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Call for Proposals: Fall 2024 Symposium

mes286 — Thu, 24 Aug 2023 21:55:09 +0000

Iowa Law Review is now accepting proposals for the Fall 2024 Symposium.

Proposal Requirements:
Proposals should be submitted via email to ilr@uiowa.edu. Proposals must include (1) a topic, including a description of the likely appeal to the Iowa Law Review’s reading constituencies and an analysis of the relationship between the symposium and what scholarship has already been published by law reviews on the same and similar topics; (2) the nature of the articles to be published—e.g., essays or articles; (3) likely authors; (4) timing of the symposium—e.g., the fall semester of 2024; and (5) likely sources of funding. Additional relevant information may be included. Once the submission period is closed, the Iowa Law Review will select its 2024 Symposium within a week. A notification will then be sent to all who submitted a proposal.

More Information:

The Iowa Law Review’s Symposium is a biennial forum for legal scholarship—bringing together
the foremost experts on a common topic of current and future importance in the law. While legal
symposia are now ubiquitous, it was at the Iowa Law Review where they began. Since its first
Symposium on administrative law in 1933—including contributions from legal giants such as
Felix Frankfurter and John Wigmore—the Iowa Law Review’s Symposium has and continues to
host symposia on topics as varied as the law itself. The Iowa Law Review is proud of its
Symposium’s ninety-year record of facilitating excellent legal scholarship and is excited to
continue this tradition of excellence with its 2024 Symposium.

Please reach out to Layne Tieszen, Volume 109’s Symposium Articles Editor, with any questions.
He can be reached via email at layne-tieszen@uiowa.edu. The Iowa Law Review looks forward to
your submission and to continuing its tradition of excellence with its 2024 Symposium.

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Mary Seitz – Barco Law Library, University of Pittsburgh School of Law

Call for Speakers: Animal Welfare and Climate Change: Intersections and Parallels

mes286 — Fri, 21 Jul 2023 01:16:16 +0000

Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, Northwestern’s Program on Food and Animal Law and Sustainability, and Northwestern’s Donald Pritzker Entrepreneurship Law Center are issuing an open Call for Speakers for a conference, Animal Welfare and Climate Change: Intersections and Parallels, on Friday, March 29, 2024.

PANELS: Seeking speakers for the following panels:

– Panel One: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Improving Animal Welfare in CAFO- and non-CAFO Systems of Food Production

– Panel Two: Reducing the Demand for Inexpensive Meat

– Panel Three: Green-washing and Humane-washing

– Panel Four: The Limits of State Initiatives/Power in The Animal Welfare and Climate Arenas

– Panel Five: Start-ups In Animal Welfare/Food Technology and Clean Energy

Looking for speakers doing innovative academic research, policy, and advocacy work. A focus of the conference is to explore what lessons can be drawn from the climate context that may apply to the animal welfare context, and vice versa.

Northwestern will cover reasonable travel expenses as well as one night of hotel accommodations for invited speakers.

CONTACTS:
– Please send a statement of your interest as a speaker and a CV to Allie Reid at aileen.reid@law.northwestern.edu

– Questions about the conference can be directed to David Dana at d-dana@law.northwestern.edu

About the Author
Mary Seitz – Barco Law Library, University of Pittsburgh School of Law

CFP: AALS 2024 Annual Meeting Program

mes286 — Sat, 08 Jul 2023 01:33:11 +0000

Call for Proposals – AALS 2024 Annual Meeting Program

Section on Poverty Law

The AALS Section on Poverty Law is pleased to announce a Call for Proposals for the
2024 Annual Meeting. The 2024 meeting will be from January 3-6, 2024, in Washington,
DC. The program descriptions for each of the (I) Main program (500-word proposal), (II)
Pedagogy panel (300-word presentation summary), and (III) New Voices program
(500-word abstract) are provided below.

Proposals for the main program (500 words) and presentation summaries for the
pedagogy program (300 words) are due June 30, 2023. Abstracts for the new voices
works-in-progress program (500 words) are due September 1, 2023. All submissions
will be accepted via the same google form: https://forms.gle/872PR6XmCJsThtRp7.
By submitting a proposal for consideration, you agree to attend the 2024 AALS Annual
Meeting Poverty Law Session should your idea be selected for presentation. Presenters
will be responsible for paying their own registration fee for the annual meeting and all
other associated expenses.

Title: Structural Barriers and Systemic Interventions for Economic and Social Mobility
Co-sponsored by: Property Law Section; Clinical Legal Education Section; Section on
Critical Theories; Pro Bono & Access to Justice Section; Women in Legal Education
Section

I. MAIN PROGRAM

Co-moderators: Verónica C. Gonzales-Zamora & Tomar Pierson-Brown
The American Dream is not a dream. With the crises in national and global economies
over the last two decades, social and economic mobility has become stagnant. The cost
of housing and higher education in the U.S. has made the traditional routes to economic
stability and social mobility unfeasible for many. Student debt and predatory lending
continue to stifle the economic prosperity and transfers of wealth for people of color.
Systemic factors contributing to inter-generational poverty are largely ignored by
policymakers.

