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 type of material you would like to see included, please call Michael Slinger, Director at (216) 687-3547, or Leslie A. Pardo, Head of Circulation and Faculty Services Librarian at (216) 687-6885. Additional information and registration forms, when available, may be obtained by contacting Leslie A. Pardo at (216) 687-6885.
SYMPOSIA AND CONFERENCES |
The University of Maryland School of Law presents Gideon: A Generation Later, A Defendant's Right To Counsel Real or Illusory? from March 12-13, 1999. For more information contact Loris Moore, University of Maryland School of Law, 500 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201-1786. Ph: (410) 706-4211. Website: http://www.law.ab.umd.edu/
Association of American Law Schools presents a Workshop on Intellectual Property from March 11 13, 1999 in San Francisco, CA. Teachers of Antitrust Law, Computers and the Law, Defamation and Privacy, Intellectual Property, International Law, and Property Law will find this workshop of interest. For more information contact the Association of American Law Schools, 1201 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 800, Washington, D.C. 20036-2605. Ph: (202) 872-1829 website: http://www.aals.org/ip.html
The Vermont Law School presents Conference on Learning-Teaching in Legal Education: The Intersection of Core Learning Theory and Classroom Practice from March 19-20, 1999. The conference will introduce the basic educational areas that educators should know about teaching and learning, and will provide opportunities for hands-on work. For more information please contact Claudia Comstock at Ph: (800) 227-1395, ext. 2221 Fax: (802) 763- 2663 email CCOMSTOCK@vermontlaw.edu website: http://www.vermontlaw.edu/HOME/home.htm
American University's Washington College of Law in Washington, DC. presents Regulations: Coming to Terms With On-Line Commerce on March 26, 1999. Leading regulators, practitioners, and academicians will address, from a variety of perspectives, whether, when and how electronic commerce should be regulated. For more information contact Professor Walter Effross at Ph: (202) 274-4210 Fax: (202) 274-4130 email: effross@wcl.american.edu You may visit their website at the following URL: http://www.wcl.american.edu/index.html
The Center for Clinical Bioethics at the Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, D.C. presents Organizational Ethics from March 26-27, 1999. This program is targeted for individuals who are responsible for developing institutional ethics programs to address organizational ethics/integrity concerns. For more information call (202) 687-8955 or email patchelm@gunet.georgetown.edu You may visit the Georgetown University Medical Center at the following website: http://www.dml.georgetown.edu/
The American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law Tort and Insurance Practice Section and the Center for Continuing Legal Education in Chicago, IL, presents The Second Annual National Institute on the Americans with Disabilities Act from April 8- 10, 1999. This is a mid-to-advanced level seminar and workshop on cutting-edge ADA issues. For more information Ph: 312-988-6191 email: abacle@abanet.org You may also visit their website at the following URL: http://www.abanet.org/cle/
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) workshop examining U.S. perspectives on consumer protection in the global electronic marketplace will be held June 8-9, 1999. For more information, please contact: Lisa Rosenthal, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Ph: 202-326-2249 or e-mail: lrosenthal@ftc.gov or Jonathan A. Smollen, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Ph: 202-326-3457; or e-mail: smollen@ftc.gov You may also visit FTC's web site at the following URL: http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/icpw/index.htm.
The Institute for Law School Teaching at Gonzaga University in Spokane, WA. presents Fresh Looks At Teaching And Learning Law from June 11-12, 1999. The conference will feature thirty-six workshops addressing methods and ideas for first-year courses, upper-level courses, clinical courses, skills and writing courses, and academic support. For more information call (509) 323-3740 or email pprather@lawschool.gonzaga.edu You may visit Gonzaga University at the following website: http://www.law.gonzaga.edu/ilst/ilst.htm
Pace University School of Law, White Plains, NY, presents Establishing and Operating A Securities Arbitration Clinic, an all-day conference for law faculty, practitioners, and students on April 17, 1999. For conference information, please contact Alta Levat, Ph: (914) 422-4128 email: alevat@law.pace.edu You may also visit their website at the following URL: http://www.law.pace.edu/pacelaw/events/sac-conf-index.htm
CALL FOR PAPERS, PROPOSALS AND GRANTS |
CALI is seeking speakers for its 1999 Conference for Law School Computing at the University of Oregon School of Law from June 17-19, 1999. For more information contact John Mayer at CALI-Center for Computer Assisted Legal Instruction, 565 West Adams, Chicago IL 60661. Ph: 312-906-5307 Fax: 312-906-5338 Email: jmayer@cali.org
The Stanford Technology Law Review (STLR) is currently soliciting submissions for both articles and working papers. STLR is multi-disciplinary law review focusing on critical issues at the intersection of law, science, technology and public policy. STLR provides an interactive forum utilizing the latest Internet and electronic publishing technology. The Review publishes articles and working papers from scholars, distinguished practitioners, and students. For more details on the requirements for article submissions, please visit the submissions page of their website: http://stlr.stanford.edu/STLR/Core_Page/index.htm. For more information, please email: STLR-submissions@lists.stanford.edu
The Telecommunications Policy Research Conference (TPRC), an annual forum for dialogue among scholars and decision-makers from the public and private sectors engaged in communication and information policy, is now soliciting proposals for papers or session proposals for presentation at its 1999 conference. Proposals should be based on current theoretical and/or empirical research relevant to the making of communication and information policy, and may be from any disciplinary perspective. TPRC welcomes national, international, or comparative studies. Deadline for submitting papers is August 27, 1999. Contact: Dawn Higgins at Ph: (202) 452-9033 email: tprc@ei.com You may also visit their website at the following URL: http://www.si.umich.edu/~prie/tprc/call99.html
The New York Law School Journal of Human Rights, a scholarly publication dedicated to the preservation and extension of human rights through the legal system, is now soliciting proposals for their Winter 2000 Symposium "Women, Equity and Federal Tax Policy." Deadline for submitting papers is June 1, 1999. For more information contact the Executive Editor, The Journal of Human Rights, New York Law School, 57 Worth Street, New York, NY 10013-2960 Ph: (212) 431-2112.
