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Gender and Law Sabbatical Visitors - New York City

The Center for Gender and Sexuality Law at Columbia Law School invites applications for a sabbatical visitor for the 2010-2011 academic year to undertake research, writing and collaboration with Center faculty and students in ways that span traditional academic disciplines. The CGSL welcomes applications from faculty from any field who are interested in spending a semester or the academic year in residence at Columbia Law School working on scholarly projects relating to Gender and/or Sexuality Law.

Sabbatical Visitors will receive an office with phone and computer, secretarial support and full access to university libraries, computer systems and recreational facilities. In addition, Sabbatical Visitors will be expected to participate in CGSL activities and present a paper at the Center’s Colloquium Series.

Applicants should submit:
• a curriculum vitae
• a writing sample
• a research statement (of approximately 1,000 words) that describes the proposed work during the Sabbatical period
Applications are due April 1, 2010. We prefer electronic submissions to
gender_sexuality_law [at] law.columbia.edu

Direct questions to:
Center for Gender and Sexuality Law Sabbatical Visitor Program
Columbia University
435 W. 116th Street
New York, N.Y. 10027
gender_sexuality_law@law.columbia.edu

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Posted by uwlegalscholarship on February 26th, 2010 | OTHER SCHOLARLY OPPORTUNITIES, Law and Sexuality, JUNIOR SCHOLARS, Law and Gender | no comments

National People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference - Newark, NJ

Seton Hall University School of Law hosts the Third National People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference Sept. 9-12, 2010. The conference theme is Our Country, Our World in a “Post-Racial” Era.

It will feature panels on the “war on terror,” urban revitalization, criminal law, health care, education, immigration, human trafficking, voting rights, international and comparative law, judicial nominations, environmental justice, and corporate responsibility, among others. It will also include a Junior Faculty and Development Workshop. A media plenary session will explore the meaning of a “post-racial” society and its relevance to legal scholarship and teaching.

Calls for papers or proposals:

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Posted by uwlegalscholarship on February 9th, 2010 | Immigration Law, JUNIOR SCHOLARS, Law and Politics, Local Government Law, Poverty Law, National Security Law, Law and Race, Criminal Law, Health Law, Education Law, CALLS FOR PAPERS, CONFERENCES | no comments

Call for Papers: International Law Topics - India

The Subrata Roy Chowdhury Memorial Essay Writing Competition is being co-organized by the National University of Juridical Sciences, the Society of International Law and Practice (“SILP”), NUJS and the NUJS ILSA Chapter in association with the Indian Yearbook of International Law and Policy.

Themes:

  • Is India ready for Sovereign Wealth Funds?
  • Exo-politics and the emergence of a New World Order
  • Non state actors, transnational armed groups and the regulation of hostilities in India: Should International Humanitarian Law recognize a hybrid category of armed conflict?
  • Does Climate Change have an impact on National Security? An Indian perspective
  • Can the principles of Insurance Law be applied to the Law of Outer Space?

Eligibility: undergraduate and post graduate law students enrolled in any institution in India.

Deadline: Feb. 10, 2010. mw

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on January 11th, 2010 | JUNIOR SCHOLARS, National Security Law, CALLS FOR PAPERS, International Law, Environmental Law | no comments

Law Librarianship Fellowship - Tucson, AZ

The University of Arizona Cracchiolo Law Library has two to three openings for its fellowships in law librarianship. The The job ad is listed here (choose “Search Positions” and enter 44486 as the job number).

In order to be considered for the fellowship you must have a JD and be accepted for admission by the School of Information Resources and Library Science for its Master’s program at the University of Arizona.

In return for working 20 hours a week in the law library you receive free tuition, benefits and a salary of $11,000 a year. There are a few incidental university fees that the fellow must pay and the free tuition is considered income for IRS tax purposes.

For more information, contact Associate Dean Michael Chiorazzi, michael.chiorazzi [at] law.arizona.edu. mw

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on January 11th, 2010 | Law Librarianship, JUNIOR SCHOLARS | no comments

Next Generation of Antitrust Scholarship - NYC

NYU School of Law hosts The Next Generation of Antitrust Scholarship Jan. 29, 2010. It is co-sponsored by the AALS Antitrust, and Trade Regulation Section and the ABA Antitrust Section.

This conference is the first ever conference for the Next Generation of Antitrust Scholars. Much has changed in both the law and economic theory of antitrust in the past 30 years. The purpose of this event is to convene a conference of the next generation of antitrust law professors (people who started their teaching career in or after 2000) and provide them an opportunity to present their latest research. Senior antitrust scholars and practitioners in the field will comment on the papers.

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Posted by uwlegalscholarship on January 8th, 2010 | JUNIOR SCHOLARS, Antitrust Law, CONFERENCES | no comments

Stanford/Harvard International Junior Faculty Forum - Stanford, CA

Stanford Law School and Harvard Law School are organizing their Third Annual International Junior Faculty Forum, to be held in October 2010.