The American mythology of a meritocracy has perpetuated a narrative that people in
lower socio-economic classes are less deserving of government support. Law and
policy play a role in perpetuating the myth of “pulling oneself up by their bootstraps.”
Biases, attitudes, and prejudices are embedded in policies that promote narratives of
self-sufficiency and equal opportunity. Although the pandemic prompted some
innovative programs that supported people across classes, for decades there has been
little attention paid to creating more sustainable robust social safety nets.

Meritocratic assumptions, that people should only have the things they earn, continue to
find their way into law and policy around the globe. This program is designed to solicit
presenters who can share insights into how law has been both a contributing factor to
cyclical poverty and a tool for mitigating economic and social inequality. We are looking
for both critical theorists and subject matter experts to lead interactive presentations on
why these narratives and the structural barriers they reinforce are so persistent, as well
as strategies for sustainable, structural change. Areas of expertise on this theme may
include, but are not limited to the following disciplines:

● Sociology, social work (e.g., vulnerability theory)
● Education
● Healthcare, health law, health justice
● Housing
● Economics
● Elder law
● Public benefits law
● Family law/foster care
● Critical legal theory
● Intersectionality

We invite proposals of 500 words or less from individuals or panels of up to 3. The
proposal should describe the content, desired format of the presentation, and include
the name(s) and contact information of the presenters. Preference will be given to
proposals that include at least one person from a non-profit or community space (not
just lawyers/law professors) and/or interdisciplinary groups of speakers. We welcome
proposals from faculty with diverse experiences and backgrounds.

Please submit proposals by July 15, 2023, here:
https://forms.gle/872PR6XmCJsThtRp7. Any questions about the main program can be
directed to Verónica C. Gonzales (vgonzal2@unm.edu) and Tomar Pierson-Brown
(tnb25@pitt.edu).

II. PEDAGOGY PROGRAM

Co-moderators: Lauren Katz Smith & Jenna Prochaska
As successful constitutional litigation feels further out of reach, national government
funding for legal services decreases, and legislative protections for the poor are limited,
law students must be trained and supported in ways that are reflective of the current
conditions of poverty law practice. Many who practice and teach in this space,
recognize that meaningful legal strategy must be collaborative in nature and approach
and designed as partnerships with community organizations and movements. This
session will showcase the creative ways that law faculty are responding to the
opportunity to innovate and inspire the next generation of collaborative social justice
advocates.

We seek proposals discussing systemic advocacy, intersectional poverty law, and
supporting sustainable movements. Submissions should be brief presentation
summaries (no more than 300 words) of a technique, assignment, or project that you
use to teach collaboration and/or innovation in Poverty Law. Show us the ways that you
are innovating in and/or beyond your classroom walls. Each potential speaker may
submit only one presentation summary for consideration.

Please submit proposals by July 15, 2023, here:
https://forms.gle/872PR6XmCJsThtRp7. Any questions about the pedagogy program
can be directed to Lauren Katz Smith (lauren.h.katz@drexel.edu) and Jenna Prochaska
(jprochaska@luc.edu).

III. NEW VOICES PROGRAM

Co-moderators: Emily Suski, Mira Edmonds, & Jason Parkin
This works-in-progress program will give junior scholars writing in the area of poverty
law, broadly defined, an opportunity to showcase their work and receive feedback from
the community. Scholars at AALS member law schools who have been writing in the
field of poverty law for 8 years or less are eligible; clinical and research faculty alike are
encouraged to apply.

The format of the session will include brief (7-10 minute) presentations of papers,
followed by Q&A with the audience. Priority will be given to papers that have not yet
been accepted for publication. More details will be provided to selected presenters.
Please submit a 500-word abstract for your work-in-progress by September 1, 2023,
here: https://forms.gle/872PR6XmCJsThtRp7. Any questions about the new voices
program can be directed to Emily Suski (esuski@law.sc.edu), Mira Edmonds
(edmondm@umich.edu), and Jason Parkin (jason.parkin@law.cuny.edu).

About the Author
Mary Seitz – Barco Law Library, University of Pittsburgh School of Law

Scholarly Opportunities

mes286 — Fri, 07 Jul 2023 00:45:09 +0000

A new grant program is being started by the Center for Innovation Promotion (C4IP), with the goal of supporting empirical work to provide lawmakers data-driven recommendations on intellectual property policy.

C4IP will provide research grants up to $25,000 to selected lead researchers who are, at the time of application submission, full-time assistants, associates, or professors at a university, degree-granting research institution, or law school. More information about the program is available here, including a link to a PDF with information about how to apply: https://c4ip.org/council-for-innovation-promotion-launches-grant-program-for-ip-scholarship/. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis.

Any questions about the program should be directed to C4IP’s Chief Policy Officer and Counsel, Jamie Simpson at jamie@c4ip.org.

