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 and Faculty Services Librarian at (216) 687-6885. Additional information and some registration forms may be obtained by contacting Leslie A. Pardo.

The Association for Research on Mothering invites you to attend our 6th Annual Conference Mothering, Law, Politcis, and Public Policy at York University, Toronto, Canada from October 18-20, 2002. The conference will bring together leading researchers from Canada, Australia, the United States, Finland, Germany, Austria, the UK, New Zealand, and Switzerland to examine mothering, law, politics and public policy from a variety of disciplines and perspectives. For more information, visit the following web site: http://www.mith2.umd.edu/WomensStudies/Conferences/arm6th.html

Locked Up, Then Locked Out - A Workshop on Prisoners' Civil Disabilities sponsored by the Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy, University of Buffalo Law School will be presented from October 18-20, 2002. This workshop addresses a broad definition of civil disabilities that includes effects not only on ex-offenders, but their families, their communities, and even the constitution of civil society itself. Researchers from a wide range of disciplines together with ex-offender advocates and practitioners are included. The discussions will be focused upon the implications of civil disability upon issues of housing, welfare, employment, mobility, citizenship, and other aspects of civil society in the United States and Canada. For more information, please visit their website at: http://www.law.buffalo.edu/baldycenter/civdis02.html

Fordham Corporate Law Institute is pleased to present its Twenty-Ninth Annual Conference on International Antitrust Law and Policy, which offers lawyers and others an opportunity to meet new colleagues and to learn about and discuss developments in this very important area of practice. The conference will be held on Thursday, October 31^st and Friday, November 1^st, 2002 in the Pope Auditorium of Fordham University, 113 West 60th Street, New York, NY 10023. For more information, please visit their web site at: http://www.fordhamantitrust.com/

Expert Testimony and Justice Gone Astray: Trauma, Memory, & Child Sexual Abuse, a one-day conference offering continuing education for psychologists, counselors, social workers, attorneys, and law enforcement personnel will be held November 1, 2002 at Boston University, George Sherman Union, 775 Commonwealth Avenue. By attending this conference you will gain an insight into how conviction rates can be improved by separating out false claims from genuine cases of abuse, thereby enhancing the rationality of verdicts in child sex abuse prosecutions and allowing for the exoneration of those falsely accused.  For more infromation, please contact Kathy Begert, email: KBegert846@aol.com or you may view the full conference description and application form online at  http://www.bu.edu/features/special/educationplus.html 

The J. Reuben Clark Law School of Bringham Young University, the Dave Thomas Center for Adoption Law at Capital University Law School, and the Capital University Law Review presents Symposium on Marriage, Adoption and the Best Interests of the Child from November 1-2, 2002 at Capital University Law School. For more information contact jpoprocki@law.capital.edu web site: http://www.law.capital.edu/

The 3rd International Conference LawTech 2002 will be held at the Cambridge Marriott in Massachusetts, adjacent to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, November 6-7, 2002. This conference is an international forum for lawyers, computer scientists, and engineers interested in understanding the latest developments and implications of technology in the field of law. It is an opportunity to exchange ideas and information related to the intersection of these two areas. The conference will address both the legal ramifications of new technology and how technology advances the field of law. For more information about the conference, please visit the following web site: http://www.islat.org/conferences.htm

The Cyril H. Wecht Institute of Forensic Science and Law, in conjunction with Duquesne University School of Law and the University's Family Institute, is pleased to announce its Third Annual Forensic Science and Law Conference, Law, Family and Violence: A Multi Disciplinary Symposium from November 7-9, 2002. Over the course of this two-day event, the Wecht Institute will convene national and local experts in criminal law, forensic science, law enforcement, health care and public policy to explore many of the legal and scientific issues associated with familial physical and sexual abuse. For more information, please visit the following web site: http://www.forensics.duq.edu

The ICTY at Ten: A Critical Assessment of the Major Rulings of the International Criminal Tribunal Over the Past Decade sponsored by the American Society of International Law Annual Meeting will be held at the New England School of Law on November 9, 2002. Contact Professor Michael Scharf at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law, (216) 368-3299 or mps17@po.cwru.edu for more information.

