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Equal Justice Conference – Jacksonville, FL

uwlegalscholarship — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:47:57 +0000

The American Bar Association and the National Legal Aid & Defender Association present the Equal Justice Conference May 17-19, 2012.

The Self-Represented Litigation Network presents a pre-conference on May 16. Details on Richard Zorza’s Access to Justice Blog. mw

Call for Papers: Journal of Affordable Housing & Community Development Law

uwlegalscholarship — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:44:35 +0000

The Journal of Affordable Housing & Community Development Law, is currently seeking submissions from students, professors, and practitioners. The Journal publishes full-length articles, book reviews, and shorter commentaries on a wide range of affordable housing and community and economic development issues.

The deadlines for the fall and winter issues are January 9, 2012 and March 5, 2012. Double-spaced manuscripts should be e-mailed to Jim Kelly, Editor-in-Chief, at J.Kelly[at]nd.edu and Wendy Smith, Managing Editor, at wjsmith[at]staff.abanet.org. Additional guidelines are available here.
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Environmentalism & Corporate Responsibility, Social Justice, Local Initiatives – South Royalton, VT

uwlegalscholarship — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:33:41 +0000

The Vermont Journal of Environmental Law holds its annual symposium April 20, 2012. The symposium is entitled “Finding Common Ground: Bridging the Gap Between Environmentalism and Corporate Responsibility, Social Justice, and Local Initiatives.” The editors seek legal scholarship concerning:

Corporate Responsibility and Environmentalism
Social Justice and Environmentalism
Local Initiatives and Environmentalism

Call for Papers: Journal of Gender, Race & Justice

uwlegalscholarship — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:10:25 +0000

The Journal of Gender, Race & Justice (University of Iowa College of Law) is dedicated to the living discussion of feminist inquiry and critical race analysis in legal scholarship. We explore how people are classified, stratified, ignored and singled out under the law because of race, sex, gender, economic class, ability, sexual identity and the multitude of labels applied to us. The Journal would like to invite legal authors of all perspectives to submit proposals for articles to fill Volume 16 of our publication.

For more information about the Journal and our submission policy, please see our website. Please send article or proposal submissions, along with your curriculum vitae to Whitney Smith at whitney-e-smith@uiowa.edu. The deadline is Jan. 30, 2012.
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Call For Papers: Texas Hispanic Journal of Law and Policy – Austin, TX

uwlegalscholarship — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 05:19:30 +0000

The Texas Hispanic Journal of Law and Policy of the University of Texas School of Law is currently seeking submissions of articles for Volume 18 of their journal, scheduled for publication in Spring 2012. The call for papers deadline is Jan. 8, 2012. Articles should be submitted electronically to Submissions Editor, Monica Ochoa at thjlp[at]law.utexas.edu. Authors are highly encouraged to submit a CV along with their academic article.

The Texas Hispanic Journal of Law and Policy is an academic publication that aspires to be a forum for issues relevant to Latino legal, political and social issues.The Journal invites ideas and points of views from within and from outside the legal community, as viewed by Latinos and non-Latinos.

Call for Papers: Stanford, Yale, and Harvard Junior Faculty Forum – Cambridge, MA

uwlegalscholarship — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:29:40 +0000

Stanford, Yale, and Harvard Law Schools announce the Junior Faculty Forum (the successor to the Stanford/Yale Junior Faculty Forum that has convened for the past twelve years) to be held at Harvard Law School on June 1-2, 2012, and seek submissions for this meeting.

The Forum’s objective is to encourage the work of young scholars by providing experience in the pursuit of scholarship and the nature of the scholarly exchange. Meetings are held each spring, alternating between Yale, Stanford, and Harvard.

Paper submissions for the Forum should be sent to Ms. Kaitlin Burroughs at Harvard Law School (1525 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138). Electronic submissions should be sent to kburroughs[at]law.harvard.edu. The deadline for submission is February 15, 2012. Please note on the cover letter which topic your paper falls under.

Inquiries concerning the Forum should be sent to Adriaan Lanni (adlanni[at]law.harvard.edu) or Gabriella Blum (gblum[at]law.harvard.edu) at Harvard Law School, Joseph Bankman at Stanford Law School (jbankman[at]stanford.edu), or Ian Ayres at Yale Law School (ian.ayres[at]yale.edu)

The focus of this year’s session will be public law and the humanities. The topics to be addressed are:
Administrative Law
Constitutional Law
Criminal Law
Employment Law, Social Welfare Policy, and Anti-Discrimination Law
Environmental Law
Family Law
Jurisprudence and Philosophy
Law and Humanities (including Law and Literature, Critical Legal Studies, and Gender Studies)
Legal History
Public International Law
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System Change & Clinical Legal Education – Washington, D.C.

uwlegalscholarship — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 03:36:24 +0000

The Law Review for the University of the District of Columbia School of Law will be hosting a symposium on System Change & Clinical Legal Education on Jan. 9, 2012, the day after the AALS conference, in Washington, D.C. Details are to come. nh

Call for Papers: Technology in and Beyond the Classroom – Durham, NC

uwlegalscholarship — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 01:22:08 +0000

The Institute for Law Teaching and Learning and North Carolina Central University School of Law invite papers for its Technology in and Beyond the Classroom: How to Use Technology to Leverage Learning conference on March 3, 2012, in Durham, NC. The call for papers deadline is Nov. 1, 2011. Submit proposals or inquiries via e-mail to Professor Charles E. Smith at csmith[at]nccu.edu, or Professor Michael Hunter Schwartz at michael.schwartz[at]washburn.edu. nh

The Place of Religion in the Law School, the University, and the Practice of Law – Central Islip, New York

uwlegalscholarship — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 03:00:30 +0000

The Touro Law Center will host the biennial Conference of Religiously Affiliated Law Schools May 2-4, 2012. The conference will explore a variety of issues related to the general theme of “The Place of Religion in the Law School, the University, and the Practice of Law.” nh

Philanthropy, Law and Social Enterprise – Winnepeg, Manitoba

uwlegalscholarship — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 18:49:39 +0000

The Winnipeg Foundation and Robson Hall, Faculty of Law – University of Manitoba present Philanthropy, Law and Social Enterprise: New Direction or Distraction?, Sept. 21, 2011. mw