About the Author
Mary Seitz – Barco Law Library, University of Pittsburgh School of Law

CFP: RMLNLU Law Review Volume XIV

mes286 — Fri, 07 Jul 2023 00:00:56 +0000

About the Institute

Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University (RMLNLU) is a public law school and a National Law University located in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was established as Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law Institute in 2005, and since then, has been providing undergraduate and post-graduate legal education.

It ranks 15th among India’s law institutes in the 2021 edition of National Institutional Ranking Framework report by the Ministry of Education (India) (erstwhile MHRD). The University is fully funded by the Government of Uttar Pradesh.

About the Journal

RMLNLU Law Review (‘Journal’) is an annual peer-reviewed journal published by the Journal Committee of Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow which seeks to provide numerous insights and views into contemporary legal issues and encourages conversations about the same. The RMLNLU Law Review runs parallel to the RMLNLU Law Journal on CMET (Communications, Media, Entertainment, and Technology).

After having celebrated thirteen years of immense success and acclaim as a reputed Journal, we are pleased to announce the call for papers for Volume XIV of the RMLNLU Law Review. The Editorial Board of the Law Review works in close collaboration with an Advisory Board to select articles for publication. The expertise and experience of the diversely composed Advisory Board, which has representation in the form of professors, advocates and legal professionals, is to provide a holistic review of each article and uphold the standard of the articles that finally get accepted for publication; with there being a great emphasis on quality research, relevance of topic and novel contributions in the scrutiny phase of review.

Call for Papers

The Journal accepts submissions from law students and professionals all over the country and abroad, under the following categories:

Articles: 5000-7000 words
Essays: 4000-5000 words
Case notes/comments: 2000-3000 word
Book Reviews: 2000-3000 wordsReview Process
- There shall be a rigorous review process comprising 3 stages. Members of the Advisory Board will be closely involved in the review process.
- This would ensure a greater standard of review and identification of quality academic writing.
- The authors shall be intimated about the status of their manuscript at every stage.
The formatting shall be as per the following:

Content:
- Font – Times New Roman
- Font size – 12pts.
- Line spacing –1.5
- Margin – 1” from all sides
- Alignment – Justified
Footnotes:
- Font – Times New Roman
- Font size – 10pts
- Line Spacing –1.0
- All the sources in the footnotes must be properly cited strictly in accordance with the latest OSCOLA (4th edition) format. No endnotes or speaking footnotes (descriptive footnotes) are allowed.
General Submission Guidelines
- The submissions may be on any contemporary legal issue. The authors are expected to adhere to the prescribed word limit (excluding footnotes and abstract), as indicated above.
- Each of these entries shall be required to conform to the set of guidelines that follow.
- An abstract of about 250-300 words and 5 keywords should be mandatorily included in the same word document as a part of the submission.
- The title should be Bold, Underlined, in Capitals, Size 16, and Centre Aligned.
- Headings should be Bold, in Capitals, Size 14, and left-aligned.
- The contents should in no way, directly or indirectly, indicate or reference the identity of the author(s).
- Co-Authorship to a maximum of two members is allowed. However, co-authorship is not allowed in “book reviews” and “case-notes/comments”.
- Please note that all submissions must adhere to a strict plagiarism limit of 33%, as any papers exceeding this threshold will be automatically rejected.
How to Submit?
- - - The submissions may be emailed at lawreview.rmlnlu[at]gmail.com in Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) format.
    - The name of the attached submission in the email, i.e., the name of the document must be the name(s) of the author(s). Please note that only one submission per author or a team of co-authors is permissible. In case of more than one submission, only the one received first would be considered for review.
    - The subject title for the mail must be ‘Article/Essay/Case Comment/Book Review for Volume XIV’.
Submission Deadline : September 06, 2023

General Instructions
- - - The submission must exhibit originality in thought, critical evaluation, and careful interpretations. Submission of a paper shall be taken to imply that it is an unpublished work and is not being considered for publication elsewhere.
    - The author(s) must include the cover letter in the body of the mail, which must contain all the relevant biographical details (Name of the author(s), their degrees, Designation, Name of College/University/Institution, Postal Address, Phone Number and Email ID). A separate attachment for a cover letter shall not be entertained.
    - Editors’ decision shall be final and binding. They reserve the sole rights to the publication of the selected articles in addition to; inter alia, any edits/amends/reproduction. The contributions presented to and accepted for publication and the copyrights therein shall be the intellectual property of the Journal Committee, RMLNLU.

About the Author
Mary Seitz – Barco Law Library, University of Pittsburgh School of Law

CFP: The 6th Young Researchers Workshop on Terrorism and Belligerency focusing on “The Human Dimension of Warfare”

mes286 — Thu, 22 Jun 2023 23:27:58 +0000

The Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions invites submissions for The 6^th Young Researchers Workshop on Terrorism and Belligerency focusing on “The Human Dimension of Warfare,” University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel, November 12-23, 2023.

The Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions (RLEC) at the University of Haifa, Faculty of Law and the Geography and Environmental Studies Department, invite submissions for participation in the fourth young researchers workshop on “Terrorism and Belligerency”. The workshop will be held at the Minerva Center, University of Haifa.

