Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Center for Con Law's Symposium Issue on Women's Leadership in Law and Politics

The Center for Constitutional at Akron has published its annual symposium issue. This year an interdisciplinary program featuring legal scholars and political scientists explored the question of women's leadership in law and politics. Topics included women judges, SCOTUS nominations, gender disparities in Congressional witnesses, gendered campaign spending, and women's elected path.

Articles

Making Their Mark: Women Judges on the U.S. Courts of Appeals
Laura P. Moyer, John Szmer, Susan Haire, and Robert Christensen

Is There a Gender Gap in Campaign Spending Strategies?
Paul S. Herrnson, Charles Hunt, and Jaclyn Kettler

Comparative Lessons for Enhancing Representation in the U.S. Judiciary - and Countering Democratic Decline
Shruti Rana

Coming soon:

It’s Not About Children: How Gender Resentment Shapes Public Opinion on Abortion in the United States, Nicole Kalaf-Hughes & Debra Leiter

Reflection and Reform: A Case Study of Leadership Models in the Reproductive Rights and Justice Movement, Jamie Abrams 

Contingent Constitutional Rights, Paula Monopoli                                                                                                                                 

Jury Duty and American Women’s Struggle for Full Citizenship, Nancy Marder

May 14, 2025 in Abortion, Conferences, Constitutional, Courts, Gender, Judges, Legislation, Race, Scholarship, SCOTUS | Permalink | Comments (0)

Monday, April 28, 2025

SALT Webinar on "The Role of Clinics and Externships" in Defending the Rule of Law

Join the Society of American Law Teachers (SALT) for the next Webinar in its 2025 series on Defending the Rule of Law: The Role of Legal Education. This Friday at 3:00 ET/12:00 PT come learn about "The Role of Clinics and Externships" in advancing justices. Event details are below. The link to register is here: https://msu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_NdvDjogTSOiZswUnGLGofQ#/registration. 

Born out of the civil rights movement, clinical legal education has, for over sixty years, been a vital part of legal education—advancing justice and preparing future lawyers through service to communities.

Today, the work of experiential faculty in promoting the public interest and equipping students to act ethically and effectively in a complex world is more urgent than ever. 

This panel will examine our responsibilities to students and client communities – and the need to protect our own academic freedom - amid unprecedented political and institutional pressures.

Panelists will highlight the efforts of the Joint Committee on Academic Freedom—a collaboration between the Clinical Legal Education Association (CLEA) and the Executive Committee of the AALS Section on Clinical Legal Education—to respond to threats to academic freedom in clinical teaching.

The session will also explore innovative approaches to teaching professional responsibility with a focus on the rule of law, adapting clinics to better support impacted clients, ABA Standard 303(c), and the distinct challenges externship faculty face in helping students navigate employment at government agencies.  This discussion will offer practical insights on how clinical educators can uphold core values, support students, and respond to the current legal and political context.

Panelists:
  • Alexi Freeman, Denver University Sturm College of Law
  • Gautam Hans, Cornell Law School
  • Stephen Rosenbaum, University of California, Berkeley
  • Juliet Sorensen, Loyola University of Chicago School of Law
  • Erika Wilson, University of North Carolina School of Law

April 28, 2025 in Conferences, Education, Law schools | Permalink | Comments (0)

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

AALS Virtual Book Event, Hot Flash: How the Law Ignores Menopause and What We Can Do About It

AALS Section on Aging and Law Online Book Event - Hot Flash: How the Law Ignores Menopause and What We Can Do About It

Date: Thursday, May 8 from 1 – 2 pm ET/12 – 1 pm CT/11 am – 12 pm MT/10 – 11 am PT

The event is free and open to the all; preregistration is required, here.

The authors of the book Hot Flash: How the Law Ignores Menopause and What We Can Do About It (Stanford University Press, 2024) and commentators will explore the multifaceted challenges and opportunities at the intersections between and among menopause, culture, and law. Like menstruation, menopause is a largely involuntary and age-related phase of life that has long been enveloped in silence and shame. An estimated 46.5 million individuals worldwide experience menopause annually. The authors and commentators will critically examine the current state of research on menopause, unraveling its impact on individuals within the context of legal frameworks and cultural norms around gender, aging, and work.