Junior scholars whose home institution is outside the United States and who have held a faculty position for less than seven years, as of 2010, or whose last degree was earned less than ten years earlier than 2010 and are not U.S. citizens, are invited to apply for the 2010 session.

Abstracts are due Jan. 20, 2010. mw

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on December 28th, 2009 | JUNIOR SCHOLARS, CALLS FOR PAPERS | no comments

Immigration Law - Ontario, CA

The University of LaVerne Law Review presents an immigration law symposium, En/Countering Stereotypes, Feb. 19-20, 2010.

In coordination with the live event, the University of La Verne Law Review is publishing a Symposium Issue on Immigration Law, and will be accepting submissions through February 1, 2010.

In addition to this general call for papers, there is also a student writing competition; the winner will receive $200, publication in the Law Review, and the opportunity to present at the symposium. (Other finalists’ papers will also be considered for publication at the editors’ discretion.) The deadline for the student writing contest is Jan. 1, 2010. mw

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on December 13th, 2009 | Immigration Law, JUNIOR SCHOLARS, CALLS FOR PAPERS, CONFERENCES | no comments

Stanford/Yale Junior Faculty Forum - New Haven

The 11th Stanford/Yale Junior Faculty Forum will take place at Yale June 18-19, 2010.  The topics will cover public law and the humanities:

• Administrative Law
• Constitutional Law - historical foundations
• Constitutional Law - theoretical foundations
• Criminal Law and Literature, Critical Legal Studies
• Environmental Law
• Family Law
• Jurisprudence and Philosophy
• Labor Law and Social Welfare Policy
• Law and Humanities (including Law and Gender Studies)
• Public International Law

The deadline for submissions is March 19, 2010. mw

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on December 9th, 2009 | Law and Gender, Labor and Employment Law, JUNIOR SCHOLARS, Law and Humanities, Poverty Law, Law and Philosophy, CALLS FOR PAPERS, International Law, Family Law, Criminal Law, Constitutional Law, Jurisprudence, Environmental Law, CONFERENCES | no comments

Empirical Legal Studies - New Haven

The 5th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies (CELS) will be held at Yale Law School Nov. 5 - Nov. 6, 2010. The conference, which is the annual meeting of the Society for Empirical Legal Studies (SELS), will feature original empirical and experimental legal scholarship by leading scholars from a diverse range of fields, including law, economics, political science, demographics, finance, psychology, and sociology. The scholars will present their papers at multiple panel sessions throughout each day, and each presentation will be followed by discussion. In addition to the paper sessions, there will be a poster session and quantitative methods sessions.

The submission period for papers begins Jan. 1, 2010, and ends July 2, 2010. The CELS Organizing Committee will review submissions and send out acceptance notices on Sept. 1, 2010. Submissions of papers in all areas of empirical and experimental legal scholarship are invited. Papers from junior scholars are especially encouraged.

As in the past, there will be a program to help defray the cost of attending for presenters travelling from schools without budgets to cover conference expenses. Applications will be taken in September 2010.

More information and online registration will be available soon on the CELS 2010 website. mw

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on December 9th, 2009 | JUNIOR SCHOLARS, Empirical Legal Studies, CALLS FOR PAPERS, CONFERENCES | no comments

2010 Annual Conference of the Graduate Law Students’ Association - Toronto, Canada

The Graduate Law Students’ Association (GLSA) of Osgoode Hall Law School will host the 2010 Annual Conference of the Graduate Law Students’ Association in Toronto, Canada. This year’s theme, “Beyond Law,” focuses on interdisciplinary perspectives of law. The conference will be held May 21 - 22 in downtown Toronto. jv

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on November 23rd, 2009 | Law and Humanities, Law and Philosophy, JUNIOR SCHOLARS, Law and Religion, Legal History, Law and Literature, CONFERENCES | no comments

Call for Papers: 2010 Graduate Law Students’ Association Annual Conference

The Graduate Law Students’ Association (GLSA) of Osgoode Hall Law School invites graduate students and junior faculty to submit abstracts to its annual academic conference. Hosted in Toronto, Canada from May 21-22, 2010, this year’s theme, “Beyond Law,” welcomes interdisciplinary perspectives. The deadline for abstract proposals is February 15, 2010. jv

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on November 23rd, 2009 | Law and Humanities, Law and Philosophy, JUNIOR SCHOLARS, Law and Religion, Law and Literature, Legal History | no comments

Third National People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference - Newark, NJ

The Third National People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference will be held September 9 - 10, 2010 at Seton Hall University School  of Law in Newark, New Jersey. The conference is a collaboration of six regional People of Color scholarship conferences to examine and support the role of faculty of color in the teaching of law. jv

Update (Feb. 9): The deadline is now March 12, 2010.mw

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on November 23rd, 2009 | JUNIOR SCHOLARS, Law and Race, Civil Rights Law, Legal Education, CONFERENCES | no comments

Law and Society Visiting Scholars - Berkeley, CA

The Center for the Study of Law and Society (Berkeley Law) invites applications for visiting scholars for 2010-2011. The Center fosters empirical research and theoretical analysis concerning legal institutions, legal processes, legal change, and the social consequences of law. The application deadline is Nov. 13, 2009. mw

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on November 8th, 2009 | JUNIOR SCHOLARS, Law and Society | no comments

Law and Society Association Ann Mtg Beyond Critique, Workshops for Grad Students and Jr. Scholars - Chicago

The Law and Society Association invites proposals (for papers or sessions) for its annual meeting, Beyond Critique, May 27-30, 2010. The submission deadline is Dec. 8, 2009.