Subject-Matter of Workshop

Armed conflicts have always had a significant effect on persons, whether as active participants, providers of relief and military support, or of course as victims. Other stakeholders, such as decision-makers (e.g., political leaders), and post-conflict investigators and judges, may raise different perspectives and questions, such as of accountability or the legal moral consequences of actions taken during armed conflicts.

While some aspects of the human dimension, such as protection of civilians during armed conflicts, have been the subject of significant research, there are many aspects of that human dimension that have not been sufficiently addressed. Some of these aspects are long standing ones, such as questions about the right to life of combatants, and the impact of just war theory on the justification of the combatants from the unjust side to the conflict to bear arms. Other aspects include the effects of new technology and even AI on persons on the battlefield – both combatants (own combatants and adversary combatants) and civilians.

The workshop will focus on “Human Dimension in Warfare” from legal, moral, technological, comparative, and doctrinal perspectives.

A non-exhaustive list of possible subjects includes:

International law aspects of the human dimension in warfare – current aspects and upcoming/potential developments.
The interplay between international humanitarian law and international human rights law.
Ethical considerations related to human dimension of warfare
Technological developments that could affect the human dimension of warfare.
Protection of civilians in conflict related environment.
Direct and indirect implications of armed conflict and terrorism over the human dimension.

Purpose of Workshop

The purpose of this workshop is to convene a group of scholars for a high-level discussion on enduring and emerging questions on law and policy related to the human dimension in terrorism / belligerency. This workshop will offer participants a balanced combination of rigorous scholarly discussion and more relaxed social interaction.

Structure of Workshop

This workshop will feature up to twelve papers selected through this call. The expected formation will include researchers both from Israel and abroad. The workshop will be held over a 12 day period; participants from abroad will be offered residency in the university dormitories.

Workshop Sessions: The participants will convene 2-3 time a week for full day sessions of presentations and discussions. During each session, selected participants will present their papers to the workshop group (apx. 20-30 minutes). Senior researchers and practitioners will be invited to the sessions to provide feedback, as well as a weekly keynote presentation. Following each presentation there will be an open discussion among the workshop participants.

Field trip: The participants will be invited for field trips which include, inter alia, planned visits to relevant locations and institutions (such as the Israeli Supreme Court, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ofer Military Court, the Northern border, and the security wall) where they will meet with experts and practitioners dealing with issues related to terrorism and belligerency.

Respondents and Guest speakers

Each young researcher admitted to the workshop will be paired with a senior respondent. The respondent will provide the young researcher with a thorough and productive feedback following the presentation of the paper. The organizing committee is putting a lot of effort in finding the most suitable respondents to the specific presentations.

Eligibility

Submissions are invited from young researchers, namely PhD candidates, Post-Doctoral fellows, and scholars up to 5 years since the completion of their PhD.

Submission Instructions

Interested scholars should email an abstract of up to 500 words along with current CV by Monday, June 26, 2023 to the following address: minervaextreme@univ.haifa.ac.il. Researchers asking for support for travel expenses (see article 9 for details) should also submit a letter of request. Abstracts should reflect papers that have not been published. Researchers should identify their submission with the following subject line: “Minerva Center— Terrorism and Belligerency Workshop 2023.”

Notification and Participation Requirements

Successful applicants will be selected by a Symposium Organizing Committee and notified no later than Tuesday, August 1, 2023

Conditions

An invitation to participate in this Symposium will be issued to a participant on the following conditions:

(1) The participant agrees to submit an original, unpublished paper between 8,000 words and 12,000 words consistent with submission guidelines issued by the workshop conveners;

(2) The participant agrees to submit a full pre-workshop draft by Monday, October 2, 2023

(3) The participant agrees to submit a full post-symposium final draft by March 5, 2024; and

(4) The participant agrees to acknowledge in future publication of his or her relevant paper, “the Minerva Center for RLEC at the Faculty of Law and the Geography and Environmental Studies Department, the University of Haifa“.

Costs

There is no cost to participate in the Workshop. Successful applicants are responsible for securing their own funding for travel and other incidental expenses, in accordance with the following information:

Travel: In order to enable submissions from young researchers coming from developing countries, distant locations or in unique circumstances, the Minerva Center will provide partial assistance to cover travel expenses. A request letter should be included in the submission.

Accommodation: Researchers from outside of Israel are expected to stay in Haifa during the workshop. The cost of accommodations at the dormitories for this period will be covered by the Minerva Center. Researchers who choose to extend their stay or to arrange for their own accommodations will be required to secure their own funding.

Food: Light refreshments, lunch and dinner will be available at the Minerva Center on the workshop sessions dates.

Streaming

In accordance with the ongoing practice of the Minerva RLEC, all of the young researchers workshop sessions will be live streamed and recorded online. We believe that almost any academic event should be live streamed, recorded, and available to the public. However, this is not a mandatory requirement and every speaker can chose to opt-out from this option for his or her own presentation. For previous recordings please visit the Minerva RLEC YouTube page.

