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Slavery, Abolition, and Human Rights - Chicago, IL

April 17, 2009toApril 18, 2009

Slavery, Abolition, and Human Rights: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Thirteenth Amendment will be held on April 17-18, 2009 at the University of Chicago Law School hosted by the Loyola University of Chicago School of Law and the University of Chicago. The conference explores the past and present significance of the Thirteenth Amendment, which abolished slavery and provided constitutional authority for eradicating its badges and incidents and, ultimately, for invalidating Jim Crow’s legacies and myriad forms of involuntary labor.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on January 29th, 2009 | EVENTS | no comments

Slavery, Abolition, and Human Rights Conference - Chicago, IL

Slavery, Abolition, and Human Rights: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Thirteenth Amendment will be held on April 17-18, 2009 at the University of Chicago Law School hosted by the Loyola University of Chicago School of Law and the University of Chicago. The conference explores the past and present significance of the Thirteenth Amendment, which abolished slavery and provided constitutional authority for eradicating its badges and incidents and, ultimately, for invalidating Jim Crow’s legacies and myriad forms of involuntary labor.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on January 29th, 2009 | Law and Humanities, Law and Philosophy, Law and Literature, Civil Rights Law, Constitutional Law, CONFERENCES | no comments

American Psychology-Law Society Conference - San Antonio, TX

March 4, 2009toMarch 7, 2009

The 2009 American Psychology-Law Society Conference  hosted by AP-LS will be held in San Antonio, TX from March 4-7, 2009 in San Antonio, TX. Topics include: Neuroscience, Genetics and the Law; Psychological Perspectives on Conviction of the Innocent; and Rich False Memories.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on January 29th, 2009 | EVENTS | no comments

American Psychology-Law Society Conference - San Antonio, TX

The 2009 American Psychology-Law Society Conference hosted by AP-LS will be held in San Antonio, TX from March 4-7, 2009 in San Antonio, TX. Topics include: Neuroscience, Genetics and the Law; Psychological Perspectives on Conviction of the Innocent; and Rich False Memories.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on January 29th, 2009 | Law and Science, Law and Psychology, CONFERENCES | no comments

8th Annual Legal Malpractice & Risk Management Conference - Chicago, IL

March 4, 2009toMarch 6, 2009

The 2009 Legal Malpractice & Risk Management Conference, held March 4-6, 2009 in Chicago, offers interactive panels comprised of leaders in their respective fields, from professional liability practitioners and law firm general counsel to insurance professionals. Each panel will provide a comprehensive examination of current developments with an emphasis on recent legal decisions.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on January 29th, 2009 | EVENTS | no comments

8th Annual Legal Malpractice & Risk Management Conference - Chicago, IL

The 2009 Legal Malpractice & Risk Management Conference, held March 4-6, 2009 in Chicago, offers interactive panels comprised of leaders in their respective fields, from professional liability practitioners and law firm general counsel to insurance professionals. Each panel will provide a comprehensive examination of current developments with an emphasis on recent legal decisions.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on January 29th, 2009 | CONFERENCES | no comments

SHRM Employment Law & Legislative Conference - Washington, D.C.

March 9, 2009toMarch 11, 2009

Society for Human Resource Management presents the SHRM Employment Law & Legislative Conference, March 9-11, 2009 at the Capital Hilton in downtown Washington, D.C. Officials from the new Administration, Congress and regulatory agencies will be featured speakers, available to answer your questions about both the policy and enforcement changes likely to affect your organization.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on January 29th, 2009 | EVENTS | no comments

SHRM Employment Law & Legislative Conference - Washington, D.C.

Society for Human Resource Management presents the SHRM Employment Law & Legislative Conference, March 9-11, 2009 at the Capital Hilton in downtown Washington, D.C. Officials from the new Administration, Congress and regulatory agencies will be featured speakers, available to answer your questions about both the policy and enforcement changes likely to affect your organization.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on January 29th, 2009 | CONFERENCES | no comments

Global Social Justice Lawyering - Stanford Law School

February 20, 2009 10:00 pmtoFebruary 21, 2009 10:00 pm

Global Social Justice Lawyering, February 20-21, 2009 hosted by Stanford Law School. Topics include: International Human Rights Careers, International Pro Bono Plenary Session, Eco-Justice: Linking Human Rights and the Environment, Torture: A Multi-Disciplinary Perspective, The Impact of Human Rights Law on Civil Legal Services, and Scanning the Globe for Criminal Justice.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on January 29th, 2009 | EVENTS | no comments

Global Social Justice Lawyering - Stanford Law School

Global Social Justice Lawyering, February 20-21, 2009 hosted by Stanford Law School. Topics include: International Human Rights Careers, International Pro Bono Plenary Session, Eco-Justice: Linking Human Rights and the Environment, Torture: A Multi-Disciplinary Perspective, The Impact of Human Rights Law on Civil Legal Services, and Scanning the Globe for Criminal Justice.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on January 29th, 2009 | Civil Rights Law, International Law, CONFERENCES | no comments

