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Westerfield Fellows Workshops - New Orleans

Loyola New Orleans’s Westerfield Fellows will hold two workshops, March 23, and 25:

  • Carter Dillard – Compelling state interests that limit the right to procreate
  • Derek Fincham – Social networking as an academic tool
  • Shontavia Johnson – The intersection of intellectual property and human rights
  • Carol Pauli – New media challenges to the law
  • JoAnne Sweeny – The creation of the United Kingdom’s Human Rights Act
  • Robert Weber – Basel II, Internal Capital Models, and New Governance

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Posted by uwlegalscholarship on March 19th, 2010 | COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS, Human Rights Law, Legal Education, Constitutional Law, Health Law, Business Law, Intellectual Property | no comments

Global Law & Policy 10-Day Workshop - Cambridge, MA

The Institute for Global Law and Policy at Harvard Law School will host its first annual Workshop on Global Law and Economic Policy, June 2-11, 2010.

The Workshop is an intensive ten day residential program designed for doctoral and post-doctoral scholars. The Workshop aims to promote innovative ideas and alternative approaches to issues of global law, economic policy and social justice in the aftermath of the economic crisis. The initiative will bring young scholars and faculty from around the world together with leading faculty working on issues of global law and economic policy for serious research collaboration and debate. Hosted by Harvard Law School, The Workshop aims to bring together specialists from across the arts and sciences as well as the professional schools who are interested in the intersections between law, economics and global policy.

The application deadline is March 31, 2010. mw

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on March 19th, 2010 | Human Rights Law, COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS, JUNIOR SCHOLARS, International Law, CONFERENCES | no comments

Mar. 19, 2010 Colloquia/Workshops

New York Law School

Clinical Theory Workshop: William Wesley Patton (Whittier), The Advantages of a Clientless Policy Clinic in Teaching Interdisciplinary Advocacy.

This paper is not publicly available.

South Africa Reading Group: Janette Yarwood (Monmouth University), Rearticulating Coloured Identity in Contemporary South Africa.

This paper is not publicly available.

Posted by pittlegalscholarship on March 19th, 2010 | COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS | no comments

Mar. 18, 2010 Colloquia/Workshops

Loyola

Michael Stein (William & Mary).

Suffolk

Stephen Griffin, (Tulane).

UCLA

Rainer Forst (Goethe University).

Washington University

David Fontana (GW).

Posted by pittlegalscholarship on March 18th, 2010 | COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS | no comments

Mar . 17 2010, Colloquia/Workshops

Florida

Lee Fennell (Chicago).

Ohio State

Gillian Hadfield (USC), Law for a Flat World: Building Legal Infrastructure for the New Economy.

Posted by pittlegalscholarship on March 17th, 2010 | COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS | no comments

Mar. 15, 2010 Colloquia/Workshops

Lewis and Clark

Michael O’Hear (Marquette), Appellate Review of Sentences: Reconsidering Deference.

This paper is not publicly available.

UCLA

Matthew Stephenson (Harvard).

Washington University

Gillian Hadfield (USC).

Posted by pittlegalscholarship on March 16th, 2010 | COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS | no comments

Women in the Law Conference 2010 - Boston

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

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on March 14th, 2010 | Legal Profession, COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS, Law and Gender, CONFERENCES | no comments

Mar. 11 2010 Colloquia/Workshops

Iowa

Alfred Brophy (North Carolina).

Loyola

Mark D. Rosen (Chicago-Kent).

Minnesota

Alison Morantz (Stanford).

Dan Gifford (Minnesota), Antitrust Aspects of Loyalty and Bundled Rebates in Europe and the United States.

This paper is not publicly available.

Santa Clara

R. Samuel Paz (Visiting Practitioner).

Toronto

Lars Noah (Florida), Coerced Participation in Clinical Trials: Conscripting Human Research Subjects.

This paper is not publicly available.

UCLA

Louis Michael Seidman (Georgetown).

Yale

Eugene Kontorovich (Northwestern).

Posted by pittlegalscholarship on March 11th, 2010 | COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS | no comments

Mar. 5, 2010 Colloquia/Workshops

Kansas

Bennett Capers (Hofstra).

Washburn

Jeffrey J. Minetti (Stetson), Behavioral Economics of Environmental Marketing Claims.

This paper is not publicly available.

Wilamette

Lawrence B. Solum (Illinois), The Interpretation-Construction Distinction.

This paper is not publicly available.

Posted by pittlegalscholarship on March 5th, 2010 | COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS | no comments

Mar. 4, 2010 Colloquia/Workshops

Loyola

Jeannine Bell (Indiana).

Minnestota

Janice Nadler (Northwestern), Perceptions of Fairness.

This paper is not publicly available.

Stanford

Benjamin Roin (Harvard), Drug Patent Length.

This paper is not publicly available.