Questions

Please direct inquiries in connection with this Workshop to Adv. Ido Rosenzweig by email at ido.rose@gmail.com or WhatsApp at +972-(0)-525516596.

Workshop Organizing Committee

Eli M. Salzberger, The Director of the Minerva Center RLEC
Amnon Reichman, Principal Investigator, Minerva Center RLEC
Deborah Shmueli, Principal Investigator, Minerva Center RLEC
Sandy Kedar. Principal Investigator, Minerva Center RLEC
Itamar Mann, Principal Investigator, Minerva Center RLEC
Michal Ben Gal, Research coordinator, Minerva Center for RLEC
Ido Rosenzweig, Director of Research (Cyber, Terrorism & Belligerency) Minerva Center RLEC

About The Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions

The Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions at the University of Haifa Faculty of Law and the Geography and Environmental Studies Department, is an international venue and transnational forum – together with the University of Hamburg, for study, research, training, education and publication. It fosters multifaceted empirical and theoretical research in the study of the rule of law as a social sphere during belligerencies, natural disasters and socio-economic acute crises. Challenges to the rule of law under extreme conditions may vary under different constitutional and political regimes. The Center concentrates on democracies. The analyses examine institutional, cultural, socioeconomic and policy dimensions. Its mission includes encouraging scholars, young scientists, and students to develop data and cultivate an interactive dialogue for research and training around these issues. The Center fosters dialogue with students, scholars, experts, policy and decision makers through symposia, colloquia, seminars, conferences and a series of publications based on its research and findings. For more, please visit: http://minervaxtremelaw.haifa.ac.il

About the Author
Mary Seitz – Barco Law Library, University of Pittsburgh School of Law

CFP: Law and Rurality Workshop

mes286 — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 01:25:54 +0000

Call for Papers
Law and Rurality Workshop

The Rural Reconciliation Project at the University of Nebraska College of Law, along with the University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law, will host a workshop this fall for scholars of all levels and
disciplines whose work engages with law and its relation to rural people and places. The workshop will be
held via Zoom on Friday, November 17, 2023, from approximately 9 am until 4 pm CST, with the final
schedule to be determined by participant interest.

This workshop will provide a forum for a range of scholars to share and receive feedback on works-in-
progress on any topic that addresses or investigates rurality and the law, including legal issues viewed
through the lens of rurality, rural geographies, or rural-urban difference. We also anticipate at least one
incubator session for scholars to receive feedback on nascent ideas.
Participants will be expected to attend the full day of Zoom sessions and read and comment on other
works.

Submission Process and Related Deadlines

If you are interested in workshopping an idea or an in-progress paper, please submit a title and abstract to
Hannah Haksgaard at hannah.haksgaard@usd.edu no later than Monday, August 21, 2023. Indicate on
your abstract whether you will be workshopping a paper or want to present at an incubator session.
Final drafts will be due October 30 so they may be circulated to other participants. Those presenting at an
incubator session need only submit a final abstract.

We also invite particularly interested scholars to attend even without workshopping a paper or presenting
an idea for future work. If you wish to attend all or part of the conference – either as a general participant or as a commentator – please also e-mail hannah.haksgaard@usd.edu by August 21, 2023, with some background and context about your proposed engagement (i.e., area of expertise, whether you would like to participate as a formal discussant or general workshop member).

About the Author
Mary Seitz – Barco Law Library, University of Pittsburgh School of Law

Colloquia/Workshops

mes286 — Fri, 19 May 2023 09:00:36 +0000

Emory University Law – Sam Burry, Visiting Scholar, Oxford University, presents today, his research on “The Feminism and Legal Theory Project and the Making of Critical Legal Thought in the United States” at Emory University School of Law’s Center for International and Comparative Law (Gambrell G340) and live on Zoom.

Please email vhc-flt@emory.edu to receive a Zoom link.

About the Author
Mary Seitz – Barco Law Library, University of Pittsburgh School of Law

CFP: South Dakota Law Review

mes286 — Thu, 18 May 2023 23:14:28 +0000

Call for Papers for the South Dakota Law Review’s Rural Lawyers Symposium

The South Dakota Law Review seeks article proposals, speakers, and panel participants for a symposium on issues related to rural lawyers. The Rural Lawyer symposium will be held in Vermillion, South Dakota, on September 21 and 22, 2023.

Abstracts of 300-500 words are due June 16, 2023.

The symposium will focus on rural lawyers. The editors seek articles and speakers that address one or more of the following topics, or other related topics:

Indigent defense in rural communities
Conflicts of interest for rural lawyers
The practice of law in rural areas, including on rural reservations
Best pedagogical approaches to training future rural lawyers
The study of rural lawyers as an academic discipline
Incentive programs for rural lawyers or other rural professionals
The ten-year anniversary of South Dakota’s Rural Attorney Recruitment Program
Licensure policies and impact on rural areas
The viability of small towns

The editors actively seek diverse viewpoints and diverse scholarly approaches. Although the symposium is not a historical or comparative project, the editors welcome articles with historical or comparative features.

