Call for Papers: Law and Technolgy

Call for Papers:

The World Jurist Association is seeking articles of publishable quality in the field of law and technology for inclusion in a publication entitled Law/Technology. The journal has a readership in over 200 countries, including many of the major law libraries around the world. We publish 4 issues a year and are currently searching for articles for the 2010 publications.

We have a current issue which we need to fill immediately and therefore would consider articles that have been previously published but which are available for republication and would still be of interest to an international audience.

Contact Information:

For more information, contact Rachael Gubernick, intern, c/o Sona N. Pancholy, Executive Director, spancholy@worldjurist.org, (202) 466-5428.

http://www.worldjurist.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=48&Itemid=47

Call for Papers: Law and the Deaf / Hard-of-Hearing Communities

Call for Papers:

Josh Reece, Editor-in-Chief of the Valparaiso Law Review, writes to encourage submissions to his journal’s forthcoming issue that will be dedicated to Disability Law topics.  The primary focus of the issue will be on how the law relates to the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing communities.  Here’s a summary:

Our goal for putting together this issue is twofold.  First, research into current legal scholarship reflected a relatively minimal amount of writing dedicated to these communities.

There is no reason for this as the legal issues that affect the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community are intriguing and deserving of both practical and theoretical reflection.  Second, we would like this issue to serve as a sort of “sourcebook” for those who practice, write, and research in this area of the law.

Attached is a list of Suggested Topics that our Executive Board has worked hard to compile.  If you are interested in contributing to this issue, please browse through the list, select a topic (or even your own that you feel may be timely), and then submit an abstract of your contribution.  I would ask that all abstracts are submitted to me no later than Wednesday, June 30th.  Invitations to write will be sent out within the next week.

I realize that this is a rather short time to contemplate contributing an article to our Law Review.  However, the sooner we are able to reply with invitations, the longer you would have to research and write an article.  If you have a strong interest but cannot complete an abstract by the above date, please contact us and we will do our best to work with you.

The publication goal for this proposed Issue is currently March 2011.  In order to meet this date, all articles would have to be completed and sent in by October 8th.  While these dates have some flexibility, they are necessary to maintain the current publication schedule.

Contact Information:

Joshua.Reece@valpo.edu

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/laborprof_blog/

2011 Workshop on Women Rethinking Equality

Date(s) of Conference:

June 2011

Location:

Washington, D.C.

Description:

The Workshop will be held in June, 2011 in Washington, DC. It will appeal to a full range of teachers and scholars in all subject areas by creating opportunities for a rich dialogue about the meaning, contours, implications, and status of equality for women, with particular attention to women and gender in the setting of legal education. Conference sessions will focus on substantive law and scholarship, teaching concerns, and professional development issues. We welcome participation by all AALS members-and particularly all women-regardless of whether their scholarship focuses on gender.

Call for Papers:

Women write in all fields of law, yet women at all stages of their careers who write in male-dominated fields may have fewer opportunities to present and receive feedback on their work. The same is true of junior women scholars across all academic specialties. Additionally, female and male scholars in gender and feminist jurisprudence often find their work marginalized within traditional academic disciplines and institutions. This call for papers invites scholars from these categories to present their works-in-progress and to receive comments in small group sessions with assigned commentators. Because the goal is to give these scholars more exposure, no subject matter preferences govern this call. Full drafts or nearly completed drafts are encouraged, although these drafts may be rough.

Interested faculty should submit a précis of the paper she or he would like to present, along with her or his résumé. The précis should be no more than 2500 words. Please e-mail these materials to 11wwcfp@aals.org by July 31, 2010. We will notify selected authors by October 1, 2010.

Contact Information:

Please direct questions to Professor Kathryn Abrams, University of California, Berkeley Law at krabrams@law.berkeley.edu; Professor Serena Mayeri, University of Pennsylvania Law School at smayeri@law.upenn.edu; Professor Elizabeth Nowicki, Tulane University Law School at enowicki@tulane.edu; Professor Angela Onwuachi-Willig, University of Iowa College of Law at angela-onwuachi@uiowa.edu; Professor Lisa R. Pruitt, University of California, Davis, School of Law at lrpruitt@ucdavis.edu; or Professor Stephanie M. Wildman, Santa Clara University School of Law at swildman@scu.edu. 

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/family_law/

2010 Canadian Conference on Elder Law

Date(s) of Conference:

October 28-30, 2010

Location:

Delta Chelsea Hotel
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Description:

The Canadian Centre for Elder Law and the Law Commission of Ontario, with the support of the Advocacy Centre for the Elderly, is hosting the 5th annual Canadian (International) Conference on Elder Law in Toronto, Ontario.

