Category Archives: Law and Race

2011 Joint SE/SW & Mid-West People of Color Legal Scholarship Conf – Fort Lauderdale, FL

Nova Southeastern University School of Law will host the Joint 2011 Southeast/Southwest and Mid-West People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference Mar. 31-Apr. 3, 2011 in Ft. Lauderdale, Fl. The theme…

Race and Sovereignty – Los Angeles, CA

UCLA School of Law presents the 5th Annual Critical Race Studies Symposium, Race & Sovereignty, March 31 – April 2, 2011. This symposium proposes . . . to examine how…

Call for Papers: Land Ownership and Tenure, Developing Countries

Race/Ethnicity: Multidisciplinary Global Contexts seeks submissions for an issue (Spring 2012) on “Land Ownership and Tenure.” The submission deadline is Sept. 15, 2011. UN-Habitat, The United Nations Human Settlements Programme,…

Structural Racism: Inequality in America Today – Lexington, KY

The University of Kentucky College of Law presents The Inaugural James and Mary Lassiter Conference, Structural Racism: Inequality in America Today, Feb. 25, 2011. Whenever we see disparate racial outcomes…

Diversity in Plural Societies – Hong Kong

The Centre for Comparative and Public Law, University of Hong Kong, presents Recognition and the Politics of Identity and Inclusion in the 21st Century: Managing Diversity in Plural Societies, April…

AALS: Women, Curriculum, Clinics, Legal Writing, New Teachers, People of Color

The AALS annual meeting wrapped up today. Watch for these mid-year meetings: 2011 Mid-Year Meeting – June 11-17, 2011, Seattle, WA Workshop on Curriculum – June 11-14, 2011 Conference on…

Call for Papers: Generations of Feminism

Third Space: A Journal of Feminism and Culture seeks submissions for a special issue on Generations of Feminism. We welcome submissions from a wide range of disciplinary and geographical perspectives. Submissions…

Slavery and the University – Atlanta, GA

Emory University‘s Transforming Community Project presents Slavery and the University: History and Legacies Feb. 3-6, 2011. The impact of the African slave trade and the enslavement of people of African descent…

Sexual and Reproductive Rights – Cambridge, MA

The Harvard Journal of Law and Gender presents its symposium, Sexual and Reproductive Rights: Barriers to Access, Roadmaps to Fulfillment, on Friday, March 4, 2011. This symposium will feature current…

Minorities in Family Law; Social Change, Empowerment – San Antonio, TX

The Scholar: St. Mary’s Law Review on Minority Issues presents its 2011 Symposium, Minorities in Family Law: Family Law as an Agent of Social Change and Empowerment for Minorities in…