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Practicing Animal Law - Baltimore, MD

The Animal Law Section of the Maryland State Bar Association presents the Third Annual MSBA Animal Law Symposium, Practicing Animal Law, March 30, 2012, in Baltimore. This Symposium will focus on
legal, legislative, and policy issues in practicing animal law.

For more information about the conference, including but not limited to sponsorship opportunities, please consult animalsymposium.com (the site currently has information about the 2011 conference but should be updated soon), or contact Stacey Evans at (410) 440-6655 or via e-mail at evanssm@live.com or Gary Norman at (410) 241-6745 or via e-mail at GLNorman15@hotmail.com.
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Posted by uwlegalscholarship on December 27th, 2011 | Animal Law, CONFERENCES | no comments

Global Food Law & Policy - Lake Como, Italy

Lexxion—the publisher of the European Food and Feed Law Review (EFFL) as well as of the European Journal of Risk Regulation (EJRR)—presents the 3rd Summer Academy on Global Food Law & Policy July 25-29, 2011. Location: Villa La Collina/Accademia Konrad Adenauer, Cadenabbia, Lake Como, Italy.    mw

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on March 28th, 2011 | Animal Law, Agricultural Law, International Law, Health Law, CONFERENCES | no comments

Animals in Law, Legislation, and Policy - Baltimore, MD

The Animal Law Section of the Maryland State Bar Association presents Bridges to a Better Civil Society: Animals in Law, Legislation, & Policy on April 11, 2011, at the historic West Minster Church in Baltimore and at the Maryland State Bar Association headquarters. (Note that this is a decommissioned church, and is a renovated conference space contained within a historic location). Registration is $15.

Proposals may be submitted to Joshua L. Friedman (jterpslaw [at] gmail.com) by Jan. 20, 2011.

For more information about the conference, including but not limited to sponsorship opportunities, please consult animalsymposium.com or contact Gary C. Norman, (410) 241-6745, GLNorman15 [at] hotmail.com. (The site currently has information about past animal law conferences; watch for postings about the upcoming conference.)

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on October 19th, 2010 | Animal Law, CALLS FOR PAPERS, CONFERENCES | no comments

Animal Law - Portland, OR

Lewis & Clark Law School hosts the 18th Annual Animal Law Conference, Animals in Crisis: Using The Laws We Have, Getting The Laws We Need, Oct. 15-17, 2010. Topics include animals in the wake of the oil spill and other disasters, climate change, and agriculture.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on August 10th, 2010 | Animal Law, Agricultural Law, Environmental Law, CONFERENCES | no comments

Evolution of Property Rights - Cambridge, MA

The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy presents Evolution of Property Rights Related to Land and Natural Resources Sept. 20-21, 2010, in Cambridge, MA (Charles Hotel).

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Posted by uwlegalscholarship on July 19th, 2010 | Animal Law, Environmental Law, CONFERENCES, Property Law | no comments

Call for Posters - AALS Annual Meeting - San Francisco

Faculty members of AALS member and fee-paid law schools are invited to submit a proposal of a poster presentation for the 2011 AALS Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California (January 5-8, 2011). Details here

Please send your proposal by e-mail to sections [at] aals.org by September 3, 2010. The proposal should state your name, the name of your law school, the Section for which you are submitting, a title of the poster, a description of what you will be presenting and an actual electronic copy of the poster itself. Your proposal will be sent to the Section Chair and Chair-elect and they will review and select the posters that will be presented as the Section’s posters at the 2011 AALS Annual Meeting. This is an opportunity to share your work with the larger academic community.   If your Section is not sponsoring posters, you may still submit a poster proposal; the AALS Committee on Sections and Annual Meeting will review it.  AALS will notify all posters proposers by October 15, 2010 of the section’s decision.

The following AALS Sections are seeking proposals from individuals for poster presentations for the 2011 AALS Annual Meeting: 

  • Academic Support
  • Animal Law
  • Balance in Legal Education
  • Children and the Law
  • Clinical Legal Education
  • Family & Juvenile Law
  • International Human Rights
  • International Law
  • Law, Medicine and Health Care
  • Legal Writing, Reasoning and Research
  • Minority Groups
  • Pro Bono & Public Service Opportunities
  • State and Local Government Law
  • Teaching Methods
  • Trusts & Estates

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Posted by uwlegalscholarship on June 29th, 2010 | Local Government Law, Estate Planning, Human Rights Law, Public Interest Law, Animal Law, Law and Race, Clinics, Family Law, Health Law, International Law, Legal Education, CALLS FOR PAPERS, CONFERENCES | no comments

Future of Animal Law - Cambridge, MA

The Animal Legal Defense Fund’s “Future of Animal Law” conference will be held at Harvard Law School April 9-11, 2010. mw

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on December 23rd, 2009 | Animal Law, Agricultural Law, Jurisprudence, Health Law, 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