The conference will bring together Canadian and international experts, academics, lawyers and advocates to promote and advance the discussion of elder law issues.

The theme of this year’s conference is “Developing an Anti-Ageist Approach to the Law”. The conference will explore issues of elder rights, ageism and the law, access to justice, and law reform for older persons. The Advocacy Centre for the Elderly, a pioneer in promoting and protecting access to justice for older persons, will bring its unique expertise and perspective to the conference, developing a stream of conference programming.

The conference pre-day for the World Study Group on Elder Law will be held on October 28th, and will provide an opportunity for scholars in this area to present research updates and new work in this important field.

Call for Papers:

The Canadian Centre for Elder Law and the Law Commission of Ontario welcome submissions for workshops, individual paper presentations and symposia/panel presentations for this year’s exciting conference. The call for abstracts deadline is June 30, 2010, but early expressions of interest are strongly recommended. Submissions will be adjudicated and notifications will be made no later than mid-July 2010.

We encourage submissions from law students, for a potential inclusion in a student panel.

Submissions should be sent to 2010CCEL@gmail.com. Electronic submissions are preferred; however, if you are unable to provide an electronic submission, you may fax your documents to 416-650-8418.

The deadline for submissions is June 30th.

For more information about the theme of the conference, recommended areas of discussion and submission requirements, please read the full brochure here.

Contact Information:

Lauren Bates
Staff Lawyer
Law Commission of Ontario
2010CCEL@gmail.com
(416) 650-8100
Toll-free 1-(866) 950-8406

http://www.bcli.org/ccel/events/2010/10/2010-canadian-international-conference-elder-law

Call for Papers: Hamline Journal of Public Law & Policy / Critical Legal Studies Group

Call for Papers:

The Journal of Public Law & Policy is dedicating its Fall 2010 issue to the March 12, 2010 Symposium — Opening Our Eyes to Health Disparities: A Look Through the Lens of Critical Race Theory. The Journal invites additional submissions for papers to be published in its Fall 2010 issue. Papers can address application of CRT generally, but preference will be given to papers that address the application of CRT to health law, healthcare determinants, healthcare policy, bioethics and/or access to healthcare. Articles need not originate at the conference.

Deadline for manuscript submissions: June 30, 2010.

Papers should be no more than 8000 words, not including notes, and accompanied by an abstract of no more than 200 words as well as author C.V.s/resumes. Bluebook formatting is preferred, but the Journal’s editorial staff is willing to work with authors outside of the legal field to put manuscripts into proper Bluebook format.

Inquiries and submissions should be sent to publiclaw@hamline.edu. When submitting a manuscript, be sure to include “Symposium Issue Manuscript Submission” in the subject line.

Contact Information:

(651) 523-2371
publiclaw@hamline.edu

http://legalscholarshipblog.com/2010/06/09/call-for-papers-critical-race-theory-and-health-care/#more-3878

First Annual Midwest Corporate Scholars Conference

Date(s) of Conference:

June 22, 2010

Location:

University of Cincinnati College of Law

Description:

This conference is aimed at corporate law professors in Ohio law schools and includes a number of presentations from Ohio law professors on a variety of topics related to corporate and securities law. 

Call for Papers:

If you would like to present a paper, contact Eric Chaffee (eric.chaffee@notes.udayton.edu).

Contact Information:

barbara.black@uc.edu

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/securities/

14th Biennial Conference of the Legal Writing Institute

Date(s) of Conference:

June 27-30, 2010

Location:

The Marco Island Marriott Beach Resort,
Marco Island, FL

Description:

The 2010 Conference will continue the LWI’s tradition of providing a collegial, collaborative environment for the sharing of ideas. Colleagues will have a chance to meet, reconnect, and discuss ideas about pedagogy, scholarship, and professional growth. In addition, the LWI is also reaching out to practicing lawyers, hoping to facilitate bridges between the teachers of good writing and the practitioners of good writing.

Contact Information:

For site questions, please contact Steve Johansen, Site Chair, at 503-768-6637 or tvj@lclark.edu.

For all other inquiries, including programming questions, contact the Conference Co-Chairs Ken Chestek at kchestek@iupui.edu, Conference and Program Committee co-chair Alison Julien at alison.julien@marquette.edu, or Program Commitee Co-Chair Joan Malmud at jrocklin@uoregon.edu.