California Western School of Law will host "The Rule of Law: Creating and Effective Legal Environment for the Global Economy," from November 14-16, 2002 in San Diego. The conference will bring together a cross-section of leaders in international law to discuss the meaning of the rule of law as well as key issues and developments in applying law in international commerce. The conference is designed to enhance the understanding of how the rule of law is constituted by different cultures and legal systems, yet forms a common foundation for the global economy. The conference will examine how legal procedures and rules are complied with or enforced; and exploring how the reach and power of the rule of law may be extended to deal with emerging international problems. For more information, please visit the following web site: http://www.cwsl.edu/news/RuleofLaw.htm

The 9^th Geneva Global Arbitration Forum, "Settling Disputes on a Shrinking Planet," will be held December 4-5, 2002 in Geneva, Switzerland. The Forum is sponsored by The Geneva Post Quarterly, The Journal of World Investment, and The Journal of World Intellectual Property. For more information contact: Jacques Werner, Conference Chairman at wernerp@iprolink.ch
 

From Pipe Bombs to Ph.D.s: International Terrorism in the 21st Century, hosted by the Indiana International & Comparative Law Review. Articles can be either international or comparative in their style, but cannot be limited to discussion of only domestic terrorism. Submission deadline: October 30, 2002. http://www.iulaw.indy.indiana.edu/law_revs/iiclrsym.htm

Stanford Law Review invites academics and practitioners to submit papers of approximately thirty pages in length for their annual Symposium Issue of the Stanford Law Review. This year's theme is "Treaties, Enforcement, and U.S. Sovereignty." Those whose work is accepted will be expected to present at the live Symposium. The submission deadline is November 1, 2002. For more information, please visit the following web site: http://lawschool.stanford.edu/lawreview/symposium/

The Tulsa Law Review is currently planning its first Sports Law Symposium, Torts & Sports: The Rights of the Injured Fan. The symposium will have articles authored by Dean Roger I. Abrams of Northeastern University, Dean C. Peter Goplerud of Drake University, and J. Gordon Hylton of Marquette University. The Law Review seeks a few more articles to round out the issue. There will be a small honorarium for authors who are published in the Symposium. The Law Review is seeking articles covering topics that run the gamut regarding the rights of injured fans at sporting events. Possible topics include: negligent provision of emergency care to fans, unmonitored beer sales leading to fan injury, players attacking fans, and the insanity defense as a defense for sports rioters charged with crimes. Alternatively, an author might take a comparative approach, contrasting laws of the United States with those of other countries. In particular, the soccer riots of Europe come to mind. The deadline for submissions is January 1, 2003. For further information, please contact Dani Mouri Articles Research Editor, Tulsa Law Review. email: dani-mouri@utulsa.edu Ph: 918 631-3532 or contact Tulsa Law Review Editor-in-Chief, Sarah West. email: sarah-west@utulsa.edu

Columbia Law School, University of Southern California Center for Law, History & Culture, and Georgetown University Law Center invite submissions for the second annual meeting of the Law & Humanities Junior Scholar Workshop to be held at Columbia Law School in New York City on June 1 -2, 2003. Papers should be works-in-progress between 30 and 60 double-spaced pages in length. A paper that has been submitted for publication is eligible, but will be disqualified if it is in galley proofs or in print at the time of the Workshop. The selected papers will appear in a special issue of the Legal Scholarship Network; there is no other publication commitment. The Workshop will pay the travel expenses of authors whose papers are selected for presentation. Submissions will be accepted until January 10, 2003, and should be sent (preferably by e-mail) to: Center for the Study of Law and Culture, Columbia Law School 435 W. 116th Street, New York, N.Y. 10027. Please also include your contact information with your submission. For more information contact: Jinah Paek, 212-854-2511 Email: culture@law.columbia.edu. Web site: www.law.columbia.edu/law&culture