11th International Wildlife Law Conference - Gulfport, FL

March 26, 2009toMarch 27, 2009

The 11th International Wildlife Law Conference will be held March 26-27, 2009, at Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport, Florida. Sessions will focus on biofuel production and biodiversity impacts, sustainable ecotourism, regional fisheries management organizations and the Antarctic ecosystem.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on January 29th, 2009 | EVENTS | no comments

11th International Wildlife Law Conference - Gulfport, FL

The 11th International Wildlife Law Conference will be held March 26-27, 2009, at Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport, Florida. Sessions will focus on biofuel production and biodiversity impacts, sustainable ecotourism, regional fisheries management organizations and the Antarctic ecosystem.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on January 29th, 2009 | Environmental Law, CONFERENCES | no comments

National Conference on Law and Higher Education - Orlando, FL

February 21, 2009toFebruary 24, 2009

The 30th Annual National Conference on Law and Higher Education hosted by Stetson University College of Law will be held Feb. 21-24, 2009, at the Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Fla. The schedule includes two pre-conference workshops on Saturday, February 21, and a post-conference workshop on Tuesday, February 24

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on January 29th, 2009 | EVENTS | no comments

National Conference on Law and Higher Education - Orlando, FL

The 30th Annual National Conference on Law and Higher Education hosted by Stetson University College of Law will be held Feb. 21-24, 2009, at the Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Fla. The schedule includes two pre-conference workshops on Saturday, February 21, and a post-conference workshop on Tuesday, February 24

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on January 29th, 2009 | CONFERENCES | no comments

Transgender Law: Challenging the Boundaries of Law & Gender - Central Islip, NY

February 20, 2009

Touro Law Center’s Journal of Race, Gender and Ethnicity presents Transgender Law: Challenging the Boundaries of Law and Gender Friday, February 20, 2009.

The event is co-sponsored by LeGaL (the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Law Association of Greater New York) and the Long Island GLBT Community Center.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on January 29th, 2009 | EVENTS | no comments

Transgender Law: Challenging the Boundaries of Law & Gender - Central Islip, NY

Touro Law Center’s Journal of Race, Gender and Ethnicity presents Transgender Law: Challenging the Boundaries of Law and Gender Friday, February 20, 2009.

The event is co-sponsored by LeGaL (the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Law Association of Greater New York) and the Long Island GLBT Community Center.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on January 29th, 2009 | Law and Sexuality, CONFERENCES | no comments

Application Deadline: Congressional Research Awards

February 1, 2009

The Dirksen Congressional Center invites applications for grants to fund research on congressional leadership and the U.S. Congress. A total of up to $30,000 will be available in 2009. Awards range from a few hundred dollars to $3,500.

The competition is open to individuals with a serious interest in studying Congress. Political scientists, historians, biographers, scholars of public administration or American studies, and journalists are among those eligible. The Center encourages graduate students who have successfully defended their dissertation prospectus to apply and awards a significant portion of the funds for dissertation research. Applicants must be U.S. citizens who reside in the United States.

The awards program does not fund undergraduate or pre-Ph.D. study. Organizations are not eligible. Research teams of two or more individuals are eligible. No institutional overhead or indirect costs may be claimed against a Congressional Research Award.

There is no standard application form. Applicants are responsible for showing the relationship between their work and the awards program guidelines. Applications are accepted at any time. Applications which exceed the page limit and incomplete applications will NOT be forwarded to the screening committee for consideration.

All application materials must be received on or before February 1, 2009. Awards will be announced in March 2009.

Complete information about eligibility and application procedures may be found here.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on January 29th, 2009 | EVENTS | no comments

Congressional Research Awards

The Dirksen Congressional Center invites applications for grants to fund research on congressional leadership and the U.S. Congress. A total of up to $30,000 will be available in 2009. Awards range from a few hundred dollars to $3,500.

The competition is open to individuals with a serious interest in studying Congress. Political scientists, historians, biographers, scholars of public administration or American studies, and journalists are among those eligible. The Center encourages graduate students who have successfully defended their dissertation prospectus to apply and awards a significant portion of the funds for dissertation research. Applicants must be U.S. citizens who reside in the United States.

The awards program does not fund undergraduate or pre-Ph.D. study. Organizations are not eligible. Research teams of two or more individuals are eligible. No institutional overhead or indirect costs may be claimed against a Congressional Research Award.

There is no standard application form. Applicants are responsible for showing the relationship between their work and the awards program guidelines. Applications are accepted at any time. Applications which exceed the page limit and incomplete applications will NOT be forwarded to the screening committee for consideration.

All application materials must be received on or before February 1, 2009. Awards will be announced in March 2009.

