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Global Legal Skills V - Monterrey, Mexico

September 25, 2009

The Global Legal Skills Conference V will take place  at Facultad Libre de Derecho de Monterrey Feb. 25-27, 2010.

The Global Legal Skills Conference focuses on international legal education and essential skills, including legal writing, legal research, legal reasoning, legal English, translations and advocacy skills. Additional topics include creating appropriate materials and assignments, cross-cultural and intercultural issues, classroom teaching, clinical legal education, academic support, international legal exchanges and related fields.

Most panel presentations will be in English. Spanish language presentations are welcome, encouraged and actively solicited. Where one of the panels is in Spanish, there will be at least one concurrent panel in English.

The organizers seek proposals for individual presentations (15 min.) and panels (60 min.). The submission deadline is Sept. 25, 2009. The proposal form is here.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on September 21st, 2009 | EVENTS | no comments

Global Legal Skills V - Monterrey, Mexico

February 25, 2010toFebruary 27, 2010

The Global Legal Skills Conference V will take place  at Facultad Libre de Derecho de Monterrey Feb. 25-27, 2010.

The Global Legal Skills Conference focuses on international legal education and essential skills, including legal writing, legal research, legal reasoning, legal English, translations and advocacy skills. Additional topics include creating appropriate materials and assignments, cross-cultural and intercultural issues, classroom teaching, clinical legal education, academic support, international legal exchanges and related fields.

Most panel presentations will be in English. Spanish language presentations are welcome, encouraged and actively solicited. Where one of the panels is in Spanish, there will be at least one concurrent panel in English.

The organizers seek proposals for individual presentations (15 min.) and panels (60 min.). The submission deadline is Sept. 25, 2009. The proposal form is here.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on September 21st, 2009 | EVENTS | no comments

Global Legal Skills V - Monterrey, Mexico

The Global Legal Skills Conference V will take place  at Facultad Libre de Derecho de Monterrey Feb. 25-27, 2010.

The Global Legal Skills Conference focuses on international legal education and essential skills, including legal writing, legal research, legal reasoning, legal English, translations and advocacy skills. Additional topics include creating appropriate materials and assignments, cross-cultural and intercultural issues, classroom teaching, clinical legal education, academic support, international legal exchanges and related fields.

Most panel presentations will be in English. Spanish language presentations are welcome, encouraged and actively solicited. Where one of the panels is in Spanish, there will be at least one concurrent panel in English.

The organizers seek proposals for individual presentations (15 min.) and panels (60 min.). The submission deadline is Sept. 25, 2009. The proposal form is here.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on September 21st, 2009 | Comparative Law, Legal Research & Writing, Legal Education, International Law, CONFERENCES | no comments

Call for Papers Deadline: Estate Planning: Moral, Religious, and Ethical Perspectives - Omaha, NE

December 15, 2009

ESTATE PLANNING: MORAL, RELIGIOUS, AND ETHICAL PERSPECTIVES
The Creighton Law Review announces the third annual multidisciplinary symposium on Friday, April 16, 2010, at Creighton University School of Law in Omaha, Nebraska. The Law Review is soliciting papers to be presented at the symposium, which will explore the theme of moral, religious, and ethical perspectives in estate planning, including issues affecting wills, trusts, estates, and taxation. Authors from legal or social science perspectives are invited to submit papers for discussion at the symposium.

Interested authors must submit their papers to the Law Review by December 15, 2009. Jump to full post

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Estate Planning: Moral, Religious, and Ethical Perspectives - Omaha, NE

April 16, 2010

ESTATE PLANNING: MORAL, RELIGIOUS, AND ETHICAL PERSPECTIVES
The Creighton  Law Review announces the third annual multidisciplinary symposium on Friday, April 16, 2010, at Creighton University School of Law in Omaha, Nebraska. The Law Review is soliciting papers to be presented at the symposium, which will explore the theme of moral, religious, and ethical perspectives in estate planning, including issues affecting wills, trusts, estates, and taxation. Authors from legal or social science perspectives are invited to submit papers for discussion at the symposium.