Details after the fold.

Moderator:

  • Professor Kendall Kerew, Georgia State University

Authors:

  • Emily Gold Waldman, Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University
  • Bridget J. Crawford, Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University
  • Naomi Cahn, University of Virginia School of Law

Commentators:

  • Dean Lolita Buckner Inniss, University of Colorado Law School
  • Professor Pinki Mathur Anurag, Jindal Global Law School
  • Professor Margaret Foster Riley, University of Virginia School of Law
  • Professor Elizabeth Kukura, Drexel University School of Law

Sponsor:

  • AALS Section on Aging and the Law

Co-sponsors:

  • Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University
  • UVA Law School Family Center
  • AALS Section on Women in Legal Education

Stanford University Press is offering a discount for those purchasing the book directly through its site: 20% off at www.sup.org with code HOTFLASH

April 23, 2025 in Books, Conferences, Family | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

The Big Ten Law Schools Present Webinar 4/9 on Rearticulation of Sex and Gender

The Big Ten Law Schools present Rule of Law in 2025

All panels can be joined virtually by returning to this URL each Wednesday. https://law.unl.edu/ruleoflaw/

All panels begin at 2 p.m. Pacific/4 p.m. Central/5 p.m. Eastern. We will begin admitting people to the webinar a few minutes before the start time. The event is limited to the first 1,000 participants and will not be recorded.

JOIN WEBINAR

The Big Ten law schools have coordinated a series of virtual panel discussions that examine the Rule of Law in 2025 after an unprecedented series of executive orders, legal interpretations, and administrative actions by the Trump administration over the last several months. Distinguished panelists will present a broad range of perspectives and nuanced views on the rule of law during a period of constitutional, legal, and governmental recalibration.
 
April 9 | Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Rearticulation of Sex and Gender
Panelists:
Valena Beety, McKinney Professor of Law, Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Katie Eyer, Professor of Law, Rutgers Law School
Marc Spindelman, Isadore and Ida Topper Professor of Law, The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
Deborah Widiss, John F. “Jack” Kimberling Chair and Professor of Law, Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Christiana Ochoa, Dean & Herman B Wells Professor of Law, Indiana University Maurer School of Law (moderator)
 
 

April 8, 2025 in Conferences, Gender | Permalink | Comments (0)

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Guest Blog from Professor Bridget Crawford: Achieving Gender Balance in Conference Speakers in the Twenty-first Century

[The Gender & the Law Blog warmly welcome Professor Bridget J. Crawford, University Distinguished Professor of Law at Elisabeth Haub School of Law, for this guest post. Professor Crawford teaches Federal Income Taxation; Estate and Gift Taxation; and Wills, Trusts and Estates. Her scholarship focuses on issues of taxation, especially wealth transfer taxation; property law, especially wills and trusts; tax policy; and gender and the law. Professor Crawford's scholarship has been published in journals including the Washington University Law ReviewThe University of Chicago Legal ForumBoston University Law ReviewU.C. Davis Law ReviewWashington & Lee Law Review, and specialty journals at Harvard, Yale, Columbia, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Michigan.]

 

Achieving Gender Balance in Conference Speakers in the Twenty-first Century

For anyone interested in the issue of gender diversity in academic panels and strategies for achieving it, here are some articles of interest from outside of law:

One doesn’t have to agree with all of the solutions to find something insightful here. (Sorry for the paywall on some of the articles; others are open-source.)

-Bridget Crawford

April 2, 2025 in Conferences, Guest Bloggers | Permalink | Comments (0)

Monday, February 24, 2025

AUWCL Event on "Navigating the Politicization of Reproductive Health"

Join us for the next panel discussion in our Future of Health Care series, Navigating the Politicization of Reproductive Health. The Future of Health Care series features scholar and practitioner perspectives on pressing issues facing the health care industry. This webinar will identify the ways in which reproductive health is harmed by political attacks working to override evidence-based practices, undermine standards of care, and control provider-patient decisions. The panelists will discuss the interconnected politicization of legislation, regulation, and litigation and then strategize how lawyers can work to strengthen and improve health care delivery and health outcomes in this challenging landscape.
We are delighted to have a truly amazing lineup of panelists: Elizabeth KukuraJamille Fields Allsbrook, and Carina Heckert
 
Professor Jamie Abrams will moderate this webinar. 
 