In your proposal, please indicate whether you would be interested in (1) publishing your topic, (2) speaking at the symposium, or (3) both. Priority will be given to proposals where the contributor expects to both publish and speak at our in-person event, although we will consider other proposals.

The Call for Papers opens today with abstracts due on June 16, 2023. Please send abstracts to trevor.case@coyotes.usd.edu. Selected contributors will be notified by July 1, 2023. Finished articles will be due Friday, December 1, 2023. Our editors will work with you over the winter 2023-24 to prepare your work for publication. The symposium volume will be published and released in the summer of 2024.

About the Author
Mary Seitz – Barco Law Library, University of Pittsburgh School of Law

Colloquia/Workshops

mes286 — Tue, 02 May 2023 09:00:13 +0000

University of Chicago Law School – Christine Laudenbach, Professor for Household Finance, Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE and Goethe University Frankfurt, presents today as part of the Law and Economics Workshop Series.

About the Author
Mary Seitz – Barco Law Library, University of Pittsburgh School of Law

CFP: Queering Private Law Workshop

mes286 — Tue, 02 May 2023 00:02:54 +0000

UCL Faculty of Laws

Workshop date: 11 & 12 September 2023
Deadline for Submissions: 2 May 2023

Workshop Overview:

Queer theory and private law are seldom in direct dialogue. Queer theory emphasises indeterminacy and social construction. In contrast, Private Law is typically associated with economic rationality and liberal and neo-liberal beliefs to advance individuals’ autonomy and rights, and relies on binary norms and divisions, such as reasonable/unreasonable, wrongful/non-wrongful, misfeasance/malfeasance.

In recent years, scholars have begun to explore queer theory as a tool to critically appraise various legal fields, such as family law and criminal law. Yet, with few exceptions, queer theory has not been applied to critically analyse private law despite queer theory’s valuable explanatory power and tools for critique. This workshop seeks to fill this gap.

We invite scholars focusing on various areas of private law (broadly defined) to submit abstracts of works-in-progress to presentation in one of five panels:

Private Law and the Closet – analysing the ways in which the closet structures queer lives and everyday private law.
Queer Confrontations – discussing how queer defiance and resistance can improve private law and how private law should evaluate and respond to such activity.
Queer Cases Make Bad Private Law – exploring cases and statutes to highlight the question of how queer subjects are imagined by judges and lawmakers in private law.
The Pleasure of Private Law – investigating how private law influences queer bodies and pleasures, and how queer pleasures problematize private law doctrines.
Queering the Private Law Curriculum (roundtable) – exploring private law’s queer turn, and how we can reconnect, reorder, and claim queer sensitivities and methodologies in private law knowledge production and pedagogy.

Abstracts of up to 500 words should be submitted via this form https://forms.office.com/e/G6aE2CAN6J by May 2, 8pm (BST). Applicants will be notified of the result of their submissions by June 1.

The workshop will operate on a pre-read basis and only works-in-progress are eligible. Papers that have been accepted for publication but can still be changed until the date of the workshop are eligible. Presenters will be expected to submit their papers, which should be up to 10,000 words including footnotes, by August 14 for circulation. The Modern Law Review is funding the workshop and has expressed interest in considering papers present in the workshop for publication. Presenters will be expected to attend both days of the workshop.

Keynote speakers:

The Hon. Dr. Victoria McCloud, Master of The Senior Courts, King’s Bench Division.
Prof. Simon Stern, Director, Centre for Innovation Law & Policy; Chair in Innovation Law, University of Toronto.

Funding:

Workshop organizers have some funding to assist with travel and accommodation. To promote diversity and inclusivity, we intend to allocate funds for travel based on need, with preference given to early career scholars, under-represented voices, as well as proportionately to take into account that travel costs for some will be greater than for others. We have a limit budget and ask for those who would seek travel assistance to include in their submission a note with a rough amount of the funding sought.

Workshop’s co-convenors:

Dr Haim Abraham, Lecturer in Law, University College London, Faculty of Laws;
Dr Eden Sarid, Lecturer in Law, Essex Law School.

Please address any questions to:
Dr Eden Sarid: e.sarid@essex.ac.uk

Colloquia/Workshops

mes286 — Thu, 27 Apr 2023 09:00:36 +0000

University of Pittsburgh School of Law –Felipe Jiménez, Associate Professor of Law and Philosophy, USC Gould School of Law, presents today as part of the Faculty Workshop Series.

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Mary Seitz – Barco Law Library, University of Pittsburgh School of Law

Rescheduled Lecture

mes286 — Tue, 25 Apr 2023 09:00:03 +0000

Fordham Law School – Jennifer Urban, Chairperson of the California Privacy Protection Agency Board and Clinical Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, will now deliver the 2023 Annual Reidenberg Lecture on Monday, May 9, 2023, . Professor Urban’s remarks will be followed by a fireside chat with Ron Lazebnik, Clinical Associate Professor of Law, Fordham Law School.