27th Annual Carl A. Warns Jr. Labor and Employment Law Institute

Date(s) of Conference:

June 24-25, 2010

Location:

The Galt House
140 North 4th Street
Louisville, KY

Description:

William Gould, a Professor of Law at Stanford University and former Chair of the National Labor Relations Board, is the keynote speaker.  Mr. Gould is a prolific scholar of labor and discrimination law as well as a critically acclaimed author of nine books and more than sixty law review articles.

Featured topics include: Kentucky employment law cases, mediation tips, arbitration skills, ethics, health reform, and EEOC updates.

Contact Information:

Margaret Bratcher
502-852-1669

warnslaborlaw@louisville.edu

http://www.law.louisville.edu/2010WarnsInstitute

CITIZENS DIVIDED ON CITIZENS UNITED: CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM AND THE FIRST AMENDMENT

Date(s) of Conference:

October 22, 2010

Location:

Chapman University School of Law: 
Nexus Journal of Law and Policy   
Orange, CA

Description:
 
This symposium provides a great opportunity to explore and discuss the range of state and national issues that arise within the area of campaign finance from both a philosophical and pragmatic viewpoint. The deadline to file for candidacy has passed, the primary elections will take place in a few short months, and the highly anticipated mid-term elections will occur on the first Tuesday of November. All across the nation the stage has been set to witness the effects of Citizens United in vivid, high-definition. The symposium date of October 22, 2010 was carefully chosen to be both timely and significant as it is less than two weeks prior to the November 2, 2010 election. Rarely have we had the chance to observe the practical consequences of a Supreme Court decision with such intimacy and immediacy.
 
Campaign finance truly affects our system of government on its most basic levels. In 2006, candidates spent over $750 million for election to the House and $514 million for election to the Senate. In 2008, congressional campaign costs ran over $2 billion and the costs continue to rise.  What will we see in 2010? Citizens United marks a new paradigm. The most recent Supreme Court ruling challenges the way we balance the influence of money against the First Amendment in political campaigns. It brings to the forefront questions about the fundamental principles of democratic representation, our conception of political speech, and the rationalization of personifying business organizations. This symposium offers the opportunity to speak and publish on First Amendment jurisprudence as it sits on the precipice of fundamental change.

Call for Papers:

Interested authors and presenters should submit an abstract of not more than 250 words to: nexuslawjournal@gmail.com  by June 15, 2010. Authors and presenters will be informed by June 31, 2010 of the outcome of the initial review process.
 
Final papers will be due on October 22, 2010, however, some extensions may be granted. Accepted papers will be published in the Chapman University School of Law, Nexus Journal of Law and Policy in a special symposium issue, and authors will be expected to present at the symposium.
 
The Nexus Journal expects to be able to cover the cost of travel and accommodations to attend and present at the symposium.

Contact Information:

Kyle Worrell
Editor-in-Chief
Nexus Journal of Law and Policy
Email: worre100@mail.chapman.edu

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/firstamendment/

Bits without Borders: Law, Communications & Transnational Culture Flow in the Digital Age

Date(s) of Conference:

September 24-25, 2010

Location:

Michigan State University College of Law
East Lansing, Michigan

Description:

This conference examines the broad cross section of regulatory policies that affect transnational culture flows. From internet governance to intellectual property rights to cultural protectionism, we have inherited a patchwork of piecemeal, often contradictory policies, some squarely aimed at cross-border exchange, others with purely domestic motivations. We examine the choices that governments make in communications law and regulation to facilitate or thwart transnational flows of cultural expression across these legal domains. We hope to provoke insights that transcend these specific areas and to develop a common language by which scholars can identify core values, characterize recurring problems, evaluate tradeoffs, and contribute to more informed decisions.

Call for Papers:

We invite contributions from scholars working in both legal and non-legal disciplines on topics related to the conference themes. Possible subject-areas include:

Digital Communications
Internet governance
Internet filtering
Search Engine Regulation
International Trade
E-Commerce Regulation
Cultural Economics
Cultural Geography
Intellectual Property Rights
Traditional Knowledge/Folklore Protection
Human Rights/Constitutional Rights
Cybersecurity

We have a broad interdisciplinary and international line-up of committed participants. However, there is still space to accommodate a few more. Please send abstracts to the conference organizers, Sean Pager and Adam Candeub (Michigan State University College of Law) by June 25, 2010. Conference papers will be due in early September. Selected papers will also be considered for an edited collection. Further information can be found on our website: http://law.msu.edu/bits/

Contact Information:

Professor Adam Candeub
candeub@law.msu.edu

Professor Sean Pager
spager@law.msu.edu

http://law.msu.edu/bits/