This panel is presented in partnership with AUWCL's Program on Gender, Theory, Law & Practice, the American Health Law Association, and the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics.
 
The event is free, but registration is required - Register here
 

February 24, 2025 in Abortion, Conferences, Healthcare, Pregnancy, Reproductive Rights | Permalink | Comments (0)

Monday, February 10, 2025

Register for Webinar on "Navigating the Politicization of Reproductive Health"

Join American University Washington College of Law's Health Law and Policy Program and Program on Gender, Theory, Law & Practice for the next panel discussion in the Future of Health Care series, featuring scholar and practitioner perspectives on pressing issues facing the health care industry. This virtual program will identify the ways in which reproductive health is harmed by political attacks working to override evidence-based practices, undermine standards of care, and control provider-patient decisions. The panelists will discuss the interconnected politicization of legislation, regulation, and litigation and then strategize how lawyers can work to strengthen and improve health care delivery and health outcomes in this challenging landscape. This program is presented in partnership with the American Health Law Association and the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics.

Learn more and register here: https://www.american.edu/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/health/events/the-future-of-health-care-series.cfm

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February 10, 2025 in Conferences, Healthcare, Pregnancy, Reproductive Rights | Permalink | Comments (0)

Friday, January 31, 2025

Virtual Symposium "Women's Leadership in Law & Politics" at The Center for Constitutional Law and Bliss Institute for Applied Politics at Akron

Registration is now open!

 

WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP IN LAW & POLITICS

Winter Symposium

The Center for Constitutional Law & The Bliss Institute for Applied Politics at The University of Akron

Friday, February 21, 2025 ~ 9:00am to 4:00pm EST

REGISTRATION: Akron Virtual Symposium Women's Leadership

 

Full Schedule: Download 2025 Women's Leadership Schedule

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January 31, 2025 in Conferences, Education, Judges, Law schools, Legal History, Women lawyers | Permalink | Comments (0)

Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Conference: Abortion in American History

Conference, Abortion in American History: Intimate Decisions, Medical Knowledge, and Legal Decrees in the Two Centuries Before Roe v. Wade

This conference brings together leading scholars to explore the multifaceted history of abortion in 19th- and 20th-century America. Building on the Longo Collection in Reproductive Biology, this conference will explore the underlying history that can deepen public understanding of the controversial politics of abortion law.

New academic research on abortion history has surged in recent years, spurred by the lead-up to the Dobbs decision in 2022. Dobbs arrived at a time when a solid court majority professed reliance on originalism, a form of legal analysis that uses constitutional history and its presumed original meaning as the basis for court decisions. Historians have been busy presenting amicus briefs, both in Dobbs and in a continuing flurry of state court cases since the ruling returned abortion law to the states. Accurately understanding both legal and reproductive history has never been more important.

 

December 11, 2024 in Abortion, Conferences, Legal History, Reproductive Rights | Permalink | Comments (0)

Monday, December 9, 2024

CFP International Society of Family Law: Family Law in an Age of Political Contestation

International Society of Family Law – North American Regional Conference
Family Law in an Age of Political Contestation

Philadelphia, June 16, 2025

CALL FOR PAPERS

The ISFL North American Regional Conference will take place at the Temple University Beasley School of Law in Philadelphia on June 16, 2025. The theme of the conference is "Family Law in an Age of Political Contestation."

We encourage papers that approach family law from the lens of critical theory, intersectional analysis, abolitionism, and/or law and economic inequality. We especially welcome proposals that focus on the impact of the current political moment on families who are vulnerable or otherwise marginalized due to their members' identities (LGBTQIA+, immigration status, race, disability, income status, for example).

Please submit abstracts of maximum 1000 words here. When doing so, please also include your current position and institutional affiliation. The deadline for submissions is February 1, 2025. We will notify those whose papers have been selected shortly thereafter.

You are also invited to attend without giving a paper. If you wish to do so, please check the box next to the "Attend, but not present scholarship" option at the submission website. If you are interested in serving as a moderator or commentator on a panel, please register for the conference and check the appropriate box on the submission form by February 1, 2025.  

