The Faculty Current Awareness Bulletin is published periodically by the Cleveland-Marshall Law School Library for the faculty and staff of the Law School. The Bulletin contains selected announcements of symposia, conferences, requests for articles and requests for research proposals. If you have any questions concerning the material which appears in the Bulletin, or any suggestions on the types of materials you would like to see included in the Bulletin, please contact Michael J. Slinger, Law Library Director at (216) 687-3547, or Leslie A. Pardo, Circulation & Faculty Services Librarian at (216) 687-6885. Additional information and some registration forms may be obtained by contacting Leslie A. Pardo.
SYMPOSIA & CONFERENCES
The Asian American Studies Program and the College of Law at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are pleased to host the major conference, Asian Americans and the Law, scheduled for February 3-5, 2005 in Champaign, Ill. Contact: Kent A. Ono, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.
The
5th Annual Women and the Law Conference The
Global Impact of Feminist Legal Theory
a conference sponsored by Emory University’s Feminism and
Legal Theory Project and Thomas Jefferson School of Law’s Women and the Law
Project will be held February18-19, 2005 at Thomas
Jefferson School of Law in San Diego, CA.
The Cardozo Women's Law Journal published by The Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law of Yeshiva University and Bodies Like Ours are sponsoring an Intersex Legal Symposium on February 22 and 23rd, 2005. All events are being held at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, 55 5th Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10003-4391.
Willamette Law Review & The College of Law’s Program in Law and Business present: Venture Capital After the Bubble on March 5, 2004 in Portland, Oregon. The symposium will examine both the terms of current venture capital financing arrangements and the legal duties of venture capitalists and the firms in which they invest.
The ABA
Midyear Meeting will be held February 9-15, 2005
in Salt Lake City, Utah.
The
6th Annual Conference on Emerging Issues in Health Care Law, sponsored
by the American Bar Association, Health Law Section, will be held February
23-25, 2005 in Lake Buena Vista, FL.
The 4th Annual Law and Technology Conference will be held February 24-25, 2005 at the University of Florida Levin College of Law in Orlando, FL.
The Center for the Study of Race Relations at the University of Florida Levin College of Law presents Race and Law Curriculum Workshop February 24-26, 2005 in Orlando, FL. This inaugural meeting is designed to bring together law professors across the nation to discuss how issues of race are incorporated into law school teaching and curriculum.
The Cleveland-Marshall College of Law presents Criminal Justice Forum III The Legacy of Lynching: Why African Americans Distrust the Rule of Law on March 9, 2005 in Cleveland, OH. The speaker will be Emma Coleman Jordan, Professor of Law, Georgetown University.
The ABA Section of Environment, Energy & Resources presents the 34th Annual Conference on Environmental Law March 10-13, 2005 in Keystone, CO.
Sponsored by the Institute
for Law School Teaching at Gonzaga University School of Law Teaching
the Law School Curriculum, will take place March 11, 2005
at Villanova Law School in Philadelphia, PA.
The Association
for the Study of Law, Culture and the Humanities, Eighth Annual Meeting
will take place March 11-12, 2005 at the University of Texas,
Austin. Sessions will cover topics such as: History, Memory and Law; Law and
Literature; Representing Legality in Film and Mass Media & Moral Obligation
and Legal Life.
The
National Association of Environmental Law Societies Conference 15th Annual Conference
will be held March 17-20, 2005 at Pace University School of
Law in White Plains, N.Y.
Sponsored by the Frances Lewis Law Center and the Washington and Lee Law Review the symposium Have We Ceased To Be A Common Law Country?: A Conversation on Unpublished, Depublished, Withdrawn and Per Curiam Opinions will be held March 18, 2005 at Washington and Lee University School of Law in Lexington,Virginia.
The Institute of Bill of Rights Law at the College of William and Mary School of Law presents In Prison for 30 Years for Fraud: Sentencing and the Constitution After Sarbanes-Oxley on March 25, 2005 in Williamsburg, VA.
The Distinguished Intellectual Property Lecture, Center for Law, Technology, and the Arts at Case Western Reserve University School of Law presents The TRIPS Agreement Ten Years On on February 2, 2005 in Cleveland, OH.
Case Western Reserve University School of Law presents Eminent Domain, Urban Renewal and the Constitution – Legal and Policy Perspectives on February 4, 2005 in Cleveland, OH.
Frederick K. Cox International Law Center Lecture in Global Legal Reform International Criminal Law - How Long Will Some Miss the Missing Link? will be presented on February 22, 2005 at Case Western Reserve University School of Law in Cleveland, OH.
