Category Archives: Civil Rights Law

CFP: U.S. Feminist Judgments Project – Akron, OH

The University of Akron School of Law and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas – William S. Boyd School of Law invite papers for the U.S. Feminist Judgments Project conference…

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CFP: 2016 Chicago-Kent College of Law/Roy C. Palmer Civil Liberties Prize

Chicago-Kent College of Law invites submissions for the 2016 Roy C. Palmer Civil Liberties Prize. “The $10,000 prize is designed to encourage and reward public debate among scholars on current…

University of Alabama School of Law

Policing Post-Ferguson — Tuscaloosa, AL

The Alabama Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Law Review presents Redefining Clearly Established Rights after Ferguson: § 1983 Claims and Community Policing from Hope v. Pelzer to Kingsley v. Hendrickson…

Southeastern Association of Law Schools

Call for Participants: Fisher v. University of Texas and the Future of Affirmative Action – Amelia Island, FL

Professor Eang Ngov (Barry University Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law) is seeking participants to join a discussion group on Fisher v. University of Texas and the Future of Affirmative…

LatCrit: Latino & Latino Critical Legal Theory, Inc.

LatCrit — Leading from the South: Politics of Gender, Sex & Sexualities — Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Latina & Latino Critical Theory (LatCrit) and others present the South-North Exchange on Theory, Culture and Law (SNX), Leading from the South: Politics of Gender, Sex and Sexualities at Universidad…

NYU Law

Tyranny of the Algorithm? – New York City, NY

NYU Law hosts Tyranny of the Algorithm? Predictive analytics and Human Rights March 21-22, 2016. This conference will “consider the human rights implications of the varied uses of predictive analytics…

CFP: Transgender Studies Quarterly Special Issue: The Issue of Blackness

Transgender Studies Quarterly invites submissions for an upcoming special issue on The Issue of Blackness. “This special issue of TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly, titled “The Issue of Blackness,” explores and…

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Alabama Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Law Review Symposium – Tuscaloosa, AL

The Alabama Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Law Review at the University of Alabama School of Law holds its symposium April 1, 2016. For more information, contact civilrights[@]law.ua.edu.

University of Mississippi School of Law

CFP: Voting Rights Act – University, MS

The Mississippi Law Journal will host a symposium on the Voting Rights Act on Thursday and Friday, April 7th and 8th, 2016, at the University of Mississippi School of Law….

University of Wisconsin Law School

Casting Votes, Counting Votes for Election 2016: Democracy & Law in Action — Madison, WI

The Institute for Legal Studies at the University of Wisconsin School of Law presents Casting Votes, Counting Votes for Election 2016: Democracy and Law in Action April 1-2, 2016. Keynote…