There may be a modest registration fee (no more than $30). Unfortunately, we cannot offer any financial support for our speakers, but we nevertheless hope that we will be able to welcome you in Philadelphia in June 2025. Please email [email protected] with any questions.

Conveners:

Prof. Sarah Katz (Temple University School of Law)
Prof. Dara Purvis (Temple University School of Law)
Dean Rachel Rebouche (Temple University School of Law)
Prof. Emily Stolzenberg (Villanova University School of Law)

December 9, 2024 in Call for Papers, Conferences | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tuesday, October 1, 2024

CFP Symposium, Women's Leadership in Law and Politics

Call for Proposals

Women’s Leadership in Law and Politics

Scholars Virtual Symposium

Sponsored by The Center for Constitutional Law & The Bliss Institute of Applied Politics at the University of Akron

Friday, February 21, 2025

The Center for Constitutional Law at Akron Law and The Bliss Institute of Applied Politics seek proposals for a Scholars Virtual Symposium to be held on Friday, February 21, 2025. Akron’s Center for Constitutional Law is one of four national centers established by Congress in 1986 for the bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution to support legal research and public education on issues of constitutional import. Past presenters at the Center have included Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, Justice Arthur Goldberg, Professor Reva Siegel, Professor Lawrence Solum, Professor Maggie Blackhawk, Professor Katie Eyer, Professor Harold Koh, Professor Kate Masur, Professor Julie Suk, and Professor Paula Monopoli, among many others. The Bliss Institute of Applied Politics is a bipartisan research, teaching and experiential learning institute dedicated to increasing understanding of the political process with special emphasis on political parties, grassroots activity, and civility and ethics.

The 2025 Scholars Symposium highlights questions of women’s leadership in law and politics. Recent events have brought heightened visibility to women’s political and leadership. Vice-President Kamala Harris became the presidential candidate. Women Justices reached a critical mass on the U.S. Supreme Court, constituting now four of nine Justices. Women’s grassroots initiatives and activism brought reproductive rights to the national agenda through state voting referenda in the wake of Dobbs. This symposium brings together scholars from disciplines including law, politics, history, and gender studies to explore the contours of what women’s political and legal leadership looks like. It will discuss trends, barriers, limitations, and impacts of women’s leadership.

Suggested topics for this symposium may include, but are in no way limited to:

  • Why women’s representation in political and lawmaking institutions matters
  • Barriers to women’s political and legal leadership
  • Women judges – trends, history, and impact
  • Women as political candidates
  • Bias in women’s leadership – gender, racial, ethnicity bias, and DEI
  • Personal attacks on women in leadership from AI, social media, and harassment
  • The Hillary Factor – the antagonism to women candidates and the assumption women can’t win
  • The Kamala Factor – undervaluing women’s power
  • Grassroots women’s groups, g. Moms for Liberty, Red Wine & USA, MeToo
  • Proportional Representation Reform, g. Alaska, Congress’s Fair Representation Act, international
  • Comparative international women’s leadership in law, courts, and politics
  • Women’s leadership in legal practice – firms, partners, MDL, arbitration, experts, judges
  • Women’s political equality as seen in constitutional jurisprudence, including Dobbs
  • Pipelines to women’s legal and political leadership
  • Women as constitution makers (19th Amendment, ERA, global constitutions)

The symposium aims to ignite dialogue and discussion among scholars ruminating on these important issues. The price of admission, so to speak, is a short discussion paper to be published in the written symposium in the Spring 2025 edition of the Center for Constitutional Law’s open-access journal, ConLawNOW (also indexed in Westlaw, Lexis, and Hein). Papers should be about 3,000 to 5,000 words (5-10 published pages). These may be derivative works of longer works or books published elsewhere.

Those interested in participating in the 2025 Constitutional Law Scholars Symposium should send an abstract, title, and CV to Professor Tracy Thomas, Director of the Center for Constitutional Law at Akron, at [email protected]. Abstracts are welcomed beginning now, and should be submitted by December 1, 2024. 

