Following the success of the prior six inter-university graduate student conferences held at Cornell University Law School, the Cornell University Law School graduate students (J.S.D. Students, Visiting Doctoral Students and the Cornell Law School LL.M. Association) are pleased to announce the Sixth Cornell Law School Inter-University Graduate Student Conference to be hosted at the law school, on Friday, April 1, and Saturday, April 2, 2011. As with the previous two years the topic of this year’s conference is open in order to attract the widest selection of papers. Presentation panels will be composed by grouping similarly-themed papers. Papers presented at the conference may be published on the Cornell University Law School working papers website.
The conference will begin with an initial panel on Friday afternoon, April 1, and then continue on Saturday, April 2, with panels throughout the day. Each panel will feature 4-6 speakers along with a faculty moderator. The day will include a luncheon. Each speaker will provide a ten- to fifteen- minute presentation of his or her paper topic after which there will be input from the other panelists, the faculty moderator and conference attendees. The response to the conference in the past has been enthusiastic (last year 24 students from 12 universities presented papers). The overall goal of the conference is to provide a forum for graduate students from Cornell and other law schools to present scholarly papers on a wide variety of topics. This year any current J.S.D./S.J.D. or LL.M. student wishing to present a paper is encouraged to submit one. We also welcome students who wish to attend the conference without presenting a paper.
Papers on a broad range of topics are welcomed; however, those with an international or comparative focus will be given preference.
If you are interested in presenting a paper at the conference, please send us a description of the paper you would like to present, including a 250-500 word abstract. The conference committee will use the abstracts in selecting the papers to be presented and in creating the panels. Submissions should be sent to the following e-mail address: gradconference@lawschool.cornell.edu
Submissions must be received by Friday, January 7, 2011, for consideration by the conference committee. The papers selected for presentation will be announced in mid-February, and final papers will be due by no later than March 7, 2011.
More details regarding the schedule of events and the composition of the panels will be posted on the conference website in the spring.
Cornell University Law School
Graduate Legal Studies Program
Myron Taylor Hall
Myron Taylor Hall
Ithaca, New York 14853
t. 607.255.2362 f. 607.255.7193http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/international/legal_studies/upload/Call-for-Papers-11-29-2010-2.pdf
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