territorial Disputes
- Teaching and Research of International Law
- The Law of the Sea
- International Frameworks on Fisheries Conservation
- International Criminal Law
- International Protection of Human Rights
- International Economic Law
- The WTO, APEC and ASEAN
- FTAs and the Cross-Strait ECFA
- United Nations and Regional Organizations
- Private International Law
- Enforcement of Arbitral Awards and Court Judgments
Other inquiries about the conference can be directed to Professor Pasha Hsieh, Conference Co-organizer, at pashahsieh [at] smu.edu.sg.
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on September 3rd, 2010
| Alternative Dispute Resolution, Legal Research & Writing, Human Rights Law, CALLS FOR PAPERS, International Law, Criminal Law, Environmental Law, CONFERENCES |
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The AALS Section on Law Libraries will hold a program during the AALS 2011 Annual Meeting in San Francisco, Jan. 5-8, 2011, on Legal Research and Information Literacy: The Intersection of Intellectual and Practical Skills. The call for papers deadline is Sept. 17, 2010. Jump to full post
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on April 23rd, 2010
| Law Librarianship, Legal Research & Writing, CALLS FOR PAPERS |
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Colorado Law hosts the Second Boulder Summer Conference on Legal Information: Scholarship and Teaching July 8-10, 2010. The call for papers deadline is March 19, 2010. Jump to full post
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on March 9th, 2010
| Law Librarianship, Legal Research & Writing, CALLS FOR PAPERS, Legal Education, CONFERENCES |
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Emory University School of Law’s Center for Transactional Law and Practice will hold its second biennial conference on the teaching of transactional law and skills — Transactional Education: What’s Next? — June 4-5, 2010. Proposals are due by Friday, Feb. 1, 2010. mw
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on January 21st, 2010
| Clinics, Legal Research & Writing, Estate Planning, CALLS FOR PAPERS, Commercial Law, Business Law, Legal Education, CONFERENCES |
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The Legal Writing Institute will host a one-day workshop in Chicago and New York City for adjunct faculty and new professors of legal writing on December 4, 2009. A detailed program brochure including registration information is available for download on the Legal Writing Prof Blog. jv
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on October 7th, 2009
| Legal Research & Writing, CONFERENCES |
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The Global Legal Skills Conference V will take place at Facultad Libre de Derecho de Monterrey Feb. 25-27, 2010.
The Global Legal Skills Conference focuses on international legal education and essential skills, including legal writing, legal research, legal reasoning, legal English, translations and advocacy skills. Additional topics include creating appropriate materials and assignments, cross-cultural and intercultural issues, classroom teaching, clinical legal education, academic support, international legal exchanges and related fields.
Most panel presentations will be in English. Spanish language presentations are welcome, encouraged and actively solicited. Where one of the panels is in Spanish, there will be at least one concurrent panel in English.
The organizers seek proposals for individual presentations (15 min.) and panels (60 min.). The submission deadline is Sept. 25, 2009. The proposal form is here.
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on September 21st, 2009
| Comparative Law, Legal Research & Writing, Legal Education, International Law, CONFERENCES |
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The First-Year Legal Research & Writing program at Harvard Law School is currently hiring Climenko Fellows to teach in the program from summer 2010 to summer 2012. Climenko Fellows are aspiring legal academics who receive extensive support and mentoring for their scholarship while teaching legal research and writing. Former Fellows have gone on to tenure-track positions at Fordham, George Mason, the University of Minnesota, the University of Texas, the University of Toronto, and the University of Virginia, among other schools. If you are planning a career in legal academia, please consider applying for the fellowship. And please feel free to forward the attached flier to friends and colleagues who might be interested.
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Posted by uwlegalscholarship on August 10th, 2009
| JUNIOR SCHOLARS, Legal Research & Writing |
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Harvard Health Law
Alexander Capron (USC Law), The Circulatory-Respiratory Determination of Death in Organ Donation
NYU Legal History
Ariela Dubler (Columbia Law), Sexing Skinner: Marriage, Procreation and the Legal Family
SMU
Charles Weisselberg (UC Berkeley Law)
St. Louis
Michael Perry (Emory Law), Protecting Constitutionally Entrenched Human Rights: What Role for the Courts?
Stetson
David T. Ritchie (Mercer Law), Legal Writing: Gateway to the Legal Discourse Community
Washington
Lawrence Repeta (Washington Law), Human rights in Japan and the efforts of Japan’s NGOS before the UN Human Rights Committee
Posted by pittlegalscholarship on April 22nd, 2009
| COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS, Legal Research & Writing, Legal History, Constitutional Law, Health Law |
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The Lone Star Regional Legal Research and Writing Conference will be held at Texas Tech University School of Law on May 29-30, 2009. We invite proposals for presentations at this conference and welcome proposals from anyone involved in legal education, including LRW profs, academic support professionals, other-than-skills profs, and law librarians. Proposals are due March 16, 2009. Jump to full post
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on February 16th, 2009
| Legal Research & Writing, CALLS FOR PAPERS, Legal Education |
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According to the Legal Writing Institute, Texas Tech University School of Law will be host the 2009 Lone Star Legal Research & Writing Conference, May 29-30, 2009.
We’ll post more information when we have it.
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on December 8th, 2008
| Legal Research & Writing, CONFERENCES |
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APPEAL (Academics Promoting the Pedagogy of Effective Advocacy in Law) and the University of Pretoria Faculty of Law will hold a Conference on Promoting the Teaching of Legal Writing in Southern Africa, July 1-4, 2009, in Pretoria, South Africa.
The conference will focus on the development of curricula in legal writing for law faculties in Southern Africa, with particular emphasis on handling large, undergraduate class loads and teaching to students with a variety of language and educational backgrounds.
Proposals were due Nov. 14, 2008.
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on December 8th, 2008
| Legal Research & Writing, Legal Education, CONFERENCES |
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