Category Archives: Public Interest Law

Civil Right to Counsel 50 Years After Gideon — Washington, DC

The University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law seeks submissions for its 2013 Annual Law Review Symposium, Expanding the Civil Right to Counsel: 50 Years…

Corporations Promoting the Public Good — San Francisco, CA

The Hastings Business Law Journal hosted Incorporating Change: How Social Benefit Legislation is Reshaping the Corporate Outlook Oct. 19, 2012. The symposium explored the new legislation recently passed in California…

Access to Justice — Alexandria, Egypt

The Alexandria University Faculty of Law and the Protection Project at The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies invite scholars and professionals to submit proposals for the fifth…

Public Interest Lawyering — Lexington, KY

The University of Kentucky College of Law presented Lawyering in the Public Interest: The 2012 Lassiter Conference Sept. 12, 2012.

September 11, 2012 Colloquia/Workshops

Chicago Law Public Law and Legal Theory Workshop – Darrell A.H. Miller(Cincinnati Law) Cleveland State Law Cesar Garcia (Capital Law) presents Padilla’s Two-Tiered Duty is Strickland-lite for Noncitizens – paper…

Call for Papers — AALS 2013 — “The Debt Crisis and the National Response: Big Changes or Tinkering at the Edges?” Deadline Extended

The AALS sections on Poverty Law and Clinical Legal Education will sponsor a joint program, The Debt Crisis and the National Response: Big Changes or Tinkering at the Edges?, Jan….

SALT Teaching Conference — Baltimore, MD

The University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law hosts the Society of American Law Teachers (SALT) Teaching Conference Oct. 5-6, 2012. The theme is Teaching Social Justice, >Expanding Access…

LatCrit-SALT Junior Faculty Development Workshop — Baltimore, MD

The University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law will host the Tenth Annual LatCrit-SALT Junior Faculty Development Workshop (FDW) Oct. 4-5, 2012. LatCrit, Inc. and the Society of…

Equal Justice Conference – Jacksonville, FL

The American Bar Association and the National Legal Aid & Defender Association present the Equal Justice Conference  May 17-19, 2012. The Self-Represented Litigation Network presents a pre-conference on May 16. Details…

Call for Papers: Journal of Affordable Housing & Community Development Law

The Journal of Affordable Housing & Community Development Law, is currently seeking submissions from students, professors, and practitioners. The Journal publishes full-length articles, book reviews, and shorter commentaries on a…