Interested authors must submit their papers to the Law Review by December 15, 2009. Jump to full post

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on September 21st, 2009 | EVENTS | no comments

Estate Planning: Moral, Religious, and Ethical Perspectives - Omaha, NE

ESTATE PLANNING: MORAL, RELIGIOUS, AND ETHICAL PERSPECTIVES
The Creighton Law Review announces the third annual multidisciplinary symposium on Friday, April 16, 2010, at Creighton University School of Law in Omaha, Nebraska. The Law Review is soliciting papers to be presented at the symposium, which will explore the theme of moral, religious, and ethical perspectives in estate planning, including issues affecting wills, trusts, estates, and taxation. Authors from legal or social science perspectives are invited to submit papers for discussion at the symposium.

Interested authors must submit their papers to the Law Review by December 15, 2009. Jump to full post

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on September 21st, 2009 | Law and Religion, Estate Planning, Law and Society, CALLS FOR PAPERS, Tax Law, CONFERENCES | no comments

Call for Papers - Journal of International Law and International Relations

September 21, 2009

The University of Toronto Law School’s Journal of International Law and International Relations (JILIR) invites submissions from scholars of both International Law and International Relations for its Fall 2009 issue. The JILIR is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal that seeks to develop interdisciplinary discourse at the nexus of two dynamic and relevant disciplines.

A joint venture of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and the Munk Centre for International Studies, the Journal’s advisory board is composed of scholars from both International Law and International Relations, including Kenneth Abbott, Jose Alvarez, Upendra Baxi, Laurence Boisson de Chazournes, Jutta Brunnée, Michael Byers, Martha Finnemore, Robert Keohane, Benedict Kingsbury, Karen Knop, Martti Koskenniemi, Stephen Krasner, Friedrich Kratochwil, Oona Hathaway, Réné Provost, Philippe Sands, Shirley Scott, Gerry Simpson, Janice Gross Stein, Stephen Toope, and Rob Walker.

The JILIR recently celebrated its fifth anniversary with an issue guest-edited by Antje Wiener, and with a thematic issue focused on secession. The Journal is now returning to its general mandate, and is welcoming submissions on the wide variety of topics located in the intellectual space jointly occupied by International Law and International Relations.

Please send submissions via e-mail to submissions@jilir.org as attachments in Microsoft Word or Rich Text format. Please include the author’s full contact information (name, institutional affiliation, mailing address, telephone number(s), and e-mail address) in the body of the e-mail.

The deadline for submissions is September 21, 2009.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on August 10th, 2009 | EVENTS | no comments

Call for Papers - St. Mary’s Law Journal

August 20, 2009
September 21, 2009
February 8, 2010
12:00 am

The editorial board of St. Mary’s Law Journal requests submissions for publication in Volume 41, Issue 2 (to be published in November 2009); Volume 41, Issue 3 (tentatively scheduled for publication in April 2010); Volume 41, Issue 4 (tentatively scheduled for publication in May or June 2010); and Volume 42, Issue 1 (tentatively scheduled for publication in November 2010).

The Journal strives to publish articles on a broad range of topics that are timely and useful to Texas practitioners—especially those relating to procedural issues. In addition, Issue 4 specifically addresses issues relating to professional responsibility and legal malpractice.

If you have an article you would like to have considered for publication in Volume 41, Issue 2, please submit a completed draft of the article by Thursday, August 20, 2009. If you have an article or article topic you would like to have considered for possible publication in Volume 41, Issue 3 or 4, please submit by Monday, September 21, 2009, either (1) an abstract describing the topic to be covered, or (2) a draft of the article. Submissions received after the deadline will be considered, if space permits. For an article to be considered for Volume 42, Issue 1, the editors would appreciate an abstract or draft received by Monday, February 8, 2010.

The final, completed version of any articles selected for publication in Volume 41, Issues 3 and 4 must be completed by January 4, 2010; the final, completed version of articles for Volume 42, Issue 1 must be completed by June 1, 2010. Intermediate deadlines for article drafts will be tailored as necessary.

For further submission guidelines and contact information, please visit the Journal’s submission page.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on August 9th, 2009 | EVENTS | no comments