Calls for Papers: Responding to Fisher v. Texas

The AALS Section on Employment Discrimination invites papers for its program, Responding to Fisher v. Texas, at the AALS Annual Meeting (Jan. 3-7, 2017). Abstracts are due by Aug. 31, 2016.

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Topics: Calls for Papers; Conferences & Symposia; Constitutional Law; Education Law; Labor & Employment Law. 

Symposium: College and the Constitution

The Penn State Law Review will hold its symposium, College and the Constitution, on March 24-25, 2016 at Penn State Law.  The symposium will address the intersection of higher education, law, and First Amendment rights.

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Topics: Conferences & Symposia; Constitutional Law; Education Law. 

Call for Papers-Education Law: Symposium on Desegregation, Diversity, and Resegregation

Cleveland State Law Review and the Education Law Association invite papers for a Symposium on Desegregation, Diversity, and Resegregation, which will be held in October 2014. Eight papers will be accepted for publication. The first draft of your submission will be reviewed by a committee of members of the Education Law Association then sent to the law review editors. All submitted papers will be considered, though the Law Review has a preference for articles authored by scholars from the Cleveland legal community and this particular issue will also have a preference for members of ELA.

A first draft of your submission is due by June 13, 2014. Send your inquiries and your submissions to ela@educationlaw.org. A final draft will be due on July 15, 2014. For more information click here.

Topics: Call for Papers; Education Law

Call for Papers: AALS Workshop on Transnational Perspectives for Equality Law

AALS is hosting a workshop on “Transnational Perspectives for Equality Law,” at the Renaissance Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC on June 22-24, 2014. They are seeking proposals for presentations and papers. For more information click here.

Topics: Calls for Papers; Conferences and Symposia; Constitutional Law; Education Law

Call for Papers: Penn State University’s Civil Rights and Education Conference

 

The Pennsylvania State University College of Education will host an interdisciplinary civil rights conference and related graduate student symposium on June 6-7, 2014. For this conference, Penn State College of Education will commission conceptual, empirical, policy, and/or legal analyses that authors will present at the conference. Paper proposals are due October 15, 2013. For more details, go here.

Topics: Calls for Papers; Education Law

Renee Landers Quoted in Boston Globe Article About Supreme Court Affirmative Action Case

Renee was quoted in Supreme Court wants high bar for affirmative action on June 25, 2013. To read the full article, go here.

Topics: Faculty in the News; Education Law

Conference: Advancing the Legacy of Mendez and Brown

The National Coalition on School Diversity is hosting a National Conference on School Diversity: “Advancing the Legacy of Mendez and Brown,” at Georgetown University Law Center on May 17, 2012.  Registration can be done online. 

For questions, please contact Gina Chirchigno at school-diversity@prrac.org.  For more information, go here.

Topics: Conferences and Symposia; Education Law; Race & The Law

Eighth Annual Bullying Prevention Conference

The conference will be held in New Orleans, LA on Nov. 6‐8th, 2011 and is sponsored by the International Bullying Prevention Association.  The theme is  “Bullying and Intolerance: From Risk to Resiliency.” For more details, go here.

Topics: Education Law; Conferences & Symposia

In Brown’s Wake: Legacies of America’s Educational Landmark

This event is part of the Askwith Forums at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. It will be held on Wednesday, February 16, 2011
from 5:30 – 7:00 PM at the Harvard Graduate School of Education,
13 Appian Way, Longfellow Hall.

For the most up-to-date information on our Askwith Forums, subscribe to the Askwith Forum calendar. To subscribe, go to http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/askwith/calendar/index.html, click the subscribe icon above the calendar, and choose your preferred subscription method.

Topics: Education Law; Conferences & Symposia

Temple University Free-Speech Case & The Future of Antiharassment Policies

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled that a former sexual-harassment policy at Temple University violated students’ freedom of expression. According to Lawrence White, a lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, the ruling “has cast a shadow over language that up to this point most colleges have felt comfortable using.” 

For more details, read the full opinion here or see the following Chronicle of Higher Education article that was published on August 8, 2008: “Legal Experts Weigh Implications of Temple U. Speech Case.” Also read this Inside Higher Ed article.

Topics: Education Law, Constitutional Law