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Mary Seitz – Barco Law Library, University of Pittsburgh School of Law

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mes286 — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 09:00:21 +0000

University of Florida Levin College of Law – Orly Mazur, Associate Professor of Law, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law presents as part of the UF Law Tax Colloquia. 11:30 am ET, via Zoom. Please contact ruthm@law.ufl.edu for more information.

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Mary Seitz – Barco Law Library, University of Pittsburgh School of Law

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mes286 — Thu, 20 Apr 2023 09:00:25 +0000

University of Florida Levin College of Law – Justice Charles T. Canady, Florida Supreme Court, delivers an Overton Lecture in Florida Constitutional Law, 1:45pm, Holland Hall 360. Please contact ruthm@law.ufl.edu for more information.

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Mary Seitz – Barco Law Library, University of Pittsburgh School of Law

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mes286 — Wed, 19 Apr 2023 09:00:35 +0000

Emory University School of Law – Alexander Volokh, Associate Professor of Law, Emory University School of Law, presents today as part of the Faculty Colloquium Series.

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Mary Seitz – Barco Law Library, University of Pittsburgh School of Law

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mes286 — Tue, 18 Apr 2023 09:00:54 +0000

University of Chicago Law School – Colleen Honigsberg, Professor of Law, Stanford Law School, presents today as part of the Law and Economics Workshop Series.

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Mary Seitz – Barco Law Library, University of Pittsburgh School of Law

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mes286 — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 09:00:08 +0000

University of Florida Levin College of Law – Renee Nicole Allen, Associate Professor of Legal Writing and Faculty Director, Center for Race and Law, St. John’s University School of Law, presents as part of the Marshall M. Criser Distinguished Faculty Lecture Series. Noon ET, Bailey Room. Please contact ruthm@law.ufl.edu for more information.

University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School – Dr. Shannon Speed, Director, UCLA American Indian Studies Center and Professor, Gender Studies and Anthropology, presents today the 2023 Mildred Fish-Harnack Human Rights and Democracy Lecture. The Mildred Fish-Harnack Human Rights and Democracy Lecture is an annual event designed to promote greater understanding of human rights and democracy, and enrich international studies at UW–Madison. The lecture brings to campus a person who contributes to the cause of human rights through academic scholarship and/or active leadership.

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Mary Seitz – Barco Law Library, University of Pittsburgh School of Law

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mes286 — Fri, 14 Apr 2023 09:00:23 +0000

University of Florida Levin College of Law – 2023 Ellen Bellet Gelberg Tax Policy Lecture

This year’s topic is Bridging the Divide. Please join keynote presenter Diane Lim, former Policy Director, Majority Staff, of the Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth of the 117th Congress, and commentators Amy K. Matsui, Director of Income Security and Senior Counsel at the National Women’s Law Center; Elaine Maag, Senior Fellow, Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center; Bradley Hardy, Assoicate Professor, Georgetown University Law Center; and Leonard Burman, Institute Fellow, Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center. The event is moderated by William G. Gale, Arjay and Frances Fearing Miller Chair in Federal Economic Policy, Brookings Institution. 9:30am, MLAC 106 and via Zoom Webinar. Please contact ruthm@law.ufl.edu for more information.

University of Florida Levin College of Law – 2023 Ellen Bellet Gelberg Tax Policy Lunch Lecture

William G. Gale, Arjay and Frances Fearing Miller Chair in Federal Economic Policy, Brookings Institution, will present the 2023 Ellen Bellet Gelberg luncheon keynote address, Racial Disparities in the Income Tax Treatment of Marriage. UF Law Graduate Tax students Aurora Charland and Cameron Dalton will also present. 12:10 p.m. ET, Bailey and via Zoom Webinar. Please contact ruthm@law.ufl.edu for more information.

University of Florida Levin College of Law – Florida Law Review: Current Issues in Cyber Privacy

Please join the Florida Law Review and a panel of University of Florida Law alumni active in the cyber privacy field discuss the current legal framework of cyber privacy, preceding the 2023 Dunwody Distinguished Lecture. Professor Lyrissa Barnett Lidsky, Raymond & Miriam Ehrlich Chair in U.S. Constitutional Law, UF Law, will moderate; Stacey Steinberg, Master Legal Skills Professor, UF Law; Avery Dial, Co-Chair of the Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Practice Group at Kaufman, Dolowich, Voluck; and Jill Brown, Associate General Counsel of Privacy, Meta; will present. Please RSVP here. 3:00 pm ET, MLAC 106 and via Zoom webinar.

University of Florida Levin College of Law – 2023 Dunwody Distinguished Lecture in Law

Danielle K. Citron, Jefferson Scholars Foundation Schenck Distinguished Professor in Law, Caddell and Chapman Professor of Law, and Director, LawTech Center, University of Virginia School of Law, delivers this year’s Dunwody Distinguished Lecture, Intimate Privacy in a Post-Roe World. Please RSVP here. 4:00 pm, MLAC 106 and via Zoom webinar.

