The Graphic Justice Research Alliance (GJRA) is delighted to announce a call for papers for its 2018 annual conference at St Francis College in Brooklyn, NY. The conference will be held on 20 October 2018, and promises to be an exciting event that is accessible and relevant to scholars, artists, practitioners, policy-makers, writers, and the general public alike.

The GJRA is a multidisciplinary research network exploring the crossover between law and justice and
comics of all kinds. 

After the dictatorships and armed conflicts of the latter half of the 20th century, Latin American security has entered a new stage. Politically motivated armed groups are subsiding, while new criminal actors (drug cartels, transnational gangs, and criminal organizations) are flourishing from Mexico to Brazil. The protection of human rights in the fight against crime is adapting to this new reality.

The Seattle Journal for Social Justice is excited to announce its symposium entitled “Police Brutality: Its Chilling Effect and Innovative Solutions” on Friday, April 6th, 2018. We will examine this crucial issue from contrasting perspectives. We hope to explore the challenges and fundamental changes needed to address this issue. The journal welcomes papers for presentation at this symposium and for potential publication in the Seattle Journal for Social Justice.

CALL FOR PAPERS

From the Crime Scene to the Courtroom: The Future of Forensic Science Reform

Washburn University School of Law is proud to announce the 4th annual Washburn Junior Legal Writing Scholars Workshop, to be held on July 28-29, 2017.

This workshop will provide a unique collaborative environment in which to receive feedback from other legal writing professors on your scholarly projects. Participants will work in small groups to give suggestions, ask questions, and offer input on the papers presented.

Call For Papers

This new research project a) analyses foundational concepts in international criminal law, b) correlates the teachings of leading philosophers of law and scholars with international criminal law, and c) explores, against this background, the potential and limits of international criminal law. By generating such knowledge and perspectives, the project i) seeks to clarify and deepen the intellectual roots of the discipline of international criminal law.

We are pleased to present a new research project on challenges in pre-investigations or ‘preliminary examinations’. Such examinations are required to determine whether there is reasonable basis to proceed with criminal investigation. They afford the prosecution wide discretion – be it in national or international jurisdictions – and often involve a large degree of uncertainty for those directly concerned.

Transnational Law and Justice Network Faculty of Law, University of Windsor, Canada Call for Papers: Transnational Criminal Law in the Americas May 4-5, 2017

The Lincoln Memorial University Law Review invites the submission of proposals for papers and presentations for its 2017 Symposium on the topic of criminal justice reform pertaining to drug policy. The Symposium is to be held at the Lincoln Memorial University Duncan School of Law on January 27, 2017.

The Southern University Law Review invites submissions for its 2017 symposium, Fourth Amendment Searches and Seizures after Utah v. Strieff, to be held Feb. 3, 2017. Those interested in participating in the symposium should submit an abstract of no more than 500 words, accompanied by a CV, to lawreview@sulc.edu. The board anticipates notifying the selected speakers at the end of September.