Learn U.S. Patent Law in Two Weeks

The Center for Advanced Study & Research on Intellectual Property (CASRIP) 2011 Summer Institute will be held at the UW School of Law from July 14 - 29. This institute, directed by Professor Toshiko Takenaka, teaches the fundamentals of patent prosecution, patent litigation, and technology licensing and management from a comparative law perspective. See the brochure for more information and the CASRIP site to register.

The two-day High Technology Protection Summit will be held on July 22-23.

UW Human Rights 2011 Symposium

"From Seattle to the World" is the theme of the UW Human Rights 2011 Symposium taking place on Monday, May 2, 2011. The keynote address, delivered by Larry Cox, Executive Director of Amnesty International USA, will begin at 6 p.m. in Kane Hall 220. A reception will be held following the keynote and symposium from 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. in the Walker Ames Room.

For a list of other symposium speakers, see UW Center for Human Rights.

Upcoming CLE: Ethics, Animals & the Law

The Student Animal Legal Defense Fund, Washington Chapter, is presenting a day-long conference, "Ethics, Animals & the Law: interdisciplinary approaches to standards of care," on Friday, April 15, 2011 at the UW School of Law.

The conference is funded by a generous grant from the Animal Legal Defense Fund, but pre-registration is required. For those interested in the 6.25 CLE credits (includes 1.5 Ethics credits), the conference is $25. For all other attendees, the conference is free. See the conference brochure or the UW School of Law CLE page for more information.

Upcoming CLE: Northwest Dispute Resolution Conference

The UW School of Law is hosting the 18th Annual Northwest Dispute Resolution Conference on Friday, April 29, 2011 and Saturday, April 30, 2011.

For more information on this conference, approved for 9.25 Washington CLE credits (including 3.5 Ethics credits), see the UW CLE page. The program brochure is available here.

Sessions of particular interest to lawyers include the following:

• Planning for Mediation
• Negotiating Tips & Strategies
• Techniques for Avoiding Impasse
• Closing the Deal
• Mediation Ethics

Upcoming Conference: SEAchange 2011

SEAchange 2011, From Exxon Valdez to Deepwater Horizon: Telling Tales of Environmental Disaster, Justice, and Recovery is a conference taking place all day Saturday, April 2, 2011 at the UW Allen Library.

The conference will examine the different narrative responses to these two epic environmental disasters and how they reflect "the powerful ties between storytelling, our environment, and social justice." Speakers include UW Law Professor Bill Rodgers.

SEAchange 2011 is sponsored by several UW departments. This free event is limited to the first 200 people who register.

What Are Legal Scholars Talking About?

Around the world, law professors and others who study law are getting together at conferences and symposiums to talk about their fields of study. Climate change, legal history in the renaissance, artificial intelligence and the law, how to teach legal writing, foreign state immunity, the new restatement of resititution, race and sovereignty, antitrust economics ... the variety of topics is dazzling.

How can you find out what's going on in this vibrant intellectual community? Visit the Legal Scholarship Blog. This blog posts announcements of upcoming conferences and symposiums. Calls for papers let you know when a journal or conference organizing committee is seeking submissions on a given theme. Each day, the blog also has a post listing colloquia and in-house workshops at law schools around the U.S.

There are lots of ways to use the site. You can browse the posts in the order they appear. You can use the calendar to find events by date. You can use the subjects in the sidebar to see just the posts about, say, environmental law or law and religion. You can also search the site.

Are you interested in becoming a law professor? Take a look at the Teaching page. It links to articles about becoming a law professor plus resources for current professors.

You might notice a familiar big W:
That's because this blog is a joint project of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and the UW. We started tracking conferences to serve people right here at the UW and through this blog we can provide information to thousands of others as well.