St. Mary’s University School of Law and the St. Mary’s Law Journal present the Fourth Annual Symposium on Legal Malpractice and Professional Responsibility on February 25, 2005 in San Antonio, TX.
Law, Technology, and the Arts Symposium Copyright & Personal Copying: Sony v. Universal City Studios Twenty Years Later will be presented on February 25, 2005 at Case Western Reserve University School of Law in Cleveland, OH.
Rush McKnight Labor Law Lecture Workplace Flexibility: The Next Frontier in Employment Law will be presented on March 23, 2005 at Case Western Reserve University School of Law in Cleveland, OH.
Dean Lindsey Cowen Business Law Lecture Justified Monopoly? Common Strands in the Regulation of the Pharmaceutical and Telecommunications Industry will be presented on March 30, 2005 at Case Western Reserve University School of Law in Cleveland, OH.
Sponsored by the Pace University School of Law and the Investor Rights Project the Investor Rights Symposium will take place March 31 to April 1, 2005 in White Plains, N.Y. The symposium promises to promote academic thought, scholarship and discussion of legal issues critical to investor protection.
The Institute of Bill of Rights Law at the College of William and Mary School of Law presents Legal Rights in Historical Perspective: From the Margins to the Mainstream on April 2, 2005 in Williamsburg, VA.
The Global Flow of Information: A Conference on Law, Culture and Political Economy, sponsored by the Yale Law School Information Society Project, The Yale Journal of Law & Technology and the International Journal of Communications Law & Policy will be held April 1-3, 2005 at Yale Law School in New Haven CT.
The Cleveland-Marshall Lecturer in Employment and Labor Law Litigating Fair Employment Class Action Cases from the Plaintiffs' Perspective will be presented on April 4, 2005 in Cleveland, OH. The speaker will be Teresa Demchak '76, Goldstein, Demchak, Baller, Borgen & Dardarian Oakland, California.
The Sumner Canary Lecture Thoughts on Equality in the American Constitution will be presented on April 6, 2005 at Case Western Reserve University School of Law in Cleveland, OH.
The Frederick K. Cox International Law Center Symposium Rebuilding Nation Building will be presented on April 8, 2005 at Case Western Reserve University School of Law in Cleveland, OH.
The Third Annual Legal Rhetoric Symposium: The Art of Legal Writing will take place on April 8, 2005 at American University Washington College of Law in Washington, D.C.
The American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution presents the Seventh Annual Conference The Golden State of ADR from April 14-16, 2005 in Los Angeles, CA.
The ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law & the ABA Section of Science & Technology Law presents the 20th Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference from April 14-16, 2005 in Arlington VA.
The Cleveland-Marshall College of Law presents Criminal Justice Forum IV Cross-Purposes on the Court: Proportionality and the Eighth Amendment on April 18, 2005 in Cleveland, OH. The speaker will be Thomas H. Morawetz, Tapping Reeve Professor of Law and Ethics, University of Connecticut.
The Cleveland-Marshall College of Law presents the The Forrest B. Weinberg Memorial Lecture Do Intellectual Property Laws Promote Competition and Innovation? on April 21, 2005 in Cleveland, OH. The speaker will be Douglas Rosenthal, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal L.L.P. Washington, DC
Capital University Law School presents the 2nd Annual National Conference of Minority Professional in Alternative Dispute Resolution: Eliminating Barriers for Minorities in the Field of ADR from May 19-21, 2005 in Columbus, Ohio.
Sponsored by the ABA, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar the Conference on Law School Development for Deans and Administrators, will be held May 31 to June 3, 2005 at Teton National Park, Wyoming.
The Law & Society Association Annual Meeting will be held June 2-5, 2005 in Las Vegas, Nevada. This year's them is Sociolegal Futures: Gambles, Dangers, Dreams, Stakes.
The CALI Conference for Law School Computing: Conquering the Classroom will be held June 9-11, 2005 at Chicago Kent Law School, Chicago, IL.
AALS is sponsoring the
3rd Mid-Year Meeting,
from June 12-17, 2005 in Montreal, Quebec. The meeting
will include an offering of three professional development programs.