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Mary Seitz – Barco Law Library, University of Pittsburgh School of Law

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mes286 — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 09:00:48 +0000

Emory University School of Law – Jocelyn Simonson, Professor of Law & Associate Dean for Research and Scholarship, Brooklyn Law School, presents today, Radical Acts of Justice: How Ordinary People are Dismantling Mass Incarceration, as part of the Faculty Colloquium Series.

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Mary Seitz – Barco Law Library, University of Pittsburgh School of Law

Lectures

mes286 — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 09:00:02 +0000

Ohio State University Mortiz College of Law – Donna Shestowsky, Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law and Director of the Lawyering Skills Education Program, UC Davis School of Law, presents the 2023 Schwartz Lecture on Dispute Resolution.

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Mary Seitz – Barco Law Library, University of Pittsburgh School of Law

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mes286 — Tue, 11 Apr 2023 09:30:59 +0000

University of Florida Levin College of Law – Justice James E.C. Perry (Ret.), Florida Supreme Court, delivers an Overton Lecture in Florida Constitutional Law, 1:45pm, Holland Hall 360. Please contact ruthm@law.ufl.edu for more information.

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Mary Seitz – Barco Law Library, University of Pittsburgh School of Law

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mes286 — Tue, 11 Apr 2023 09:00:41 +0000

University of Pittsburgh School of Law –Ben Johnson, Associate Professor of Law, Affiliate Faculty, College of Information Sciences and Technology, Affiliate Faculty, Department of Political Science, College of the Liberal Arts, PennState Law, presents today as part of the Faculty Workshop Series.

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Mary Seitz – Barco Law Library, University of Pittsburgh School of Law

CFP and Outstanding Paper Award – Updated Community Banking Research Conference 2023

mes286 — Thu, 06 Apr 2023 21:25:20 +0000

Call For Papers and Outstanding Paper Award – UPDATED
Community Banking Research Conference 2023

04 Oct 2023 – 05 Oct 2023, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri

The call for papers for the 2023 Community Banking Research Conference is now open through June 2. This year marks the 11th year of the conference, which is sponsored by the Federal Reserve, the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS), and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC). The goal of the conference is to bring together leading academics, community bank executives, policymakers, and senior leadership from the Fed, CSBS and the FDIC. Past conference programs are available here: https://www.communitybanking.org/conferences

The conference will be hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis on Oct. 4-5, 2023. We are currently planning for a fully in-person conference.

The conference committee is interested in research that explores all topics related to community banking, and we especially welcome empirical and policy-oriented papers. Each paper selected for the conference will be considered for the John W. Ryan Award recognizing the paper making the most significant contribution to banking research. We invite papers or detailed abstracts that explore all aspects of community banking including, but not limited to:

NEW UPDATE: The 2023 Banking Crisis
– the effects of the 2023 bank failures, the resulting system-wide stress, and the associated policy response
– implications for the structure of the U.S. banking system
– interest rate risk, liquidity risk, deposit flows, and deposit insurance

The role of community banks in the U.S. financial system
– provision of financial services to households, small businesses, and small farms
– impact of community banks on local/state economic activity

Challenges and opportunities faced by community banks
– competition from large banks, credit unions, and nonbanks, including financial technology firms
– collaborations/partnerships with financial technology and crypto firms
– payments issues, including the effects of CBDC, stablecoins, and new payment technologies and trends
– responding to the effects of climate change
– keeping up with rapid technological advances
– operational risks

Advantages and disadvantages of the community bank business model
– bank consolidation
– benefits of local knowledge and strong relationships
– costs of operating at a small scale
– funding and liquidity

The effects of government policy on community banks
– quantifying regulatory and compliance costs
– intended and unintended effects of regulatory requirements
– antitrust policy and community banks
– the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated policy response on community banks

PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE: Submissions should be submitted using the following link: https://frbstlspra.gov1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9ADcXtjmw2AMQke

FURTHER INFORMATION: If you have any questions or need assistance with the submission link, please email conference@communitybanking.org. The deadline to submit a detailed abstract or completed paper is by end of day on Friday, June 2, 2023. There is no paper submission fee. Authors of accepted papers will be notified by Friday, July 14, 2023.

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Mary Seitz – Barco Law Library, University of Pittsburgh School of Law

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mes286 — Thu, 06 Apr 2023 09:00:14 +0000

University of Florida Levin College of Law – Scholarly Impact: Kim Brooks Celebrates Yariv Brauner’s Academic Impact and Contribution University of Florida Levin College of Law looks forward to hosting Kim Brooks Provost and Vice-President Academic (Acting), Dalhousie University, as she celebrates University of Florida Levin College of Law Professor Yariv Brauner’s Hugh Culverhouse Eminent Scholar Chair in Taxation. Professor Brauner will present a work in progress, followed by remarks by Provost Brooks. There will be an opportunity for Q&A. 4:00 pm ET, via Zoom. Please contact ruthm@law.ufl.edu for more information.

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Mary Seitz – Barco Law Library, University of Pittsburgh School of Law

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