October 1, 2024 in Call for Papers, Conferences, Gender, Law schools, Media, Pop Culture | Permalink | Comments (0)

Monday, September 30, 2024

Feminist Legal Theory CRN Law & Society CFP

Monday, October 7th is the deadline to submit a proposal for the Law & Society Annual Meeting content affiliated with the Feminist Legal Theory Collaborative Research Network. Please send any questions, comments, or ideas for events to the CRN email address: [email protected]. Submit a form here. If you are submitting an individual proposal, after Section 4 in the form go to the bottom of the section and hit next and on Section 9 hit submit to finalize your submission. If you are submitting a multi-authored paper or if you are submitting one of the other format types, after Section 4 in the form only complete the appropriate section for you and on Section 9 hit submit to finalize your submission. The Planning Committee especially welcomes the following: 

The following non-exhaustive list is intended to provide examples of topic areas, and not to limit scholarly and creative engagement of feminist legal theory within the conference themes:

• Present-day Inequalities Legacies of Slavery and Colonialism

• Consequences of Neoliberal Economic and Social Policies

• Health & Environmental Crises such as HIV/AIDS, Covid 19, Monkeypox, Climate Change, Natural Disasters

• Military, Police, and Other Pervasive Violence against Marginalized People

• Access to Justice & Legal Empowerment Issues & Approaches

• Inequalities related to Reproduction and Reproductive Technologies

• Immigration & Displacement

• LGTBQ+ Discrimination

• Unequal and Separate Treatment of Children

• Legal Education & Inequality

• Discrimination based on Marriage & Family Formation

• State Criminalizing Practices predicated on Gender

• Feminization of Poverty

• Perspectives on Exploitation & Resistance Movements

• Transnational/International/Comparative Feminist Critiques

• Feminism and Legal History

We especially welcome proposals that would permit us to collaborate with other CRNs and that are multidisciplinary in approach. We strongly encourage colleagues from the Global South, indigenous colleagues, and colleagues from various minority groups to submit proposals.

 

September 30, 2024 in Call for Papers, Conferences | Permalink | Comments (0)

Monday, June 3, 2024

Elizabeth Haub School of Law Announces Women, Gender & the Law Emerging Scholar Award: Call for Submissions

Elisabeth Haub School of Law's has released a Call for Submission in its annual Women, Gender & the Law Emerging Scholar Award. The announcement is here.  

Women, Gender & the Law Emerging Scholar Award: Call for Submissions

 

The Elisabeth Haub School of Law is pleased to announce the competition for its annual Women, Gender & the Law Emerging Scholar Award.  This paper competition is open to all having with five (5) or fewer years of full-time law teaching experience as of July 1, 2024. The deadline for submissions is July 1, 2024.

 

The purpose of the award is to encourage and recognize excellent legal scholarship related to gender and the law.  The work chosen for the Women, Gender & the Law Emerging Scholar Award should make a substantial contribution to legal literature and reflect original research and/or major developments in previously reported research.

 

Papers will be reviewed on a blind basis by a committee comprised of members of the Haub Law faculty with expertise in this area.  The winner of the competition will be invited to present the paper to selected students and faculty at Haub Law (located in White Plains, NY) during the 2024-2025 academic year, with reasonable travel expenses from within the continental U.S. paid, or via Zoom, as circumstances permit and by mutual agreement.

 

ELIGIBILITY:

 

All persons who have held full-time teaching positions for five (5) or fewer full academic years as of July 1, 2024 are eligible for consideration. One does not have to be on the tenure-track or tenured to be eligible. Time as a VAP or Fellow does not "count against" the five (5) year clock.

 

There is no subject-matter limitation for submissions, as long as the paper relates in some way to gender and the law.

 

Jointly authored papers are accepted as long as each author independently meets the eligibility requirements.

 

PUBLICATION COMMITMENTS/LIMITATIONS:

 

There is no publication commitment associated with the competition. 

 

Papers are eligible regardless of whether they were published prior to submission date, are scheduled to be published after the submission date, or are not yet under submission.

 

Each applicant is limited to one (1) entry.

 

Papers considered in prior years' competitions are eligible for resubmission.

 

There are no page-length or word-count limitations.

 

All publications (including scholarly articles, book chapters, legal briefs and other writings) are eligible for consideration.

