IT Law – Paris

The International Federation of National IT Law Associations (IFCLA) Conference, IT Law Challenges in a Changing World: Global, Virtual, Open & Outsourced, takes place in Paris on June 5-6, 2008. The deadline for the call for papers is September 5, 2007.

Socio-Legal Studies – Hull, UK

The Socio-Legal Studies Association holds the SLSA Postgraduate Conference January 23-24, 2008, in Hull, UK.

The conference is aimed at those starting out in their careers who may need guidance on issues such as: completing their postgraduate research; getting their work published; finding their first academic job; and establishing links with like-minded scholars. Students often find that they are the only socio-legally minded individuals in their law school and it is hoped that these events reduce the resulting feelings of intellectual isolation.

Legal Pluralism – Kunming, China

The Commission on Legal Pluralism holds its next conference, Legal Pluralist Perspectives on Humanity, Development and Cultural Diversity, July 15-23, 2008, in Kunming, China.

Islamic Finance – Cambridge, MA

Harvard Law School – Islamic Legal Studies Program – Islamic Finance Project hosts the Eighth Harvard University Forum on Islamic Finance, “Innovation and Authenticity,” April 19-20, 2008, in Cambridge, MA. The call for papers deadline for abstracts was Sept. 1.

Islamic Legal Studies – Cambridge, MA

Harvard’s Islamic Legal Studies Program hosts the second Law of Waqf Conference May 16-18, 2008. The call for papers deadline is September 30, 2007.

Thanks: Identity Unknown.

Ethical Theory – Edinburgh

The British Society for Ethical Theory will hold its 2008 conference in Edinburgh July 14-16, 2008. The call for papers deadline is December 7, 2007.

Thanks: Legal Theory Blog.

Comparative Legal Systems – Athens, the Hague, Brussels, Istanbul

The Australian Institute of Comparative Legal Systems has four conferences coming up in 2008:

• Athens Conference – The Legal System of Greece – April 14-18, 2008
• The Hague Conference – The International Legal System – April 21-25, 208
• The Brussels Conference – The European Union Legal System – September 15-19, 2008
• The Istanbul Conference – The Legal System of Turkey – September 22-26, 2008

Legal Education – Warwick

The UK Centre for Legal Education presents the Learning in Law Annual Conference (LILAC) at the University of Warwick, Coventry, UK, January 3-4, 2008. The theme is (Dis)integration…designs on the law curriculum. The call for papers deadline is October 2, 2007.

August 31, 2007 Colloquia/Workshops

Alabama

Morgan Symposium on the Gender of Constitutional and Human Rights Law

UCLA Friday Colloquium

Daniel Cole (Indiana-Indianapolis Law), The Stern Review and Its Critics: Implications for the Theory and Practice of Benefit-Cost Analysis

Iowa Law

Tino Cuellar (Stanford Law)

Poli Sci Conference This Week in Chicago

Jeff Yates at the Voir Dire Blog lists “interesting panels on the law and courts” at the American Political Science Association annual meeting in Chicago Aug. 31 and Sept. 1, 2007.

Legal Rhetoric – DC

American University’s Washington College of Law presents “How Legal Rhetoric Shapes the Law” on Friday, November 2. James Boyd White will deliver the keynote address.

The conference is free; register here. For more information, contact Teresa Godwin Phelps.

Third International Conference on Universal Digital Library

Third International Conference on Universal Digital Library
November 2-4, 2007
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA

Globalizing Secured Credit Law: Current Problems, New Directions

Globalizing Secured Credit Law:  Current Problems, New Directions, at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego, California on November 9-10, 2007.

Law, Knowledge, and Imagination – Tuscaloosa

Austin Sarat is organizing a three-part conference at the University of Alabama School of Law: Law, Knowledge, and Imagination.

Oct. 19, 2007 – Law’s History: How Law Understands the Past 

Jan. 11, 2008 – Imagining a New Constitution for the United States in the 21st Century

April 11, 2008 – Legal Doubt of Scientific Certainty: What Scientific Knowledge Does For and to Law

Supreme Court Preview – Williamsburg

William and Mary Marshall Wythe School of Law‘s Institute of Bill of Rights Law presents its Supreme Court Preview conference, Sept. 14-15, 2007, Williamsburg, VA. Participants include Joan Biskupic, Erwin Chemerinsky, Jeffrey Rosen, Kathleen Sullivan, and many more.

August 25, 2007 Deadline

CENTRAL STATES LAW SCHOOL ASSOCIATION AND JOURNAL OF LAW IN SOCIETY

JOINT CONFERENCE
October 26-27, 2007

Announcement & Call For Papers

Symposium Paper Proposal Submission Deadline:  August 25, 2007

Open Workshop Abstract Submission Deadline:  August 25, 2007

U.S. Federalism Panel – Oslo

Reprinted from lawprof|at|chicagokent.kentlaw.edu:

Greetings lawprofs. This is a call for papers and panelists, seeking proposals from senior academics and from LLM and SJD students as well.

Second Annual Colloquium on Current Scholarship in Labor and Employment Law

Second Annual Colloquium on Current Scholarship in Labor and Employment Law in Boulder and Denver, CO, on September 28-29, 2007. Sponsored by the University of Colorado Law School and the University of Denver Sturm College of Law.

Thanks: Melissa Hart.

Cost-Benefit Analysis of Regs – Chicago

Northwestern University School of Law‘s Searle Center presents Cost-Benefit Analysis of Regulations: Lessons Learned, Future Challenges, Oct. 11-12, 2007.

International Arbitration – New York

Fordham University School of Law presents Third Annual Conference on International Arbitration and Mediation, June 16-17, 2008, New York.