Call for Papers: Conference on Law in Transition

The conference titled Law in transition – Interacting legal orders and changing actors will be held from September 28-29, 2017 in Denmark.  Conference organizers have issued a call for papers in relation to three different conference sessions: Session 1: Different legal orders and their interaction; Session 2: The changing role and nature of legal actors; and Session 3: Emerging approaches in legal research.

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Topics: Calls for Papers; Conferences & Symposia.

Call for Papers: Junior Faculty Forum for Law and STEM

Northwestern, Penn, and Stanford Law Schools announce the inaugural Junior Faculty Forum for Law and STEM, to be held at Penn Law from October 6-7, 2017.

The organizers invite papers from junior faculty on any topic related to the intersection of law and any STEM field, due June 9, 2017.

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Topics: Calls for Papers; Conferences & Symposium; Technology Trends.  

Call for Papers: What can Central and Eastern Europe learn from the development of Canada’s constitutional system?

Eötvös Loránd University Faculty of Law hosts “What can Central and Eastern Europe learn from the development of Canada’s constitutional system?” on June 28, 2017.

Papers are invited on the History and Evolution of the Constitution of Canada, the Influence Abroad of the Constitution of Canada on Constitutional Practice, and the Influence Abroad of the Constitution of Canada on Constitutional Culture.  Abstracts are due May 10, 2017.

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Topics: Calls for Papers; Constitutional Law.  

Call for Papers: The Journal of Law, Finance, and Accounting

The Journal of Law, Finance, and Accounting (JLFA) will hold its sixth conference, to be held at the London Business School, Sussex Place Regents Park, from November 17-18, 2017.

Organizers invite original, unpublished papers for presentation at the conference. Accepted papers will be eligible for expedited review and consideration for publication in JLFA.

The deadline for submission is July 3, 2017.

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Topics: Business Law; Calls for Papers; Conferences & Symposia. 

Call for Proposals: AALS Annual Meeting

The AALS Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research (LWRR) is seeking proposals for two sessions at the 2018 AALS Annual Meeting that is scheduled for January 3-6, 2018 in San Diego, California. Specifically, proposals are welcome on the following topics: (1)  Tips from the Trenches: Teaching Students to Help Social Justice Practitioners and (2) Designing Legal Writing Problems Incorporating “Access to Justice.”

Send proposals by 11:59 p.m. on May 26, 2017 to Lisa Mazzie, Program Committee Co-Chair, at lisa.mazzie@marquette.edu.  Use Microsoft Word or the equivalent, but do not use PDF.  Note that by submitting a proposal, you are agreeing that you will be able to attend AALS to present in person.

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Topics: Call for Proposals; Law & Public Policy; Legal Education. 

Conference: Schreber’s Law

Cardozo School of Law and School of Social Science, NYU Abu Dhabi present Schreber’s Law on Sunday, May 14, 2017 at Cardozo School of Law.

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Topics: Conferences & Symposia. 

Call for Proposals: The Global Water Crisis

Duquesne University  hosts the third annual interdisciplinary Integrity of Creation Conference, on the topic The Global Water Crisis on September 27 – 28, 2017.

The third annual conference in this scholarly series on the Integrity of Creation will focus on the Global Water Crisis. The conference presentations will address a variety of interdisciplinary perspectives including science, law & policy, ethics, and religion. This call for posters invites the submission of posters for presentation at the conference. Successful applicants also will be invited to write an essay based on the Poster for inclusion in the published Conference Proceedings.

Deadline for poster submissions is May 26, 2017.

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Topics: Call for Proposals; Conferences & Symposia; Environmental Law. 

Call for Papers: Eighth International Conference on The Constructed Environment

Wayne State University hosts the Eighth International Conference on The Constructed Environment from May 24-25, 2018. Papers are invited on design and planning processes, building processes, environmental impacts, and social impacts. “Founded in 2010, the conference is brought together by a common shared interest in human configurations of the environment and the interactions among the constructed, social, and natural environments.”

Submissions are due by May 24, 2017.

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Topics: Calls for Papers; Environmental Law; Law & Public Policy. 

Call for Papers: ClassCrits at Ten: Mobilizing for Resistance, Solidarity, and Justice

ClassCrits at Ten: Mobilizing for Resistance, Solidarity, and Justice will be held November 10-11, 2017, at Tulane University School of Law, New Orleans, Louisiana.  

We invite panel proposals, roundtable discussion proposals, paper presentations, poetry and fiction reading, and art that speak to this year’s theme, as well as to general ClassCrits themes.  We are also interested in receiving proposals from law clinicians who engage in activist lawyering as a core part of their curriculum design. Finally, we extend a special invitation to junior scholars (i.e., graduate students and non-tenured faculty members) to submit proposals for works in progress. At least one senior scholar, as well as other ClassCrits scholars, will provide feedback and detailed commentary upon each work in progress in a small, supportive working session at this year’s workshop.

Proposals (brief abstracts) are due by email to classcrits@gmail.com by June 1, 2017.

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Topics: Call for Proposals; Calls for Papers; Conferences & Symposia; Law & Public Policy.

Call for Papers: Judicial Reforms and Anti-Corruption Practices: Challenges, Prospects and Transfer of Experiences

The Faculty of Law and the Max van der Stoel Institute of the Southeast European University are hosting the First International Scientific Conference on Law and Social Sciences on the topic of “Judicial Reforms and Anti-Corruption Practices: Challenges, Prospects and Transfer of Experiences” on June 30, 2017 in Tetovo, Macedonia.

Abstracts are due May 10, 2017.

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Topics: Calls for Papers; Conferences & Symposia; Criminal Law.