 

SUBMISSION:

 

We will accept submissions for the Emerging Scholar Award from June 1, 2024, through July 1, 2024. The winner will be announced by August 30, 2024.

 

To participate, please email your work, redacted as necessary to preserve anonymity (for the blind judging process), as a portable data file (PDF) to Judy Jaeger, Senior Staff Associate, at [email protected] with the subject line "Emerging Scholar Award."

 

Please include in the body of the email your name, institutional affiliation and confirmation that you meet the eligibility requirements.

 

Unredacted or late papers will not be considered.

 

June 3, 2024 in Conferences | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Symposium Advancing Pregnant Persons' Right to Life

Boston University School of Law, Advancing Pregnant Persons' Right to Life

On February 8, 2024, scholars of law, medicine, and religion from across the world came together at Boston University School of Law to discuss the potential of promoting and protecting reproductive justice through advancing pregnant persons’ right to life. Stemming from that event are six articles and an annotated bibliography from leading legal scholars. This historic and important symposium is captured in its entirety in the video below.

The Free Exercise Right to Life
David A. CarrilloAllison G. Macbeth, & Daniel Bogard
104 B.U. Law Review Online 19 (2024)

Religion Clause Challenges to Early Abortion Bans 
Caroline Mala Corbin
104 B.U. Law Review Online 37 (2024)

Medical Authority and the Right to Life
Jessie Hill
104 B.U. Law Review Online 67 (2024)

The Right to Life as a Source of Abortion Rights: Lessons from Kansas
Richard E. Levy
104 B.U. Law Review Online 87 (2024)

Turning Away from Criminal Abortion Laws and Towards Support for Pregnant People and Families
Cynthia Soohoo
104 B.U. Law Review Online 109 (2024)

Reproductive Justice and the Thirteenth Amendment
Rebecca E. Zietlow
104 B.U. Law Review Online 143 (2024)

Annotated Bibliography: “Persons Born” and the Jurisprudence of “Life
Martha F. Davis
104 B.U. Law Review Online 161 (2024)

May 14, 2024 in Abortion, Conferences, Constitutional, Pregnancy, Religion, Reproductive Rights | Permalink | Comments (0)

Monday, April 22, 2024

Judy Stinson Lecture on "Reclaiming the Singular They"

Robert Anderson presented the Judy Stinson Lecture at Arizona State University on the topic of "Reclaiming the Singular They in Legal Writing." A recording of the presentation is available here.  It gives background on the grammatical prohibition on the singular they.  It describes a historic tension between grammar guides and dictionaries on this issue. The underlying article that was the basis for the lecture is available here

April 22, 2024 in Conferences, Gender, Law schools | Permalink | Comments (0)

Friday, November 10, 2023

CFP First Annual West Coast Sexuality, Gender and the Law Conference

First Annual West Coast Sexuality, Gender and the Law Conference
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California
March 22-23, 2024

Call for Papers

Abstract Submission Deadline: December 15, 2023

We are pleased to announce the first annual West Coast Sexuality, Gender and the Law Conference on March 22-23 in Los Angeles. Loyola Law School will serve as the conference host.

As political and legal attacks against LGBTQ people are once again on the rise, as are other legal and political efforts to shape and reassert normative views of gender and the family, this Conference seeks to bring together scholars exploring issues of sexuality, gender, and the law. The goal of the Conference is to provide attendees with detailed, constructive feedback on their work in a supportive, collegial environment, and to build community among scholars working on these issues (especially those on the West Coast). Scholars at all levels of seniority are encouraged. We also encourage submissions at different stages of progress, from early drafts (incubators) to more developed forms (a work-in-progress session).

The Conference will consist of approximately 4-5 panels over the course of one and a half days. Participants will be expected to attend all panels and to read and be prepared to discuss all assigned papers.

There is no conference or registration fee. Participants will be responsible for the costs of their own flight, other transportation, and hotel arrangements (we are working on reserving a block of hotel rooms for the conference). Breakfast, lunch, and refreshments will be provided at the conference.

To preserve an intimate and supportive character, we can accommodate only 45 participants, Although we will try to fulfill all requests, if space is limited, some preference will be given to West Coast-based scholars.

