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. 

Symposium: The Challenge of Crime in a Free Society: 50 Years Later

The George Washington Law Review, along with co-sponsor Dean Roger Fairfax of The George Washington University Law School, announces its Fall 2017 Symposium, The Challenge of Crime in a Free Society: 50 Years Later, which will take place October 26–27, 2017.

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Topics: Conferences & Symposia; Criminal Law. 

Call for Papers: State Crime and Colonialism

The editors of State Crime (Journal of the International State Crime Initiative) invite papers for a special issue on State Crime and Colonialism (v. 7, no. 2, Nov. 2018). Submissions are due by September 30, 2017.

This special issue seeks to explore the relationships between state crime and colonialism. This includes the historical experiences of European colonialism and empire; settle colonialism and its ongoing impacts on Indigenous peoples; and the continuities of colonial violence. The aim is to develop dialogues on how understandings of state crime might further be developed and reformulated beyond contemporary human rights paradigms.

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Topics: Calls for Papers; Criminal Law; Law & Public Policy; Human Rigths.

Call for Proposals: Visualizing Justice

John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY) presents the Fifth Biennial Literature and Law Conference, Visualizing Justice, Oct. 27–28, 2017. Proposals are due by June 15, 2017.

This conference brings scholars of literature and law into an interdisciplinary setting to share their research. We invite proposals for papers and panels that address topics related to cultural, literary, legal and visual texts (all broadly conceived) that engage this year’s conference theme, “visualizing justice.” The conversations among legal, literary and visual discourses highlight the 2017 conference.

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

Call for Papers: Graphic Justice Discussions 2017

St. Mary’s University hosts Graphic Justice Discussions 2017: An Annual Conference on Law, Comics, and Justice on July 4-5, 2017.  Papers are welcomed for submission on any aspect of graphic justice. Papers concerned with the wider value of such endeavours, and the trajectories it might take, are particularly encouraged.  Submissions for a poster/comics competition are also invited.

Email submissions to thomas.giddens@stmarys.ac.uk by April 23, 2017.

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

Symposium: The Changing Face of the War on Drugs: Mass Incarceration, Overcriminalization, and Evolving Drug Policy

The Wayne Law Review at Wayne State University Law School will host its 2016-2017 symposium, “The Changing Face of the War on Drugs: Mass Incarceration, Overcriminalization, and Evolving Drug Policy,” on March 24, 2017 in Detroit, MI.

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Topics: Conferences & Symposia; Criminal Law; Law & Public Policy.

Symposium: Commercial Sexual Exploitation: Engaging the Survivor Community in Advocacy, Healing and Criminal Justice

The Villanova Law Institute to Address Commercial Sexual Exploitation presents a symposium entitled “Commercial Sexual Exploitation: Engaging the Survivor Community in Advocacy, Healing and Criminal Justice” on March 9-10, 2017 at the Charles Widger School of Law.

Police, prosecutors and communities in the United States are experiencing a transformation in the way they view commercial sexual exploitation, and these shifting perspectives are affecting law enforcement’s response to prostitution and sex trafficking.

This two-day conference brings together the professional community to engage with the survivor community. It is only through input and collaboration that survivor leaders, and their professional allies – law enforcement, attorneys, social workers, judges, legislators – can learn to be effective in combating commercial sexual exploitation.

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Topics: Conferences & Symposia; Criminal Law; Law & Public Policy.

Conference: New Challenges for Forensic Linguists

The 13th Biennial Conference of the International Association of Forensic Linguists will take place from July 10–14, 2017, at the University of Porto.  The theme is New Challenges for Forensic Linguists.

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Topics: Conferences & Symposia; Criminal Law. 

Conference: Death Scene Investigation and Crime Scene Reconstruction

The Duke Law Center for Criminal Justice & Professional Responsibility and North Carolina Office of Indigent Defense Services present their annual event, Whiskey in the Courtroom: Evolving Trends in Forensic Science, on March 3, 2017. This year’s conference is Death Scene Investigation and Crime Scene Reconstruction.

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Topics: Conferences & Symposia; Criminal Law; Evidence; Technology Trends.

Conference: Crime Victim Law Conference

The National Crime Victim Law Institute will be hosting its 16th annual Crime Victim Law Conference on May 11-12, 2017 in Portland, OR.

NCVLI’s annual Crime Victim Law Conference, now in its 16th year, continues to be the only national conference focusing on rights enforcement in criminal cases, which is a critical but often overlooked component of holistic victim services. The Conference provides participants with the knowledge and practical skills necessary to provide effective legal services to victims of crime. 

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Topics: Conferences & Symposia; Criminal Law; Law & Public Policy.