Posted by pittlegalscholarship on March 4th, 2010 | COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS | no comments

Mar. 2, 2010 Colloquia/Workshops

Lewis & Clark

Melissa Powers (Lewis & Clark).

Northwestern

Brad Clark (GW).

Posted by pittlegalscholarship on March 3rd, 2010 | COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS | no comments

Mar. 3, 2010 Colloquia/Workshops

Miami

Mark Sidel (Miami).

Penn

Joseph Gatto , Law and Entrprenuership Lecture.

Washington

Frederick Shauer (Virginia), Karl Llewellyn and the Realist Theory of Rules.

This paper is not publicly available.

Posted by pittlegalscholarship on March 3rd, 2010 | COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS | no comments

Rights, Equality, and Justice: A Conference Inspired by the Moral and Legal Theory of David Lyons - Boston

Boston University is proud to honor Professor David Lyons with a conference featuring scholars in law and philosophy presenting papers and commentaries on important topics about which he has written. Professor Lyons will give a response. Boston University Law Review will publish the papers and proceedings. Information about the conference, along with papers is posted on the BU School of Law Web site:

http://www.bu.edu/law/events/upcoming/#lyons

The conference, which is co-sponsored by the BU School of Law and Department of Philosophy, will be held at BU School of Law, 765 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA, and take place on Friday, March 12 and Saturday, March 13. ajc

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on March 2nd, 2010 | LECTURES, Law and Philosophy, COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS, Law and Humanities, Legal Ethics, CONFERENCES | no comments

Mar. 2, 2010 Colloquia/Workshops

Lewis & Clark

Melissa Powers (Lewis & Clark).

Northwestern

Brad Clark (GW).

Posted by pittlegalscholarship on March 2nd, 2010 | COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS | no comments

Mar. 1, 2010 Colloquia/Workshops

Minnesota

Leti Volpp (Berkeley).

Penn

Arthur Ripstein (Toronto).

Queen’s University

Jennifer H. Arlen (NYU). Shareholder Activism at a Crossroad.

This paper is not publicly available.

Rutgers

Stephanos Bibas (Penn).

Posted by pittlegalscholarship on March 1st, 2010 | COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS | no comments

Feb. 26 2010 Colloquia/Workshops

St. Thomas

Richard Painter (Minnesota), Berle’s Vision Beyond Shareholder Interests: Why Investment Bankers Should Have (Some) Personal Liability.

Florida

Julian Juergensmeyer (Georgia State), Bill Belleville, Bringing It All Back Home: Leadership, Land Use, and Local-nomics.

This paper is not publicly available.

Iowa

Richard Albert (Boston), Constitutional Handcuffs.

New York

Scott Cummings (UCLA), Clinical Theory Workshop: “Managing Pro Bono: Doing Well by Doing Better.”

This paper is not publicly available.

Adam Ashforth (Michigan), South Africa Reading Group: “What do they talk about, when they talk about death, in Malawi, in a time of AIDS?”

This paper is not publicly available.

Ohio State

Vicki Jackson (Georgetown).

Penn

Penn/NYU Law & Finance Symposium.

Posted by pittlegalscholarship on February 26th, 2010 | COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS | no comments

Feb. 25, 2010 Colloquia/Workshops

Florida

Julian Juergensmeyer (Georgia State), Bill Belleville, Bringing It All Back Home: Leadership, Land Use, and Local-nomics.

This paper is not publicly available.

Marquette

Stephen Engel, (Marquette).

Minnesota

Cheryl Boudreau, (UC Davis).

Toronto

Scott Burris (Temple), Stigma from a Public Health Law Perspective: Research Questions and Ethical Issues .

This paper is not publicly available.

Yale

Thomas Brennan, (Northwestern).

Posted by pittlegalscholarship on February 25th, 2010 | COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS | no comments

Feb. 24, 2010 Colloquia/Workshops

Ohio Northern

Daniel Hamilton (Illinois), Emancipation and the Common Law: Slavery Litigation after the Civil War.

This paper is not publicly available.

Posted by pittlegalscholarship on February 24th, 2010 | COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS | no comments

Feb. 23 2010 Colloquia/Workshops

Lewis & Clark

Kathy Hessler, (Lewis & Clark).

Suffolk

James Hackney, (Northeastern).

Posted by pittlegalscholarship on February 23rd, 2010 | COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS | no comments

Feb. 22, 2010 Colloquia/Worshops

Northwestern

Daniel Shaviro (NYU), The Case Against Foreign Tax Credits.

This paper is not publicly available.

Rutgers

Donald McCabe (Rutgers).

Tulsa

Monica Hakimi (Michigan), Operationalizing the Responsibility to Protect

This paper is not publicly available.

Washington University

Barry Friedman (NYU).

Posted by pittlegalscholarship on February 22nd, 2010 | COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS | no comments