To apply, please submit an abstract of no more than 500 words, as well as a CV, here by December 15, 2023. Submissions will be vetted by the organizing committee (listed below). Selection will be based on the originality of the abstract as well as its capacity to engage with the other papers in a collaborative dialogue. In addition, priority will be given to scholars based on the West Coast.

Participants will be notified of their selection by the beginning of January 2024. Drafts of papers will be due approximately two weeks prior to the Conference.

We look forward to your submissions and participation. Questions can be directed to the organizing committee members at [email protected].

Thank you!
Courtney Cahill, UC Irvine School of Law
Courtney Joslin, UC Davis School of Law
Yvonne (Yvette) Lindgren, UC College of Law San Francisco (visiting)
Kaipo Matsumura, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Brian Soucek, UC Davis School of Law

November 10, 2023 in Call for Papers, Conferences | Permalink | Comments (0)

Wednesday, October 25, 2023

Gender, Health and the Constitution Conference at the Center for Con Law at Akron

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Con Law Conference Focuses on Gender, Health & the Constitution

The Center for Constitutional Law at The University of Akron School of Law held its annual conference on Oct. 13. This year’s theme was Gender, Health and the Constitution. The Center is one of four national resource centers established by Congress, along with Drake University, Howard University and the University of South Carolina, to support research and public education on issues of constitutional law. It includes five faculty fellows, student fellowships, a J.D. certificate program and an online journal, ConLawNOW.

“Speakers at this year’s conference all agreed on the need for attention to these issues of gender discrimination in the health care context,” said Akron Law Professor and Con Law Center Director Tracy Thomas. “The 20 featured panelists included national scholars and local practitioners in both law and medicine who provided a broad range of expertise from theoretical to practical implications.”

Those attending the conference included judges, attorneys, academics, students and members of the community interested in learning more about these emerging issues. Akron Law faculty Bernadette Bollas GenetinMike GentithesDr. George Horvath and Brant Lee moderated the panels.

The first topic was reproductive rights and the profound legal and medical changes since the U.S. Supreme Court’s invalidation of the long-recognized fundamental right to reproductive choice. Maya Manian, director of the Health Law and Policy Program at American University, recommended a new theoretical approach grounded in health justice. Dr. Allison Kreiner, medical analyst with Plakas Mannos, revealed the stark detriment of the invalidation to patients in practice. Legal scholars Naomi Cahn from the University of Virginia, Tiffany Graham from Touro Law and Sonja Sutter from George Washington University discussed applications in the contexts of minors’ rights and assisted reproduction.

 The second panel turned to the topic of gender identity. Panelists spoke about recent bans on gender-affirming care, the history and meaning of gender identity, and new laws prohibiting transgender girls from participating in sports. Noted national legal scholars speaking on gender identity included Deborah Brake from the University of Pittsburgh, Noa Ben-Asher from St. John’s University, Jennifer Bard from the University of Cincinnati, Susan Keller from Western State University and Dara Purvis from Penn State University.

 The next panel discussion focused on bias in medical science and the ways in which medical science excludes women in research, resulting in significant negative physical effects. Panelists diagnosed existing problems and suggested preventive measures. These legal experts on medical science included former Akron Law Professor Jane Moriarty, now at Duquesne University; Jennifer Oliva from Indiana University; and Aziza Ahmed from Boston University. Dr. Rachel Bracken from Northeast Ohio Medical University also presented.

The final panel of the day focused on the broader meanings and implications of medical autonomy. Professor Thomas discussed Ohio’s unique health care freedom constitutional amendment and how it might apply to reproductive freedom. Abby Moncrieff, co-director of the Health Law Center at Cleveland State University, considered the theoretical neutrality bases of medical autonomy and how they applied to several of the emerging legal issues discussed at the conference, including gender-affirming care and reproductive rights. Attorneys Marie Curry from Legal Aid and Megan Franz Oldham ’05, partner at Plakas Mannos, discussed how these issues from daily medical practice. Oldham addressed how medical malpractice claims arise when physicians discount women patient’s reported symptoms. Curry shared information about racial impacts and discrimination in pregnancy care, and alternative patient-centered approaches to redress these concerns.