The University of Hawaii Law Review will be publishing a symposium issue focusing on the controversy surrounding Kamehameha School's Bishop Estate, one of the nation's wealthiest charitable trusts. The Law Review is currently accepting papers for this symposium issue, which will be published in Summer 1999. For more information contact Elijah Yip, Co-Editor-in-Chief, University of Hawaii Law Review, William S. Richardson School of Law 2515 Dole Street Honolulu, Hawaii 96822. You may also send an email message to: lawrev@hawaii.edu Please include a short description of the topic of your paper. More information (including research material) on the Bishop Estate controversy is available upon request.
The International Foundation for Art Research seeks articles from academics, art professionals, and specialists in art and law for the IFAR Journal. Original papers pertaining to art authentication, fakes and forgeries; art and cultural property law; art theft and ownership; and other related issues will be considered. Manuscript length: 1200 - 1800 words. May be accompanied by high-quality illustrations (authors must obtain publication permits). Mail papers to Editor IFAR Journal, 500 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10110. For further information Ph: (212) 391-6234. Include daytime phone number.
CommLaw Conspectus: Journal of Communications Law and Policy is now accepting submissions and proposals for its 1999 Winter and Summer issues. The CommLaw Conspectus is a biannual publication produced by a staff selected from the law students at the Columbus School of Law of the Catholic University of America. The CommLaw Conspectus is also published in association with the Institute for Communications Law Studies, the only program of its kind on the East Coast. Interested communications attorneys and industry specialists should submit articles or topics to: Thomas Buckley, Editor-in-Chief, CommLaw Conspectus The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law Washington, D.C. 20064. For more information Ph: (202) 319-5134 or e-mail: 57buckley@cua.edu
Court Review, the quarterly journal of the American Judges Association, invites the submission of unsolicited, original articles, essays and book reviews. Court Review seeks to provide practical, useful information to the working judges of the United States. For more information contact the Court Review's editor: Judge Steve Leben 100 North Kansas Avenue, Olathe, Kansas 66061. You may also send an email message to: sleben@ix.netcom.com Submissions will be acknowledged by mail; letters of acceptance or rejection will be sent following review.
INJUSTICE STUDIES Online Journal, a refereed, international, interdisciplinary, electronic journal that helps focus academic attention on the study of injustices around the world, is soliciting manuscripts for possible publication. The editors welcome essays devoted to understanding the nature of injustice, types of injustice, and the history, politics, and moral psychology of particular injustices, ranging from global to local events. For more information contact Thomas W. Simon, 4540 Philosophy, Illinois State University Normal, IL 61790-4540. You may email paper abstracts and inquiries to: twsimon@ilstu.edu You may visit their website at: http://wolf.its.ilstu.edu/injustice/
FOR YOUR INFORMATION |
The Conferences List page (http://www.ssiinc.com/~conflist) has had many recent updates that you may find of interest. Conflist is intended to be a single source URL containing information and/or pointers to information on upcoming legal and cyber related conferences. Additionally, you can subscribe to an associated list to have the information emailed to you. To subscribe, send an e mail message to listserv@ssiinc.com that contains a *blank* subject with the sole body text of "subscribe conferences Your Name" (of course, replacing the phrase "Your Name" with your *real* name).
The National Institute for Trial Advocacy (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. You may visit their site at the following URL: http://www.nd.edu/~nita/index.html
The American Association of Law Schools (AALS) calendar can be viewed at the following URL: http://www.aals.org/aalscal.html
The American Bar Association's Events and Education website 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. You may visit their website at the following URL: http://www.abanet.org/events.html
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. You may visit their website at the following URL: http://www.ali-aba.org/n
The Ohio CLE Insitute, 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. You may visit their website at the following URL: http://www.ohiocle.org/
"JURIST: Law Professors' Network," http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/ 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 webmaster for JURIST. He is the Dean for Communications & Information Technology and Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. email: Hibbitts@law.pitt.edu