The six regional People of Color scholarship conferences—the Mid-Atlantic, Midwestern, Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, and Western—will come together for the first time since 2004 at the Third National People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference at Seton Hall Law School on September 9-12, 2010, to explore the meaning of a “post-racial” society and its relevance to legal scholarship and teaching. From the Call for Panels and Papers:
The Third National POC Planning Committee seeks proposals for panels and workshops that fit within its broad theme, Our Country, Our World in a "Post-Racial" Era. We encourage the submission of paper and panel proposals on a wide range of topics, including, but not limited to, economic justice, corporate responsibility and regulatory reform, the role of conservative intellectuals in the legal academy, civil rights and constitutional law (including gender and LGBT equality, reproductive, and disability rights), criminal law and justice (including felon disenfranchisement, privatization of prisons, the death penalty, juvenile justice, and pipeline issues), cyberspace and internet issues, disability law (including genetic discrimination), education, estates and trusts (including elder law issues), environmental justice (including climate change and energy issues), family law (including disproportionate representation of children of color in foster care, international and transracial adoption, and the role of fathers), health care, housing, human trafficking, immigration (including medical repatriation), communication and intellectual property, international and comparative law (including the global dimensions of race and racial subordination), judicial nominations, labor and employment, Native Americans and access to justice, property and identity, sexuality and the law, tax policy, the U.S. Census and redistricting, urban revitalization, voting rights, and the war on terror. The Scholarship Publication Committee is currently seeking journal commitments for publication of papers presented at the conference.
We are also accepting drafts for work-in-progress sessions and shorter “incubator” sessions to discuss future research and writing ideas.
Please e-mail your submissions to Professor Kamille Wolff, Co-Chair of the Program Committee, by February 12, 2010. Submissions should include a 250 word abstract including the title and a list of proposed speakers for panels, along with each presenter’s bio. The selection of papers and presentations will be made by June 14, 2010.
