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: Natural Resources Law Teachers Workshop

The University of Oklahoma College of Law invites papers for the first Natural Resources Law Teachers Workshop on July 22, 2017. The submission deadline is May 31, 2017.

The workshop’s objective is to encourage the work of scholars in the fields of natural resources law and policy. Presenters are welcome to present abstracts, partial, or full papers. The goal of the workshop will be to provide helpful feedback on works-in-progress, in addition to building relationships and increasing the sense of community among natural resources law scholars.

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Topics: Calls for Papers; Conferences & Symposia; Environmental Law; Legal Education.

Conference: Litigating Takings Challenges to Land Use and Environmental Regulations

Vermont Law School will host the 20th Annual Conference on Litigating Takings Challenges to Land Use and Environmental Regulations on October 6, 2017.

More information will be forthcoming.

Topics: Conferences & Symposia; Environmental Law; Property Law. 

Call for Papers: Consumer Policy in a Comparative Perspective: New Challenges in Chinese, European, and International Law

The European Society of International Law (ESIL) Interest Group on International Environmental Law presents Consumer Policy in a Comparative Perspective: New Challenges in Chinese, European, and International Law from June 29–30, 2017, at the Faculty of Law of the University of Macau. Abstracts are due by May 15, 2017.

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

Call for Papers: University of Baltimore School of Law’s Journal of Land and Development

The University of Baltimore School of Law’s Journal of Land and Development invites papers for its Volume 6 2016-2017 edition.

The Journal of Land and Development is one of the few national journals that focuses on property and environmental law. The publication covers urban, suburban and rural issues involving land use, environmental preservation, economic development and community development, as well as real estate transactions and matters concerning finance, property, civil rights, human rights, civil liberties, and state and local government.

Submit articles to JLD@ubalt.edu by March 15, 2017.  Articles submitted after March 15 may be considered in the following semester.

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

Conference: The Paris Agreement: Law and Policy Implications at Home and Abroad

The Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum presents The Paris Agreement: Law and Policy Implications at Home and Abroad on March 4, 2017.

Click here for more information or email Joseph Lasher at joseph.lasher@lawnet.duke.edu.

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

Conference: New Directions in Environmental Law

The Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy are hosting their seventh annual New Directions in Environmental Law Conference on February 24-25th, 2017 in New Haven, CT.

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Topics: Conferences & Symposia; Environmental Law. 

Symposium: Before ‘the Big One’: Readiness, Environmental Resilience and Law for Megaquakes in the Pacific Northwest

The UW School of Law, the Washington Journal of Environmental Law & Policy and the M9 Project of the UW College of the Environment will host a symposium, titled “Before ‘the Big One’: Readiness, Environmental Resilience and Law for Megaquakes in the Pacific Northwest” on January 20th at the University of Washington School of Law.

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Topics: Conferences & Symposia; Environmental Law. 

Call for Papers: Exploring the human element of the oceans: the gender implications of the law of the sea

The School of Law of the University of Milano-Bicocca is organizing a conference on “Exploring the human element of the oceans: the gender implications of the law of the sea” to be held May 25-26, 2017, in Milano (Italy).

Abstracts are due January 31, 2017.

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