Conferences & Symposia
Spring 2008 Conferences
Judicial Reputation: A Conference on Neglected Justices
April 3-5, Vanderbilt Law School
This conference will open Thursday, April 3, with a keynote address delivered by G. Edward White, the David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law. Papers will address justices who served on the early Supreme Court, the Marshall Court and during the Civil War era, the Gilded Age and the early 20th century.
Conference schedule & links to papers
New Immigrant Survey (NIS) Conference - March 27-28
Scholars who have worked with NIS-2003 data will discuss their findings. Topics include immigrant wages, residential selection and segregation, cultural assimilation, immigrant health, effects of skin color, and more. The keynote address by Rita J. Simon, University Professor at American University, is scheduled at noon on March 28 and is open to the public. The NIS Conference is sponsored by the Ph.D. Program in Law & Economics at Vanderbilt Law School.
Fall 2007 Conferences
September 28, 2007. Conference on Regulation and Administrative Governance: Historical Foundations of the Administrative State
This newly established annual Conference on Regulation and Administrative Governance, sponsored by the Regulatory Law Program, will address cross-cutting regulatory and administrative law topics. This conference is the first in a series co-sponsored by Vanderbilt Law School, the University of Virginia of Law School and the Boalt Hall School of Law at University of California-Berkeley. It will explore "The Historical Foundations of the Administrative State," focusing on the periods both before and after the New Deal.
October 17-19, 2007. Conference on Collective Management of Copyright and Related Rights in North America
This year's annual conference of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has been organized by the WIPO in cooperation with Vanderbilt University Law School & the International Confederation of Societies of Authors, Composers and Publishers (CISAC), with the assistance of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), & SESAC Inc.
November 2: Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law's 10th Anniversary Symposium: User-Generated Confusion: The Legal & Business Implications of Web 2.0 - JETL 10th Anniversary Symposium
November 9: International Corporate Governmence - 7th Annual Vanderbilt Law & Business Conference
Spring 2007 Conferences
March 30-31. Group Conflict Resolution: Barriers to Apology, Forgiveness and Reconciliation
This interdisciplinary conference brought together leading scholars and experts in conflict resolution representing a broad spectrum of disciplines, including psychology, sociology, religion, philosophy, neuroscience, political science and law, to discuss how concepts that apply to dispute resolution between individuals change when applied in a group context. Scholarship examining emotional, psychological and other barriers to apology, forgiveness and reconciliation in the context of disputes among groups as distinguished from conflicts between individuals was presented at the conference, which provided an opportunity for scholars to discuss their ideas with professionals whose work addressed group conflicts, including disputes between African-American activists and police over racial profiling, and disagreements between evangelical Christians, mainline Protestants and civil liberties groups over educational materials describing the role of Christian theologians in the rise of Adolf Hitler.
March 28. "Maintaining the Artist: Protecting Music Artists' Intellectual Property Rights in a Digital World" - Sponsored by the Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law
February 16. "From Hand to Mouth, Via the Lab and the Legislature: International and Domestic Regulations to Secure the Food Supply."
Sponsored by the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law.
Panelists included Jack Bobo, Deputy Chief, Biotechnology & Textile Trade Policy Division, U.S. Department of State; Terri Raney, United National Food and Agriculture Organization; Robert Tauxe, Acting Deputy Director, Division of Food-borne, Bacterial and Mycotic Disease, Centers for Disease Control Food Safety Office; Jessica Vapnek, Legal Officer, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization; Keith E Sealing, Associate Dean for Student Services, Syracuse University College of Law; Raj Bhala, University of Kansas School of Law; Wenonah Hauter, Executive Director, Food & Water Watch; Christine Breining-Kaufmann, University of Zurich; Obigiofor Aginam, Carleton University Department of Law; Marsha A. Echols, Howard University School of Law; David Risher, Red Cross/Red Cresent; Col. John T. Hoffman, National Center for Food Protection and Defense, University of Minnesota; Asha M. George, DFI Government Services.
