Category Archives: Upcoming Conferences

From Bita Amani and Kathleen Lahey, Co-directors, Feminist Legal Studies Queen’s: Women, The Charter, and CEDAW in the 21st Century: Taking Stock and Moving Forward March 2-3, 2012 Queen’s University Faculty of Law Kingston Ontario This conference is open to anyone interested in equality … Continue reading →

From student organizers at the University of Mississippi School of Law: The University of Mississippi School of Law will be hosting the 2nd Annual LGBT Legal Symposium on March 23rd, 2012 at the Robert C. Khayat Law Center. Like last … Continue reading →

From colleagues at CUNY: The City University of New York Law Review invites you to *save the date*for its annual symposium, Looking Forward: Rhonda Copelon’s Legacy in Action and the Future of International Women’s Human Rights Law. On March 30, … Continue reading →

That’s the title of this conference to be held on October 15, 2011 at Hunter College in New York City.  Here is the program description: The conference will bring together three generations to witness, respond and analyze present day realities … Continue reading →

The AALS 2011 Workshop on Women Rethinking Equality will be held June 20-22, 2011 at the Mayflower Renaissance Hotel in Washington, D.C.  Here is the official “Why Attend?” pitch: Women seeking equality in America today face an uneven prospect. Women are represented in … Continue reading →

From the FLP mailbox, this notice that Capital University Law School in Columbus, Ohio will sponsor its 7th Annual Wells Conference on Adoption Law on March 17, 2011. The conference will include nationally-recognized professors and practitioners speaking on such timely issues as: … Continue reading →

Gender-Based Analysis, Law, and Economic Rights, October 22-23, 2010, Queen’s University (Ontario, Canada) Feminist Legal Studies Queen’s Conference Long before the 2008 global economic crisis occurred, women in large economies began to see the promise of equality eroding. ‘Economic crisis’ policies have … Continue reading →

Bridget blogged about the call for papers a few months ago.  Now that the conference is just around the corner, here’s another short reminder: The UCLA Critical Race Studies program – along with a great group of co-sponsors including the … Continue reading →

Stop Porn Culture: An International Feminist Anti-Pornography Conference June 12-13, 2010 Wheelock College, Boston MA In March 2007, over 500 people gathered at a conference in Boston to help re-ignite a progressive and feminist movement against pornography.   The second … Continue reading →

From the FLP Mailbox, this conference announcement: “Religious Legal Theory: The State of the Field” Seton Hall University School of Law Newark, New Jersey Thursday-Friday, November 12-13, 2009  Seton Hall Law School will host Religious Legal Theory: The State of … Continue reading →

That’s the name of this conference to be held in New York City on May 7-8, 2009.  Presenters include Feminist Law Profs Regina Austin (Penn) speaking about “Documentation, Documentary, and the Law: What Should Be Made of Video Victim Impact … Continue reading →

This free program will be held at Yale, April 16-17, 2009: In 1997, Yale Law School held a conference on Critical Race Theory (CRT) with some of the founding members of that discipline. Twelve years later, this conference on Critical … Continue reading →

Reproductive and Sexual Health and the African Women’s Protocol at the Washington and Lee University School of Law in Lexington, Virginia, and CEDAW and Its Optional Protocol at the New England Law School in   Boston, Massachusetts. More information here.