Stanford, Yale, and Harvard Law Schools announce the Junior Faculty Forum (the successor to the Stanford/Yale Junior Faculty Forum that has convened for the past twelve years) to be held at Harvard Law School on June 1-2, 2012, and seek submissions for this meeting.
The Forum’s objective is to encourage the work of young scholars by providing experience in the pursuit of scholarship and the nature of the scholarly exchange. Meetings are held each spring, alternating between Yale, Stanford, and Harvard.
Paper submissions for the Forum should be sent to Ms. Kaitlin Burroughs at Harvard Law School (1525 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138). Electronic submissions should be sent to kburroughs[at]law.harvard.edu. The deadline for submission is February 15, 2012. Please note on the cover letter which topic your paper falls under.
Inquiries concerning the Forum should be sent to Adriaan Lanni (adlanni[at]law.harvard.edu) or Gabriella Blum (gblum[at]law.harvard.edu) at Harvard Law School, Joseph Bankman at Stanford Law School (jbankman[at]stanford.edu), or Ian Ayres at Yale Law School (ian.ayres[at]yale.edu)
The focus of this yearÂ’s session will be public law and the humanities. The topics to be addressed are:
Administrative Law
Constitutional Law
Criminal Law
Employment Law, Social Welfare Policy, and Anti-Discrimination Law
Environmental Law
Family Law
Jurisprudence and Philosophy
Law and Humanities (including Law and Literature, Critical Legal Studies, and Gender Studies)
Legal History
Public International Law
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