CALL FOR PAPERS, PROPOSALS, AND GRANTS
The Touro Law Review is currently soliciting papers for its upcoming Symposium on the Theory and Practice of Legal Writing. Topics include: methodologies for writing and researching in legal education and practice; the art of persuasive writing; drafting of legal documents; and cyber law as it relates to cyber writing. While the Law Review prefers full length articles, shorter essays and articles will be considered. Submissions are due by February 1, 2005 for anticipated publication in May 2005. Submissions can be emailed to the Touro Law Review at LawRev@tourolaw.edu preferably in Word format.
Call for Proposal: The Education Law Association’s 51 st Annual Conference will be held in Memphis Tennessee, November 17-19, 2005. Theme: The Courts, The Congress & Education: A New Look at Accountability and Responsibility. The Conference will focus on the accountability movement in the field of education and its effect on law and legislation impacting K-12 schools and higher education. Areas for discussion may include affirmative action, First Amendment (speech issues, press, religion, assembly, dress codes), Fourth Amendment search/seizure, due process, equal protection, the No Child Left Behind Act, reauthorization of IDEA, educational issues of international interest, legal issues affecting community colleges, legal issues concerning technology, rights of special needs students, impact on student records and privacy, employment discrimination, and sexual harassment. These suggested topics are not intended to preclude other areas of interest in education law. Proposals must be received no later than February 21, 2005.
12th World
Conference of the International Society of Family Law, Family Law: Balancing
Interests, Pursuing Priorities will be held in Salt Lake City,
Utah from July 19-23, 2005. Proposals must be received by March 15,
2005 and should be sent to Professor Marygold Melli (msmelli@wisc.edu),
Law School, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
FOR YOUR INFORMATION
White Collar Crime Prof Blog, edited by Peter J. Henning (Wayne State) & Ellen S. Podgor (Georgia State). The White Collar Prof Blog is a comprehensive web site that combines both (1) regularly-updated permanent resources and links, and (2) daily news and information of interest to professors who write and teach in the White Collar Crime area. The White Collar Crime Prof Blog is the fifth member of the Law Professor Blogs Network.
Law Professor Blogs is a network of web logs ("blogs") by law professors for law professors designed from the ground up to assist law professors in their scholarship and teaching. Each site focuses on a particular area of law and combines both regularly-updated permanent resources and links, and daily news and information of interest to law professors. The editors are leading scholars and teachers who are committed to providing the web as the destination for law professors in their fields. Their goal is for law faculty to visit the Law Professor Blog in their area (or areas) as part of their daily routine. Some of the "blogs" on the network include:
LaborProf Blog edited by Rafael Gely (Cincinnati) started publishing on October 1, 2004.
CrimProf Blog edited by Jack Chin (Arizona) and Mark Godsey (Cincinnati) began publishing on October 15, 2004.
EthicsProf Blog edited by John Steele (Boalt & Santa Ana) will begin publishing on October 18, 2004.
American Rhetoric: The Power of Oratory in the United States Communications scholar Michael Eidenmuller's, web site provides extraordinary online access to speeches. There is an index to a growing database of 5000+ full text, audio and video (streaming) versions of public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, debates, interviews, other recorded media events, and a declaration or two. There is a searchable database of the100 most significant American political speeches. There is even a full text, audio and video database of some 80 Hollywood movie speeches, as selected by audiences of American Rhetoric.
Grants.gov allows organizations to electronically find and apply for competitive grant opportunities from all Federal grant-making agencies. Grants.gov is a single access point for over 900 grant programs offered by the 26 Federal grant-making agencies. The US Department of Health and Human Services is the managing partner for Grants.gov.
The American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution web site lists upcoming ADR events, conferences and symposiums. The site also has featured resources such as articles, books published by the section, CRInfo Resources, Dispute Resolution Magazine and much more.
The Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (OACDL), founded in 1986, is a professional association with over 525 members around the state. OACDL is an advocate of progressive criminal laws and policies that are consistent with constitutional principles, limited government intrusion into the lives of Americans, and a free society. There is a list of OACDL sponsored seminars on their web site.
The International Association of Law Libraries International Calendar lists events hosted by law library associations, bar associations, law schools, legal technology institutes, library organizations, publishers, etc.of interest to legal and information professionals worldwide.
The "most-cited" legal periodical site at http://law.wlu.edu/library/research/lawrevs/mostcited.asp has been enhanced with the addition of an article submissions process. This allows authors to sort the journal list in citation-rank order, to select down to a limited list of journals, to submit an article, and then to have the site produce a page with a link to the journals that accept e-mail submissions, or otherwise a list of editorial addresses. Currently the data is only about a third complete, but that's still a substantial number of journals (roughly 300). To date there are 128 journals that could simultaneously be emailed.idea!).
