Environmental Law Conference - Salt Lake City, UT
The ABA holds its 41st Annual Conference on Environmental Law on March 22-24, 2012.
Please contact yumeka.brown[at]americanbar.org for more information.
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International Climate Change and Renewable Energy Conference – Madison, WI
The University of Wisconsin Law School Global Legal Studies Center and International Law Journal will be holding their Annual Symposium on March, 23, 2012. The symposium, Renewable Energy & Climate Change: Opportunities & Challenges, will highlight a number of the opportunities and challenges encountered in the development of renewable energies
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Pooled Knowledge Resources - Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
The International Association for the Study of the Commons presents the 1st Thematic Conference on the Knowledge Commons, Governing Pooled Knowledge Resources: Building Institutions for Sustainable Scientific, Cultural and Genetic Resources Commons, Sept. 12-14, 2012 at Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve , Belgium. The call for papers deadline is Jan. 15, 2012.
There will be six tracks for abstract submissions:
- Track 1 on “Scientific Research and Innovation Commons”
- Track 2 on “Digital Information Commons”
- Track 3 on “Historical experience of the knowledge commons”
- Track 4 on “Genetic Resource Commons”
- Track 5 on “Cultural Commons”
- Cross-cutting conference track 6 on climate change
The 1st Global Thematic IASC Conference on the Knowledge Commons aims to bring together leading people from a number of international scientific research communities, social science researchers, practitioners and policy analysts, to discuss the rationale and practical feasibility of institutional arrangements designed to emulate key public domain conditions for collaborative research.
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Call for Papers: Changing Faces in Legal Thinking: Revisiting Legal Methodologies - Ithaca, NY
The graduate students at Cornell University Law School will be hosting the Eighth Cornell Law School Inter-University Graduate Student Conference April 13 & 14th, 2012 in Ithaca, NY. The theme of the conference will be “Changing Faces in Legal Thinking: Revisiting
Legal Methodologies.” The hosts invite graduate students, particularly from JSD, SJD, & PhD programs to submit papers in areas of legal scholarship. The call for papers deadline is Jan. 6, 2012.
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Call for Papers: Race, Ethnicity, and Appalachia
Race/Ethnicity: Multidisciplinary Global Contexts seeks submissions for Volume 6, Number 1 (Autumn 2012): Race, Ethnicity, and Appalachia. Papers must be received by January 15, 2012.
We invite papers that consider the following questions.
- What are the political and ideological implications of the gap between the demographic realities of Appalachia and outsiders’ perceptions of those same demographics? . . .
- As the touchstone of many of the “white poverty” stories we tell ourselves, it’s important to consider the particular metaphorical space Appalachia occupies within these stories. . . . What lessons about race, culture, and class should we be drawing . . .?
- The plight of Appalachia’s natural resources defines Appalachian studies and politics. . . . How do these [boom and bust] cycles influence cultural and political realities? What kinds of interventions by activists and practitioners do the misuses of natural resources demand? . . .
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Environmentalism & Corporate Responsibility, Social Justice, Local Initiatives - South Royalton, VT
The Vermont Journal of Environmental Law holds its annual symposium April 20, 2012. The symposium is entitled “Finding Common Ground: Bridging the Gap Between Environmentalism and Corporate Responsibility, Social Justice, and Local Initiatives.” The editors seek legal scholarship concerning:
- Corporate Responsibility and Environmentalism
- Social Justice and Environmentalism
- Local Initiatives and Environmentalism
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Conference on Renewable Energy Law - Brussels, Belgium
The Renewable Energy Law & Policy Review will be hosting Conference on Renewable Energy Law 2012: Market Design and System Transofrmation for a Renewable Energy Future at the Club of the University Foundation in Brussels, Belgium on March 8, 2012.
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Searle Center Conference on Federalism & Energy - Chicago, IL
The Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth of the Northwestern University School of Law will host the Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth Conference on Federalism and Energy in the United States in Chicago, IL March 1-2, 2012.
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California Water Law Symposium - Berkeley, CA
The UC Berkeley School of Law will be hosting the 2012 California Water Law Symposium on Jan. 21, 2012. The theme of the symposium is “Water and Growth: The Imperative for Sustainable Approaches to Uncertainty.”
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Call for Papers: Stanford, Yale, and Harvard Junior Faculty Forum - Cambridge, MA
Stanford, Yale, and Harvard Law Schools announce the Junior Faculty Forum (the successor to the Stanford/Yale Junior Faculty Forum that has convened for the past twelve years) to be held at Harvard Law School on June 1-2, 2012, and seek submissions for this meeting.
The Forum’s objective is to encourage the work of young scholars by providing experience in the pursuit of scholarship and the nature of the scholarly exchange. Meetings are held each spring, alternating between Yale, Stanford, and Harvard.