 Many papers presented at the conference will be published in the Spring symposium of ConLawNOW.

October 25, 2023 in Abortion, Conferences, Constitutional, Family, Gender, Healthcare, Law schools, LGBT, Pregnancy, Race, Reproductive Rights, Science, SCOTUS, Sports | Permalink | Comments (0)

Thursday, September 21, 2023

Conference on Gender, Health and the Constitution at The Center for Constitutional

A terrific program we have coming.  Register now at this link:  2023 Conference Registration

Con Law Conf Gender & Health 2023 FLYER

September 21, 2023 in Abortion, Conferences, Constitutional, Gender | Permalink | Comments (0)

Thursday, August 17, 2023

Conference The Jurisprudential Legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Conference Announcement: The Jurisprudential Legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Join us online or in-person on Sept. 22, 2023 for a discussion focusing on The Jurisprudential Legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburga new book examining Justice Ginsburg’s remarkable career, with a focus on the common themes and approaches underscoring her decisions across several subject matters. Contributing authors will discuss areas of the law in which Justice Ginsburg had an outsized interest or impact and which illustrate her long and celebrated judicial career.  More information, including speakers and topics, is available here.  The event is free, but registration is required.  Register here.

Speakers and Topics 

Deborah L. Brake, Gender and the Law

Melissa L. Breger, Criminal Procedure 

Elizabeth G. Porter and Heather Elliott, Civil Procedure 

Kirin Goff, Health Law 

Jill I. Gross, Arbitration 

Vinay Harpalani and Jeffrey D. Hoagland, Race and the Law

M. Isabel Medina, Citizenship and Immigration

Maria C. O’Brien, Employee Retirement Income Security Act 

W. Keith Robinson, Patent Law

JoAnne Sweeny, Freedom of Expression

Ryan Vacca, Copyright Law 

Mary Jo Wiggins, Bankruptcy

 

The Jurisprudential Legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

August 17, 2023 in Books, Conferences | Permalink | Comments (0)

Friday, June 23, 2023

CFP AALS Feminism, The Development of Professional Identity, and Implementing ABA Standard 303(b)

The AALS Section on Women in Legal Education is pleased to announce a call for proposals for the 2024 Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. (January 3-6, 2024).

The ABA Council on Legal Education has recently promulgated the revised accreditation Standard 303(b), focusing on the development of professional identity. The Section on Women in Legal Education invites proposals that explore the revised Standard by examining the relationship between professional identity formation and feminism, especially those which take an intersectional perspective and engage with the manner in which Standards 303(b) and 303(c) are in conversation with each other.

We encourage proposals that cover a range of issues related to this topic, including but not limited to the following: (1) the manner in which such concerns are infused through doctrinal and experiential curricula; (2) efforts to map key pedagogical goals across the entire curriculum; (3) the training that faculties are receiving (or should be receiving) to improve student learning as it relates to gender equity and professional identity formation; (4) how institutional choices regarding curricular delivery and the potential for cross-institutional collaboration can have an impact on the effectiveness of student learning; (5) the challenges presented by the effort to shape students' professional identities in the midst of controversial political settings; and crucially, (6) how "values, guiding principles, and well-being practices" – as referenced in Interpretation 303-5 – shape this conversation, especially as they relate to the commitment of the profession to gender equity and equality. What is the toolkit that institutions need during this moment of change? The ultimate goal of the Standard is to prepare students as well as possible to meet the challenges of the current and future moments, and this panel will use the lens provided by feminist concerns to engage the possibilities for achieving that objective.

Full-time faculty members of AALS member and fee-paid law schools are eligible to submit proposals. Visiting faculty (not full-time on a different faculty) and fellows are also eligible to apply to present at this session.

Proposals should be no more than 500 words in length.

To be considered, proposals should be emailed to Professor Tiffany C. Graham at [email protected] no later than Friday, August 4, 2023. Selected presenters will be announced by Friday, September 8, 2023. The panelists who are chosen will be responsible for paying their own AALS registration fee, hotel, and travel expenses. For more information, please do not hesitate to contact Tiffany Graham at your convenience

June 23, 2023 in Call for Papers, Conferences, Gender, Law schools, Women lawyers | Permalink | Comments (0)