Complete information about eligibility and application procedures may be found here.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on January 29th, 2009 | Law and Politics, JUNIOR SCHOLARS, Empirical Legal Studies, Law and Society | no comments

January 30th, Colloquia/Workshops

January 30, 2009

Arizona Economics, Law, and the Environment

       David Sunding (Berkeley ARE)

Florida

       Bradley T. Borden (Washburn Law), Open Tenancies in Common

Georgia International Law

       Carlos M. Vazquez (Georgetown Law), Not a Happy Precedent: The Story of Ex parte Quirin

International Criminal Court

       Kevin Jon Heller (Melbourne Law), Situational Gravity Under the Rome Statute

Kentucky

      Katherine T. Bartlett (Duke Law), Good Intentions, Unconscious Bias and the Law

Missouri

       Kerry Ryan (SLU Law)

New York Clinical Theory

       Peter Joy (Washington Law) and Robert R. Kuehn (Alabama Law), Lawyering in the Academy: The Intersection of Academic Freedom and Professional Responsibility

Ohio State

       David Jinks (Texas Law)

UC Hastings

       Adam Kolber (San Diego Law), The Comparative Nature of Punishment

Posted by pittlegalscholarship on January 29th, 2009 | COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS, EVENTS, International Law, Environmental Law, Criminal Law, Property Law | no comments

January 29th Colloquia/Workshops

Brooklyn Law

       Edward J. Janger (Brooklyn Law), Virtual Territoriality

Chicago Constitutional Law

       Theodore Ruger (Penn Law)

Columbia

       Robert Ferguson (Columbia Law), Invading Panama: The Power of Circumstance in the Rule of Law

Florida State      

       Amy Farmer (Arkansas Law), Strategic Bidding Investment and Investment in Final Offer

Miami

       Caroline Mala Corbin (Miami Law), The First Amendment Right Against Compelled Listening

Minnesota

       Leo Katz (Penn. Law), Why the Law Spruns Win-Win Transactions

North Carolina

       Devon W. Carbado (UCLA Law), After Obama: Three Post-Racial Challanges

Northwestern Law and Economics

       Robert Marquez (Arizona State Business) Stockholder Capitalism, Corporate Governance and Firm Value

Southwestern

       Carrie J. Menkel-Meadow (Georgetown Law)

Stanford Law and Economics

        JJ Prescott (Michigan Law), Do Sex Offender Registration and Notification Laws Affect Criminal Behavior

Stanford Health Law     

       Adam Kolber (San Diego Law), A Limited Defense  of Clinical Placebo Deception

Toronto Heath Law

       Martin Hevia and Joanna Erdman (Toronto Law), Denied Access to Medical Care as a Violation of the Rights Against Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment: A Case Study on Anencephalic Pregnancy

Yale Law and Economics

       Betsey Stevenson (Penn Business), The Paradox of Declining Female Hapiness

Posted by pittlegalscholarship on January 29th, 2009 | Law and Economics, COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS, Law and Cyberspace, Constitutional Law, Business Law, Criminal Law, Health Law, CONFERENCES | no comments

January 29th Colloquia/Workshops

January 29, 2009

Brooklyn Law

       Edward J. Janger (Brooklyn Law), Virtual Territoriality

Chicago Constitutional Law

       Theodore Ruger (Penn Law)

Columbia

       Robert Ferguson (Columbia Law), Invading Panama: The Power of Circumstance in the Rule of Law

Florida State      

       Amy Farmer (Arkansas Law), Strategic Bidding Investment and Investment in Final Offer

Miami

       Caroline Mala Corbin (Miami Law), The First Amendment Right Against Compelled Listening

Minnesota

       Leo Katz (Penn. Law), Why the Law Spruns Win-Win Transactions

North Carolina

       Devon W. Carbado (UCLA Law), After Obama: Three Post-Racial Challanges

Northwestern Law and Economics

       Robert Marquez (Arizona State Business) Stockholder Capitalism, Corporate Governance and Firm Value

Southwestern

       Carrie J. Menkel-Meadow (Georgetown Law)

Stanford Law and Economics

        JJ Prescott (Michigan Law), Do Sex Offender Registration and Notification Laws Affect Criminal Behavior

Stanford Health Law     

       Adam Kolber (San Diego Law), A Limited Defense  of Clinical Placebo Deception

Toronto Heath Law

       Martin Hevia and Joanna Erdman (Toronto Law), Denied Access to Medical Care as a Violation of the Rights Against Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment: A Case Study on Anencephalic Pregnancy

Yale Law and Economics

       Betsey Stevenson (Penn Business), The Paradox of Declining Female Hapiness

Posted by pittlegalscholarship on January 28th, 2009 | EVENTS, Law and Cyberspace, COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS, Law and Economics, Business Law, Constitutional Law, Health Law | no comments