A graduate student workshop, What’s Next for the Law and Society Paradigm?, will be held May 25-26, 2010. The application deadline is Jan. 29, 2010.

An Early Career Workshop (limited to 20 scholars) will also take place May 25-26, 2010. The application deadline is Jan. 15, 2010.

The Early Career Workshop encourages new faculty to move their research and writing toward law-and-society topics and encourages people who are already comfortable with one methodological approach to consider others. For those trained as lawyers, social science may seem a bit daunting. For those trained in one social science, other methodologies from other fields may seem foreign. But for all concerned, it might be useful to know these other methods. In this Early Career Workshop, we will help people to make transitions to new kinds of law-related work with a focus on questions of methodology. As a result, we will ask: How do law-and-society scholars do their work? And how can newcomers to the field increase their methodological range?

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Posted by uwlegalscholarship on November 8th, 2009 | JUNIOR SCHOLARS, Law and Society, CALLS FOR PAPERS, CONFERENCES | no comments

Animal Law - Baltimore

The Animal Law Section of the Maryland State Bar Association, in conjunction with the University Of Baltimore School of Law and the University Of Pennsylvania School of Law, will host the first-ever regional Mid-Atlantic symposium on animal law, The Impact On & Opportunities For Animals in the Current Political and Economic Climate, April 9, 2010, at the University of Baltimore. Papers will be published in the Journal of Animal Law and Ethics at the University Of Pennsylvania School of Law.

The call for papers is here. The steering committee for the symposium encourages authors and researchers from accredited law schools and universities, judges, lawyers, and non-profits or advocacy organization professionals to submit proposals. The steering committee additionally invites proposals from second or third year law students.  The deadline for abstracts is Jan. 1, 2010; the subsequent deadline for article submission is Feb. 1, 2010.  mw

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on November 5th, 2009 | Animal Law, JUNIOR SCHOLARS, CALLS FOR PAPERS, CONFERENCES | no comments

The 4th Conference of the Commission on European Family Law 2010 - Cambridge, UK

The Commission on European Family Law (CEFL) will hold its fourth annual conference focusing on the future of family property in Europe.  The conference will take place at the University of Cambridge on April 8-10, 2010.  The conference invites paper submissions from early career researchers; submissions are due December 15, 2009.  jv

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on November 2nd, 2009 | JUNIOR SCHOLARS, International Law, Family Law, CONFERENCES | no comments

Law & Humanities Junior Scholar Workshop - Los Angeles

Georgetown University Law Center, Columbia Law School, University of Southern California Center for Law, History & Culture, and UCLA School of Law will hold the eighth meeting of The Law & Humanities Junior Scholar Workshop sponsored by Georgetown University Law Center, Columbia Law School, University of Southern California Center for Law, History & Culture, and UCLA School of Law will be held at USC Gould School of Law in Los Angeles on June 4 - 5, 2010. Paper competition submissions must be received by January 8, 2010. jv

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on October 26th, 2009 | Law and Humanities, JUNIOR SCHOLARS, Legal History, CONFERENCES | no comments

Call for Papers: The Next Generation of Antitrust Scholarship Conference - New York

The Next Generation of Antitrust Scholarship Conference sponsored by NYU School of Law and the Antitrust Section of the ABA is accepting papers from new law professors. Submissions are due November 20, 2009.  The conference will take place on  January 29, 2010. jv

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on October 20th, 2009 | JUNIOR SCHOLARS, Antitrust Law, CALLS FOR PAPERS | no comments

Teaching and Research Fellowship - Philadelphia

Penn Law will award two Sharswood Fellowships in 2010 for two years of research, writing and teaching for scholars committed to entering a career in legal academia. Applications are due January 15, 2010. jv

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on October 20th, 2009 | JUNIOR SCHOLARS | no comments

Call for Papers: Law & Humanities Junior Scholar Workshop

Georgetown University Law Center, Columbia Law School, University of Southern California Center for Law, History & Culture, and UCLA School of Law invite submissions for the eighth meeting of the Law & Humanities Junior Scholar Workshop to be held at USC Gould School of Law in Los Angeles on June 4 & 5, 2010.  Submissions must be received by January 8, 2010. jv

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on October 20th, 2009 | Law and Humanities, JUNIOR SCHOLARS, CALLS FOR PAPERS | no comments