The Salmon P. Chase College of Law of Northern Kentucky University hosts the Law Review Electronic Submissions web site. The site lists law reviews which accept submissions via email.
The Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (OACDL), founded in 1986, is a professional association with over 525 members in the state of Ohio. OACDL presents accredited Continuing Legal Education programs. A calendar of upcoming CLE programs can be found at their web site or call 1-800-433-2626
Subscribe to the American Bar Association Continuing Legal Education listserv by sending the following message to listserv@abanet.org: subscribe cle-calendar Your Name. You will be added to the distribution list for announcements of the American Bar Association Continuing Legal Education offerings.
At
the International Calendar
of Legal Information Events web site you can find themes, venue,
dates, and web sites for conferences, courses, and other meetings and events
related to law librarianship and legal information, particularly as related
to foreign, comparative, and international law topics and resources.
Sponsored by the International Association of Law Libraries.
FirstGov ™ is an official United States Government web site consolidating some 20,000 separate Federal web sites FirstGov provides the public with easy, one-stop access to all online U.S. Federal Government resources. FirstGov is a Project of the President's Management Council and is managed by the FirstGov Team. For more information contact: FirstGov c/o GSA, 1800 F Street, N.W. Room 5240, Washington, D.C. 20405-0002
The U. S. Supreme Court web site features biographies of the justices, information about the court's rules and procedures, and opinions from the current term.
The ABA's Supreme Court Preview draws upon expert writers and the official briefs filed with the Court to provide an accurate, plain English explanation of the issues, facts, background and significance of every case before oral argument.
The National Center For State Courts provides links to state court, federal court and international court web sites. The NCSC Publications Catalog is also listed on its web site.
The University Law Review Project offers full-text searching of law journals on the Internet.
The National Institute for Trial Advocacy’s (NITA) mission is to provide training in legal advocacy skills and techniques for resolving legal disputes and to foster professionally responsible behavior emphasizing ethics, candor, civility, and judicial economy. To achieve its mission, NITA uses various teaching methods, programs, faculty, and materials. They have a web site listing CLE courses they offer and a listing of the types of reference books, case files, and audio/video materials they have available, as well, as information about NITA.
The American Association of Law Schools is a non-profit association of 164 law schools. The purpose of the association is "the improvement of the legal profession through legal education." It serves as the learned society for law teachers and is legal education's principal representative to the federal government and to other national higher education organizations and learned societies. The AALS holds an Annual Meeting every year in January and five or six workshops and conferences throughout the year. The AALS publishes a Directory of Law Teachers and a quarterly newsletter, as well as other publications. Much of the learned society activities are done by the 78 AALS Sections, which plan programs at the Annual Meetings and publish newsletters throughout the year.
The American Bar Association’s Events and Education web site lists a calendar of National Institutes, Satellite Seminars, TeleConferences, and On-Line Seminars and a full range of continuing legal education programs, including live conference-style programs, telephone seminars, national telecasts, online seminars, videotapes, audiotapes, and course materials.
The American Law Institute-American Bar Association Committee on Continuing Professional Education, ALI-ABA, providers of continuing legal education in the United States since 1947, offers members of the profession a comprehensive curriculum of post-admission legal education -- live courses, course materials, video and audio tapes, satellite broadcasts, books, computer disks, and magazines, etc.
The Ohio CLE Institute, a non-profit organization, was created as a tripartite entity in 1960 by The Ohio State University, the Ohio State Bar Association and the Ohio State Bar Foundation "in furthering a joint program of legal research and continuing legal education with the College of Law." The mission statement for the Institute includes: to provide quality educational programs and services to Ohio attorneys, judges and related professionals at the lowest practical cost.
JURIST: “The Law Professors’ Network," collects law professors' web based home pages, course pages, resource pages and online articles (both "pre prints" and "post prints") and for the first time makes them conveniently accessible to other law professors, lawyers, and law students, as well as to the public at large. JURIST also offers listings for the Web sites of major professional and legal associations, directories of law review and law school home pages, pointers to law listservs, access to a law dedicated search engine, direct email connections to other legal academics in the US and abroad. JURIST is continually under development, so updated information and suggestions for new links are welcome. Bernard Hibbitts is the web master for JURIST. He is the Dean for Communications & Information Technology and Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.
Prepared by Leslie A. Pardo, Circulation & Faculty Services Librarian, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Library, Cleveland State University. Please contact me know if you have questions, comments, or suggestions.