Category Archives: Poverty Law

Call for Papers: Windsor Review of Legal & Social Issues

The Windsor Review of Legal and Social Issues, an interdisciplinary law journal, is now accepting submissions for Volumes 31 and 32. For volume 31, the deadline for abstracts (optional) is…

Third World, Int’l Law – Capitalism and the Common Good – Eugene, OR

The Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics (Oregon Law) presents Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL): Capitalism and the Common Good, Oct. 20-22, 2011. The call for papers…

Criminal Justice, Economic Meltdown – Atlanta, GA

The Georgia State University Law Review will present The Criminal Justice System in a Time of Economic Meltdown: Crisis or Opportunity for Reform? in early 2012. Abstracts are due by…

Housing, Human Capital, and Inequality – Cleveland, OH

The 2011 Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Policy Summit, Housing, Human Capital, and Inequality, will take place June 9–10, 2011. The agenda is posted here. Keynote speakers are Janet Yellen,…

ClassCrits IV: Criminalizing Economic Inequality – Washington, DC

American University, Washington College of Law hosts ClassCrits IV: Criminalizing Economic Inequality, Sep. 23-24, 2011 in Washington, DC. There is a call for papers with a deadline of May 6,…

Poverty and the Bureaucratic State – Los Angeles, CA

UCLA School of Law presents Poverty and the Bureaucratic State: A Symposium in Honor of Joel Handler, March 11, 2011. mw

Call for Papers: Land Ownership and Tenure, Developing Countries

Race/Ethnicity: Multidisciplinary Global Contexts seeks submissions for an issue (Spring 2012) on “Land Ownership and Tenure.” The submission deadline is Sept. 15, 2011. UN-Habitat, The United Nations Human Settlements Programme,…

Structural Racism: Inequality in America Today – Lexington, KY

The University of Kentucky College of Law presents The Inaugural James and Mary Lassiter Conference, Structural Racism: Inequality in America Today, Feb. 25, 2011. Whenever we see disparate racial outcomes…

Community Development, Low-Income Communities – Arlington, VA

The Community Affairs Officers of the Federal Reserve System present the seventh Federal Reserve Community Affairs Research Conference, “The Changing Landscape of Community Development: Linking Research with Policy and Practice…

Housing, Human Capital, and Inequality – Cleveland, OH

The Community Development and Research Departments of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland invite paper submissions for its 2011 annual Policy Summit, to be held June 9-10, 2011, in Cleveland,…