The 2012 Richard D. Cudahy
Writing Competition On Regulatory and Administrative Law
 
The American Constitution Society for Law and Policy is pleased to announce its fifth annual Richard D. Cudahy Writing Competition on Regulatory and Administrative Law. Judge Cudahy's work in these areas combines a keen grasp of legal doctrine, deep insight into the institutional forces that determine how doctrine is implemented, and an appreciation of the public impact of doctrinal and institutional choices, including the consequences for fundamental values such as fairness, participation, and transparency. This competition seeks to encourage and reward these qualities in the scholarship of others.

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COWS is launching a new project, provisionally called ALICE (American Legislative and Issue Campaign Exchange), to build a one-stop, web-based, secure (but partially open-source) library of progressive model legislation and executive orders on a wide range of state and local policy. There is no such library in existence now, and emergent demand from state and local progressive electeds and others for something like it.

Download a PDF and learn more about this exciting project. 

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Border Patrols: The Legal, Racial, Social, and Economic Implications of United States Immigration Policy

Hosts
•    Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development, St. John's School of Law
•    The Ronald H. Brown Center for Civil Rights and Economic Development, St. John's School of Law

Co-Sponsors
•    Education Law Society, St. John's School of Law
•    The St. John's University Committee for Latin & Caribbean Studies

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Call for Nominations
2012 John Hope Franklin Prize

Deadline for nominations is February 1, 2012.

The John Hope Franklin Prize is awarded annually by the Law and Society Association to recognize exceptional scholarship in the field of Race, Racism and the Law.  The 2012 Prize will recognize an article published in 2010 or 2011.  The competition is open to all forms of law and society scholarship, to authors at any stage of their careers, and to authors from any country of origin, although article copies submitted to the committee must be in English.  Articles may be published in any scholarly journal, including socio-legal journals, journals in other disciplines, and law reviews, or may be a chapter in a book volume.   Co-authored articles may be submitted for consideration. The Award will be announced at the Association’s Annual Meeting. The prize is a cash award of $500 and appropriate recognition of the recipient(s) during the LSA Annual Meeting.

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CALL FOR PAPERS & PARTICIPATION
ClassCrits V

From Madison to Zuccotti Park: Confronting Class and Reclaiming the American Dream

Sponsored by
University of Wisconsin Law School &
The Institute for Legal Studies, University of Wisconsin Law School

Madison, WI.    *     November 16-17, 2012

Deadline for submission of paper proposals: February 17, 2012.

Download a pdf to browse through the themes for the conference along with a fuller description of the organizing committee and program. 

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The Journal of Hate Studies welcomes original papers treating the theme, "Hate and Political Discourse," from a wide range of disciplines, including history, law, philosophy, political science, sociology, criminal justice, social psychology, economics, anthropology, geography,
journalism, communications, rhetoric, literature, educational studies, and cultural studies. March 15, 2012 Deadline

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Request for Proposals
Southwest Junior Clinicians Conference
Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University
March 16, 2012 - Tempe, Arizona

December 2, 2011 Deadline

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 The Clinical Law Review will hold its next Clinical Writers’ Workshop on Saturday, September 29, 2012, at NYU Law School.

Participation in the Workshop requires the submission of a paper because the workshop takes the form of small group sessions in which all members of the group comment on each other’s manuscripts. By June 30, all applicants will need to submit a mini-draft or prospectus, 3-5 pages in length, of the article they intend to present at the workshop.  Full drafts of the articles will be due by September 1, 2012.

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The Irish Review of Community Economic Development Law and Policy is an online journal, published four times a year by the Northside Community Law Centre, in Coolock, Dublin. The journal seeks to offer a platform for interaction that encourages greater scholarly and academic collaboration in the areas of social policy, law and community development, promoting the practice of CED law and policy in Ireland and learn about these initiatives in other countries. The journal also seeks to create channels of collaboration between academia, practitioners and any other interested parties.

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Symposium Announcement and Call for Papers

Rainbow Rising: Community, Solidarity, and Scholarship on Gender Identities and Sexualities in Asian and Oceanic Law & Policy

April 7, 2012
Honolulu, HI

Deadline for Submission of Proposals is December 15, 2011

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Request for Proposals
Southwest Junior Clinicians Conference
Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University
March 16, 2012 - Tempe, Arizona

The Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University is proud to host the initial Southwest Junior Clinicians Conference on Friday March 16, 2012.  This conference is intended for junior clinicians (roughly defined as less than 10 years teaching experience) to have a safe place to discuss a broad array of issues that may impact their careers as professors who teach in a clinical setting. December 2 Deadline for submitting a brief summary of a proposal. 

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SPECIAL ISSUE OF THE CANADIAN JOURNAL OF WOMEN AND THE LAW IN HONOUR OF PATRICIA MONTURE: This issue seeks to profile the work of Indigenous scholars and scholars of colour. In keeping with Patricia Monture’s own contributions, we are especially interested in receiving articles that offer a feminist, anti-racist reading of Canadian settler colonialism in the areas of criminal justice, Aboriginal youth, education, and economic empowerment.  March 1, 2012 Deadline for Submission.

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tudent Writing Competition

DEADLINE: January 31, 2012 
Competition Rules

TOPIC: A cutting-edge legal/law and society issue related to the conference theme: Transformative Advocacy, Scholarship, and Praxis: Taking Our Pulse. Students may either write about legal advocacy or praxis or their intersectionality with communities.

ELIGIBILITY: The 2012 competition is open to all students currently enrolled in an ABA- accredited law school during the 2011-2012 academic years. The student must be a current J.D. candidate.

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The TRAILS Digital Teaching Library of the American Sociological Association is seeking submissions of teaching resources for courses in Law and Society, the Sociology of Law, Law and Social Theory, and similar topics. We seek teaching materials for courses at all levels, from introductory undergraduate courses to advanced graduate courses in sociology, criminology, legal studies, and other allied fields.

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