Call for Papers: Second Annual Feminist Legal Theory Conference

University of Baltimore School of Law’s Second Annual Feminist Legal Theory Conference is seeking submissions on Applied Feminism: How Feminist Legal Theory is Changing the Law:

This call for papers seeks submissions for the University of Baltimore School of Law’s Second Annual Feminist Legal Theory Conference.  The conference will be held at the University of Baltimore on Friday, March 6, 2009.  The conference will bring together law students, legal academics, practitioners and activists to explore the concrete ways in which feminist legal theory is (or is not) changing the law. 

Abstracts for the papers should be sent by October 17, 2008 to Leigh Goodmark (lgoodmark@ubalt.edu). Abstracts should be no longer than one page.  Abstracts for the papers selected to be presented at the conference will be posted on the website and distributed to all presenters and attendees.   Working drafts of papers are due no later than February 13, 2009.  The working drafts will be posted on the conference website to be shared with other participants and attendees.  Materials from last year’s conference can be viewed on our website at http://law.ubalt.edu/femconf/. Finally, please note that a limited amount of money may be available to presenters for travel expenses.