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Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Library The Faculty Current Awareness Bulletin is published periodically by the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law 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 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 Wake Forest Law Review is holding its 18th Annual Business Law Symposium on The Future of Closely Held Business Entities on April 15, 2005 in the Worrell Professional Center at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC. 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 The ABA Section of Real Property, Probate, and Trust Law presents the 2005 Spring Symposia 16th Annual Symposia from April 27-30, 2005 in Washington, DC The AALS Workshops on Clinical Education 2005: Workshop for Law Clinic Directors and Workshop on Clinical Education: Clinical Teaching and Supervision: A Participatory Workshop will be held April 30-May 3, 2005 at the The Palmer House Hilton in Chicago, Illinois. The Center for Interdisciplinary Studies at the Washington University School of Law in St. Louis presents the Fourth Annual Mini Course for Law Professors: Conducting Empirical Legal Scholarship Workshop from May 9-11, 2005. 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 from 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 theme 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. The Center for Excellence in Higher Education Law and Policy at Stetson University College of Law presents Law Student Discipline and Conduct: Practical Issues in Academic Integrity, Honor and Conduct Code Administration, and Student Professionalism on June 10, 2005 in Tampa, Florida The American Association of Law Schools 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. The Center for Intellectual Property at the University of Maryland University College presents Pirates,Thieves and Innocents: Perceptions of Copyright Infringement in the Digital Age from June 16-17, 2005 at the UMUC Inn and Conference Center in Adelphi, MD. The AALS Workshop for New Law Teachers & Workshop for Beginning Legal Writing Teachers will be held June 23-25, 2005 in Washington, D.C. The Institute for Law School Teaching announces its 12th Annual Summer Conference: Learning Outside the Classroom. The conference will include six workshops centered around the main topic, with several opportunities for both small and large group work. The conference will be held at Gonzaga Law School in Spokane, Washington from July 14-16, 2005. The ABA Annual Meeting will be held August 4-9 in Chicago, IL. This year’s meeting includes more than 200 CLE Programs to assist members in furthering their professional development CALL FOR PAPERS, PROPOSALS, AND GRANTS Call for Papers: The Business Research Unit of the Athens Institute for Education and Research presents the 2nd International Conference on Industrial Organization, Law & Economics from June 9-11, 2005 in Athens, Greece. The Institute was established in 1995 to promote research. ATINER is an independent non-teaching organization but does collaborate with universities (in Greece & abroad), other institutes & associations. International conferences, publications and research are the basic activities of ATINER. Papers (in English) from all areas of Industrial Organization, Law and Economics are welcome. Deadline for abstract submission is April 25, 2005. Call for Proposals: Legal Writing on the Move 11th Biennial Conference of the Legal Writing Institute will be held June 7-10, 2006 at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. Deadline for submissions is June 1, 2005.
Request for Workshop Proposals: Lavender Law 2005 will be held October 27- 29th, 2005 in San Diego, CA. For a comprehensive request for workshop proposals, click here: Announcement -- Request for Workshop Proposals Call for Proposals: Kent Law School in the United Kingdom has issued a call for proposals for a conference it is hosting on critical legal studies in September, 2005. Please go to the following web site for details: http://www.kent.ac.uk/law/clc/index.html
FOR YOUR INFORMATIONLLRX.com is a unique, free Web journal dedicated to providing legal, library, IT/IS, marketing and administrative professionals with the most up-to-date information on a wide range of Internet research and technology-related issues, applications, resources and tools, since 1996. 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:
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. 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. 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. 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, have been providers of continuing legal education in the United States since 1947. It 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.
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