The American Society for Legal History requests proposals for panels and papers for its 2003 meeting, to be held November 13-15, 2003, in Washington, D.C., USA. Deadline for submissions is February 1, 2003. Proposals for complete panels are preferred, though the Program Committee recognizes that younger scholars may need its assistance in arranging panels and welcomes their proposals for individual papers. Panel proposals should include a statement of the common issues raised by the panel (amounting to no more than 500 words) as well as an abstract of each paper (amounting to no more than 250 words). Individual paper submissions require a 250-word abstract. Send all proposals, preferably by e-mail, together with the curriculum vitae, address, phone, fax, and e-mail of each participant to the Chair of the Program Committee: Ariela Gross, Professor of Law and History, The Law School, University of Southern California, 699 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0071 Ph: (213) 470-4793 Fax: (213) 470-5502 Email: aslhprogram@law.usc.edu

Christine Corcos, Associate Professor of Law and Women's and Gender Studies at Louisiana State University Law Center, is soliciting short articles for a "round table" on ethnic and minority lawyers for the website Picturing Justice. If you are interested in writing a short essay on African-American, Latino/Latina, gay and lesbian, Asian-American, or other types of lawyers in the movies, tv, novels or pop culture please contact ccorcos@lsu.edu. Picturing Justice is available at www.usfca.edu/pj

Call For Papers, Panels and Proposals for the Eighth Annual LatCrit (Latina/o Critical Legal Studies) Conference in Cleveland, Ohio, May 1-4, 2003. The theme will be "CITY & THE CITIZEN: Operations of Power, Strategies of Resistance." The submission deadline is October 31, 2002. For more information visit the following web site: www.latcrit.org

Call for Papers for the Conference on Social Informatics and Law sponsored by the Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy, University at Buffalo Law School and the Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction. Abstracts and drafts should be submitted in Word or WordPerfect format, by email to the Baldy Center at baldyctr@acsu.buffalo.edu or on diskette to Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy, University at Buffalo Law School, 511 O'Brian Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260. Abstracts will be posted on the conference website and draft copies of the papers will be made available in advance to participants. Proposal abstracts are due by January 10, 2003. For more information, please visit the following web site: http://www.law.buffalo.edu/baldycenter/socinfo02.html (website forthcoming)

The Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review is proudly entering its thirty-sixth year of publication. In 2002, the Law Review adopted a new faculty-edited symposium format. The new format will allow symposium editors to bring together top legal experts and specialists from other disciplines for an in-depth look at emerging and enduring legal issues. Upcoming symposia topics include Eldred v. Ashcroft, edited by Professor Lawrence Solum of Loyola Law School; ICANN Governance, edited by Professor Michael Froomkin of the University of Miami School of Law; Elder Abuse, edited by Professor Sande Buhai of Loyola Law School; and Law, Language and Violence, edited by Professor Allan Ides of Loyola Law School. The Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review welcomes the submission of proposals for future symposia. For more information, please visit the following web site: http://llr.lls.edu/about.html

FirstGov ™ is an official United States Government website consolidating some 20,000 separate Federal websites 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 Please visit their website at: http://www.firstgov.gov/index.html

The U. S. Supreme Court inaugurated a new web site on April 17, 2000. The site's features include biographies of the justices, information about the court's rules and procedures, and opinions from the current term. You may visit their website at the following: www.supremecourtus.gov.

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. You may visit the website at the following: www.abanet.org/publiced/preview/home.html

The National Center For State Courts provides links to state court, federal court and international court web sites at www.ncsc.dni.us 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 at: www.lawreview.org

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. You may visit their web site at: http://www.nita.org/

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. You may visit their web site at the following: http://www.aals.org/

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. You may visit their web site at: 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 web site at: http://www.ali-aba.org/

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. You may visit their web site at: http://www.ohiocle.org/

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. e-mail: Hibbitts@law.pitt.edu web site: http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/
 

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