The Center for the Study of Law, Politics & Economics at Emory University, in conjunction with the Halle Institute, will host the Second Annual Conference on Institutions and Law-Making on February 24-25. Please RSVP by February 5, 2012 to cslpe[at]emory.edu (conference RSVP in the subject line). mm
The Global Science and Technology Forum (GSTF) presents the Annual International Conference on Law, Regulations and Public Policy (LRPP 2012) July 9-10, 2012, in Singapore. Papers are due March 9, 2012. mw
The Ronald Coase Institute’s Beijing Workshop on Institutional Analysis will be held May 20-26, 2012 in Beijing, China. The workshop, which is co-sponsored with the Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management, is an opportunity for early-career post-doctoral social scientists and advanced graduate students to present their research and interact with leading scholars in new institutional economics. To attend the workshop E-mail a 1-page abstract - 350 words maximum - of a current research project of yours, plus a 1-page curriculum vitae, to workshop2012bj[at]coase.org. Do this before the deadline: January 20, 2012.
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Emory University School of Law presents Privatization and Social Responsibility Feb. 17-18, 2012. The call for papers deadline was yesterday, Dec. 8, 2011.
This workshop explores from a cross-cultural perspective how privatization impacts contemporary feminist and social justice approaches to public responsibility. Feminisms have long problematized divisions between the private and the political, partly in reaction to the unprecedented privatization of state responsibilities and public welfare over the past 30 years. Recent critical legal scholarship on vulnerability, state negligence, and resilience can complicate and deepen our understanding of the problems generated by privatization in the 21st century.
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Race/Ethnicity: Multidisciplinary Global Contexts encourages and welcomes contributions by scholars, researchers, grassroots activists, policy advocates, and organizations. The deadline for an upcoming issue on Grassroots Politics in the Postcolony is Sept. 15, 2012. Jump to full post
The Texas Hispanic Journal of Law and Policy of the University of Texas School of Law is currently seeking submissions of articles for Volume 18 of their journal, scheduled for publication in Spring 2012. The call for papers deadline is Jan. 8, 2012. Articles should be submitted electronically to Submissions Editor, Monica Ochoa at thjlp[at]law.utexas.edu. Authors are highly encouraged to submit a CV along with their academic article.
The Texas Hispanic Journal of Law and Policy is an academic publication that aspires to be a forum for issues relevant to Latino legal, political and social issues.The Journal invites ideas and points of views from within and from outside the legal community, as viewed by Latinos and non-Latinos.
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The Chapman University School of Law: Chapman Law Review will be hosting a symposium Jan. 26-27, 2012 entitled “The 40th Anniversary of Watergate: A Commemoration of the Rule of Law.” Abstracts and proposals for panel presentations on issues related to this topic, as well as author’s resume, should be submitted to: Whitney Stefko, Senior Symposium Editor, Chapman Law Review, stefk100[at]mail.chapman.edu. The call for papers deadline is Dec. 15, 2011.
This Symposium affords an excellent opportunity to remember the events of Watergate and the aftermath of those events. Alongside a discussion of the legacy of Watergate institutional and legislative reform, the symposium also provides a platform to discuss the notions of justice, procedural consequences of prosecuting government officials, the freedom of press and legal ethics.
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The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology and Bioethics at Harvard Law School is pleased to announce plans for our annual conference, this year entitled: “The Future of Human Subjects Research Regulation” The one and a half day event will take place Friday, May 18 and Saturday May 19, 2012 at Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
If you are interested in participating please reply to petrie-flom[at]law.harvard.edu as soon as possible, but not later than November 25, 2011, and include a brief, single-paragraph description of your proposal for presentation. Full abstracts will be due by January 6, 2012, and final submissions will be due after Spring Break, closer to the date of the event.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently released an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM), titled “Human Subjects Research Protections: Enhancing Protections for Research Subjects and Reducing Burden, Delay, and Ambiguity for Investigators,” which proposes to substantially amend the Common Rule for the first time in twenty years. This development, as well as attention by the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, suggests we are at a moment when the regulation of human subjects research is ripe for re-thinking. This conference is meant to gather leading experts from the U.S. and across the globe to assist in that endeavor.
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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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The Federalist Society holds its National Lawyers Convention Nov. 10-12, 2012, in Washington. The theme is The Constitution of Small Government? mw
The Law and Society Association and the Research Committee on Sociology of Law (International Sociological Association) invite papers for their joint annual meeting in Honolulu, HI June 5-8, 2012. The theme of the meeting is “Sociolegal Conversations Across a Sea of Islands” although other law & society topics are welcome. The call for papers deadline is Dec. 6, 2011.
In addition, the tax section of the meeting has a call for papers deadline of Nov. 29, 2011.
The Law Review for the University of the District of Columbia School of Law will be hosting a symposium on System Change & Clinical Legal Education on Jan. 9, 2012, the day after the AALS conference, in Washington, D.C. Details are to come. nh
Berkeley Law hosts Making Cents: Forging a New California in a Time of Crisis Oct. 22, 2011. mw
The Center on Applied Feminism at the University of Baltimore School of Law seeks submissions for its Fifth Annual Feminist Legal Theory Conference, to be held March 1 and 2, 2012. This year’s theme is Applied Feminism and Democracy. Paper proposals are due by Oct. 14, 2011. Details available on IntLawGrrls. nh
The University of Chicago Press is pleased to announce the launch of American Political Thought in association with the Notre Dame Program in Constitutional Studies and the Jack Miller Center for Teaching America’s Founding Principles and History, a non-profit foundation. Submissions are currently being considered for its inaugural year. The call for papers is here. It does not list a deadline.
Interdisciplinary in scope, APT bridges the gap between historical, empirical, and theoretical, and is the only journal dedicated exclusively to the study of American political thought. APT will feature research by political scientists, historians, literary scholars, economists, and philosophers who study the texts, authors, and ideas at the foundation of the American political tradition. Scholars from all related disciplines are encouraged to submit papers.The editors are seeking papers that will explore key political concepts such as democracy, constitutionalism, equality, liberty, citizenship, political identity, the role of the state, and classic thinkers in the American tradition.
Hat tip: Legal History Blog. mw
Georgetown Law presents Context and Consequences: The Hill-Thomas Hearings 20 Years Later Oct. 6, 2011. mw
The ClassCrits Project, American University, Washington College of Law, and the UC Davis School of Law present ClassCrits IV: Criminalizing Economic Inequality Sept. 23-24, 2011. mw
The Journal of International Women’s Studies presents Gender and Political Transformation in Societies at War, June 4-5, 2012, at Bridgewater State University. Submissions are due Jan. 1, 2012. mw
The Journal of International Women’s Studies seeks papers on Arab Women, Revolution, and Democratization in the Arab World. Submissions are due Jan. 31, 2012. mw
The Saltman Center for Conflict Resolution (UNLV Law) presents Democracy and the Workplace Feb. 24-25, 2012. The deadline for submitting abstracts is Sept. 30, 2012. The call for papers is here. mw
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