Paper submissions for the Forum should be sent to Ms. Kaitlin Burroughs at Harvard Law School (1525 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138). Electronic submissions should be sent to kburroughs[at]law.harvard.edu. The deadline for submission is February 15, 2012. Please note on the cover letter which topic your paper falls under.
Inquiries concerning the Forum should be sent to Adriaan Lanni (adlanni[at]law.harvard.edu) or Gabriella Blum (gblum[at]law.harvard.edu) at Harvard Law School, Joseph Bankman at Stanford Law School (jbankman[at]stanford.edu), or Ian Ayres at Yale Law School (ian.ayres[at]yale.edu)
The focus of this year’s session will be public law and the humanities. The topics to be addressed are:
Administrative Law
Constitutional Law
Criminal Law
Employment Law, Social Welfare Policy, and Anti-Discrimination Law
Environmental Law
Family Law
Jurisprudence and Philosophy
Law and Humanities (including Law and Literature, Critical Legal Studies, and Gender Studies)
Legal History
Public International Law
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Challenges of International Environmental Law Conference - Ljubljana, Slovenia
The University of Ljubljana Faculty of Law invites abstract submissions for a two day conference entitled Contemporary Challenges of International Environmental Law. This is an opportunity for legal scholars to engage in an interdisciplinary academic debate with other invited scientists involved in environmental protection. For more information, please email Maša Kovič Dine at masa.kovic-dine[at]pf.uni-lj.si. The conference will be held in Ljubljana, Slovenia on June 21-22, 2012. The deadline for submission of abstracts is Saturday, November 11, 2011. mf
Innovative Climate Policies for California’s Local Governments - Berkeley, CA
The Business and Climate Change Research Initiative (a project of UC Berkeley and UCLA Schools of Law) presents Local, Clean, and Green: Innovative Climate Policies for California’s Local Governments, Dec. 2, 2011, at Berkeley.
Innovative Climate Policies for California’s Local Governments - Berkeley, CA
The Business and Climate Change Research Initiative (a project of UC Berkeley and UCLA Schools of Law) presents Local, Clean, and Green: Innovative Climate Policies for California’s Local Governments, Dec. 2, 2011, at Berkeley. mw
Ass’n for Law, Property and Society - Washington, DC
The Association for Law, Property and Society (ALPS) holds its 3rd Annual Meeting March 2-3, 2012, at Georgetown Law. The meeting is cosponsored by Syracuse University College of Law.
The call for papers is broad, covering indigenous rights, climate change, intellectual property, and more. It does not appear to have a deadline. “All papers submitted for the conference will be eligible for consideration for publication in a “themed” book to be edited as a part of the series on Law, Property, and Society published by Ashgate Publishing.”
Registration opened Sept. 1, 2011, and closes Jan. 20, 2012.
Hat tip: Faculty Law Conference Updates. mw
Coastal Land Loss - Gulf Coast & Beyond - Baton Rouge, LA
The Louisiana Law Review announces its 2012 symposium, Coastal Land Loss in the Gulf Coast and Beyond, scheduled for March 23, 2012. The submission deadline (abstracts) is Oct. 9, 2011. mw
Nuclear Law - New Delhi, India
Nuclear Law Association (NLA) of India, an organization established to discuss issues related to the peaceful uses of nuclear energy in India, will hold its 1st Annual Conference Feb. 17-18, 2012, in New Delhi. There are several opportunities for the faculty and for students to participate. The call for papers deadline (abstracts) is Sept. 30, 2011. mw
Coastal Climate Change Adaptation in Connecticut - Hartford, CT
The Sea Grant Law and Policy Journal (National Sea Grant Law Center, University of Mississippi) and Connecticut Sea Grant present Legal Solutions to Coastal Climate Change Adaptation in Connecticut Feb. 10, 2012, at the University of Connecticut School of Law. The deadline for submitting abstracts is Sept. 30, 2011. mw
CCIL 40th Annual Conference - Culture and Innovation in International Law - Ottawa, Canada
The Canadian Council on International Law will host its 40th Annual Conference on Culture and Innovation in International Law Nov. 3-5, 2011, in Ottawa, Canada. sr
America’s Energy Plan - Houston, TX
The Thurgood Marshall Law Review (Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law) invites participation from scholars, researchers, and practitioners in its Symposium: America’s Energy Plan: From Dinosaurs to the Next Generation—Evolution or Extinction. Accepted papers will be published in the spring 2012 issue. The date for the symposium has not been set. Abstracts are due Sept. 1, 2011. Jump to full post
Call for Papers: Transnational Environmental Law
Transnational Environmental Law (TEL) is a new journal published by Cambridge University Press, under the editorship of Thijs Etty and Veerle Heyvaert. The online version of the inaugural issue will go live at the end of 2011, followed by its publication in print in Spring 2012. Jump to full post
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