Bumping to the front. Program this Wednesday, 6/28
Looking Back/Looking Forward: The Significance of Feminist Legal Theory
June 28, 2023 and August 2, 2023
Pre-registration (here) required
Zoom link to be provided 1 day prior to event
Overview
This summer, the U.S. Feminist Judgments Project is pleased to host the Summer Feminist Legal Theory Series on June 28, 2023 and August 2, 2023 from 2:00pm-3:45 Eastern/11am-12:45pm Pacific.
Attendees from all parts of the academy with a verified academic email address are welcome to attend with pre-registration. There is no charge to attend. All sessions are held via Zoom.
Session 1 – June 28, 2023, 2:00pm-3:45 Eastern/11am-12:45pm Pacific
Reflecting Back on 40 Years of the Feminism and Legal Theory (FLT) Project: Innovation and Assimilation
This workshop will consider the historic and contemporary significance of the Feminism and Legal Theory Project, launched at the University of Wisconsin in 1984.
Chair: Bridget J. Crawford (Pace)
Moderator: Martha Albertson Fineman (Emory)
Panelists: Samuel Burry (Oxford), Martha Albertson Fineman (Emory), Risa Lieberwitz (Cornell), Linda McClain (Boston University), Martha McCluskey (Buffalo), Laura Spitz (New Mexico)
Session 2 – August 2, 2023, 2:00pm-3:45 Eastern/11am-12:45pm Pacific
How Feminist Legal Theory Can Make a Difference
In this second session we will look at the Feminist Judgments Project, considering its approach to integrating feminist theory into law by rewriting (and thus critiquing) judicial opinions to reflect feminist principles and methods in major areas of law.
Chair: Kathryn M. Stanchi (UNLV)
Speakers TBD
Registration
Preregistration for all participants (speakers and attendees) is required via this link.
Zoom log-in information will be sent one day prior to the event. An academic email address is required to pre-register. Anyone without an academic email address who wishes to be added should contact Bridget J. Crawford (Pace) to be added to the registration list: bcrawford at law dot pace dot edu.
All attendees including speakers must register. Attendees need to register only once and then can attend either or both of the sessions in the summer series.
Sponsors
The Summer Feminist Legal Theory Series is co-sponsored by the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University and the William S. Boyd School of Law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, together with The Feminism and Legal Theory Project, The Vulnerability and the Human Condition Initiative, the Institute for Feminist Legal Studies at Osgoode, the Family Law Center at the University of Virginia School of Law, and the AALS Section on Women in Legal Education. The series is coordinated by Bridget J. Crawford (Pace), bcrawford at law dot pace dot edu, and Kathy Stanchi (UNLV), kathryn dot stanchi at unlv dot edu.
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