The Modern American, the award-winning legal publication dedicated to diversity and the law from American University Washington College of Law, is seeking submissions for its Spring 2010 issue. Although the target date of March 1, 2010, has passed, the editors will still accept papers.
The Modern American is a unique forum that addresses legal topics that affect marginalized communities, articulates under-represented experiences within the law, and offers a platform for critical studies work, particularly as these areas relate to race, nationality, gender, class, ability, and sexuality. Our publication explores the interesting intersections between the law and policy, as well as tensions between the legal and non-legal world. Our most recent fall issue published work on critical gender theory and US asylum law’s application to domestic violence survivors; racial politics submerging equal protection jurisprudence in a post-identity Court; and a historical myth-busting on orphan trains and the law.
With a broad audience from law practitioners to activists, we reach a wide intellectual community across the country and even overseas. We can be found on every major legal database, including Westlaw, LexisNexis and Vlex.com, and maintain a large subscriber database to individuals and institutions in the US.
We are looking for cutting-edge legal scholarship for our newest issue. Our publication prefers short essays (20 pages or fewer), legal commentary, and other non-traditional formats on timely topics. We are especially eager to publish legal commentary from published law faculty or essays from practitioners and emerging scholars whether new faculty or law students.
Please submit your piece for consideration to tma@wcl.american.edu with a cover letter and resume by Monday, March 1st. We accept papers on a rolling basis with a preference for earlier submissions.
mw
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on March 19th, 2010
| CALLS FOR PAPERS, Civil Rights Law, Law and Gender, Law and Humanities, Law and Politics, Law and Race, Law and Sexuality, Law and Society, Poverty Law, Public Interest Law |
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The University of Florida Levin College of Law‘s Sixteenth Annual Public Interest Environmental Conference, Bringing It All Back Home: Leadership, Land Use, and Local-nomics, is Feb. 25-27, 2010. mw
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on December 21st, 2009
| Agricultural Law, CONFERENCES, Environmental Law, Local Government Law, Public Interest Law |
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Yale Law School hosts the Sixteenth Annual Rebellious Lawyering Conference Feb. 19-21, 2010. The RebLaw Conference is an annual, student-run conference that brings together practitioners, law students, and community advocates from around the country to discuss innovative, progressive approaches to law and social change. This year’s keynote speakers are Bryan Stevenson, Lani Guinier, and Gerald Torres. mw
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on December 9th, 2009
| CONFERENCES, Public Interest Law |
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Virginia Law hosts 50 Years After the Sit-ins: Reflecting on the Role of Protests in Social Movements and Law Reform Jan. 28-30, 2010 (reception Thursday evening, Jan. 28, presentations all day Friday and Saturday, Jan. 29-30). The conference is sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference (MAPOC), the Center for the Study of Race and Law, and the Virginia Journal of Social Policy & the Law. mw
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on December 7th, 2009
| Civil Rights Law, CONFERENCES, Law and Politics, Law and Race, Public Interest Law |
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The 28th annual Public Interest Environmental Law Conference (PIELC) will be held at the University of Oregon School of Law from February 25-28, 2010. The priority deadline for panel suggestions is December 18, 2009, and the final deadline is January 22, 2010. jv
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on October 26th, 2009
| CONFERENCES, Environmental Law, Public Interest Law |
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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
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on October 23rd, 2009
| CONFERENCES, Legal Education, Legal Ethics, Legal Profession, Public Interest Law |
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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
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on October 23rd, 2009
| CONFERENCES, Legal Profession, Public Interest Law |
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