http://www.law.uiuc.edu/?utm_medium=RSS University of Illinois College of Law News and Information en-us Copyright 2008 University of Illinois College of Law. All Rights Reserved. djhnsn1@law.uiuc.edu (Dave Johnson) webmaster@law.uiuc.edu http://www.law.uiuc.edu/prospective-students/news/article.asp?id=1054&utm_medium=RSSCALL FOR PAPERS Fourth Annual Comparative Law Works in Progress Workshop February 6-7, 2009 - Held at Princeton University Sponsored by: American Society of Comparative Law, University of Michigan Law School, University of Illinois College of Law, and the Princeton University, Program for Law and Public Affairs  Mathias Reimann (University of Michigan Law School), Jacqueline Ross (University of Illinois College of Law), and Kim Lane Scheppele (Princeton University, Program for Law and Public Affairs) are calling for paper submissions for the Third Annual Comparative Law Works in Progress Workshop which will take place at Princeton University from February 6-7, 2009. The arrival date would be February 5. This workshop will co-sponsored by the American Society of Comparative Law.There is no regular opportunity for comparative law scholars in the United States to meet and discuss their work in any depth. The scholarly programs of the meetings of the American Society of Comparative Law are chosen and organized by the respective host schools and aim at the presentation of finished papers on a given topic. While there is some opportunity to present work in progress, there is little opportunity for sustained discussion. The meetings of the Comparative Law Section at the AALS Conference each January are also dedicated to a specific topic and usually exhaust themselves in the presentation of papers with little substantive discussion. There is thus a need for a forum in which comparative law work in progress can be explored among colleagues in a serious and thorough manner that will be truly helpful to the respective authors.The Annual Comparative Law Works-in-Progress Workshop is intended to fill that need. It will involve up to six papers during a two-day period. If more than six papers are submitted for discussion, the organizers will jointly decide which ones to accept, giving preference to younger scholars.The participants will consist of the respective authors, one commentator on each paper, faculty members of the host institution, particularly those with expertise in comparative law and research, and others interested in attending. The overall group will be kept small enough to sit around a large table and to allow serious discussion (20 people maximum). The papers will not be presented at the workshop. They will be distributed two weeks in advance and every participant must have read them before attending the meeting. The commentator will present a 10 to 15 minute introduction and critique, leaving at least one hour for discussion. There are no plans to publish the papers. Instead, it is up to the authors to seek publication if, and wherever, they wish.The Fourth Annual Comparative Law Workshop will take place on February 6-7, 2009 at the Princeton University.   The Workshop will be funded by the host school and by the American Society of Comparative Law (ASCL). Authors of papers and commentators from ASCL member schools will be reimbursed for their travel expenses and accommodation up to $600.00, in accordance with the ASCL reimbursement policy (as posted on its webpage), though only up to six authors and commentators will be reimbursed by the ASCL.  (Princeton University will reimburse the remainder.)  The ASCL's policy provides that reimbursement is available only if the applicant cannot obtain reimbursement from his or her home school. Interested authors should submit papers electronically to Kim Lane Scheppele (kimlane@Princeton.EDU) by December 31, 2008. We will inform them of our decision by early January, 2009.  "Work in progress" means scholarship that has reached a stage at which it is substantial enough to merit serious discussion and critique but that has not yet appeared in print (although it may have been accepted for publication.  It includes law review articles, book chapters or outlines, substantial book reviews, and other appropriate genres.Our objective is not only to provide an opportunity for the discussion of scholarly work but also to create an opportunity for comparative lawyers to get together for two days devoted to nothing but talking shop, both in the sessions and outside. We hope that this will create synergy that fosters more dialogue, cooperation, and an increased sense of coherence in a discipline badly in need of it. Mathias Reimann         Jacqueline Ross                      Kim Lane Scheppele http://www.law.uiuc.edu/prospective-students/news/article.asp?id=1054Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:00:00 CSThttp://www.law.uiuc.edu/prospective-students/news/article.asp?id=1053&utm_medium=RSSProfessor Eric Freyfogle, the Max L. Rowe Professor, was recently named a Distinguished Visitor at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. In April, 2009, he will spend two weeks teaching and delivering a keynote lecture titled "Property Rights and Sustainability" at the University of Auckland.http://www.law.uiuc.edu/prospective-students/news/article.asp?id=1053Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:00:00 CSThttp://www.law.uiuc.edu/prospective-students/news/article.asp?id=1052&utm_medium=RSSThe University of Illinois campus hosted hundreds of returning alumni, friends, and guests during the weekend of November 6-9 as part of  Black Alumni Reunion Weekend commemorating and celebrating Project 500. The College of Law and the Black Law Students Association took a leadership role in the weekend festivities, including hosting a  Black Alumni Reunion Luncheon on November 8 in the Peer and Sarah Pedersen Pavilion. The outstanding keynote address during the luncheon was delivered by David Addison '70, a member of the College's Board of Visitors. You can listen to Mr. Addison's stirring keynote address here... David Addison was born in Charleston, South Carolina to George and Louise Addison, two children of slaves on a plantation on the Gullah Island of St. John. His parents migrated to New York City with his two siblings when David was eight years old. He was raised in St. Albans, New York and attending public schools. Shortly after graduating from high school, Mr. Addison enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. Following his inauguration, President John F. Kennedy ordered the integration of his honor guard and Mr. Addison was selected as the first African-American to serve in this role. He was assigned to the Presidential Honor Guard in Washington, D.C., serving for more than two years before being assigned as a technical advisor in Southeast Asia. Following his discharge, Mr. Addison enrolled at Florida A&M University, majoring in Political Science and Economics and graduating summa cum laude. During this time, he was an active member in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and participated in voter registration drives in North Florida, the Mississippi Delta, Georgia, and Alabama. In 1967, he entered the College of Law at the University of Illinois and received his juris doctor degree in 1970. He was elected president of the Black Students Association in the Spring of 1968 during a time when African-American students became involved in demonstrations at the University to increase the number of African-American students. This effort became known as Project 500. Mr. Addison was also the co-founder of the Black Law Students Association at the College of Law and was honored by BLSA at its annual banquet in 2007. Upon graduation from Illinois, Mr. Addison returned to New York to join Paul, Weiss, and Rifkind. He then served as Deputy General Counsel for the Attica Commission, as an assistant District Attorney in Philadelphia, and a partner with the firm of Hamilton, Addison, Ashton, and Moore with offices in New York, Jamaica, West Indies, and Lagos, Nigeria. Mr. Addison is a former Associate Professor of Constitutional Law at Howard University and has held adjunct appointments at The City University of New York, Rutgers University, and Amherst College. As an educator, he has spent the past 15 years working closely with at-risk youth in New York City and Palm Beach, Florida. He is an Ethics Trainer and a member of the Institute for Global Ethics. He has also served as a member of the Character Committee of the United States Office of Education and currently serves on the Board of Visitors of the College of Law.http://www.law.uiuc.edu/prospective-students/news/article.asp?id=1052Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:00:00 CSThttp://www.law.uiuc.edu/prospective-students/news/article.asp?id=1051&utm_medium=RSSReuters (Nov. 6) -- The 401(k) plan, which has grown in popularity as pension plans have diminished, was never intended to be the employee's primary retirement plan, said Richard Kaplan, an expert in elder law at the U. of I. They are popular because they are less costly to employers than are traditional pension funds, which guaranteed set payments, Kaplan said, and employees find them easy. "You just fill out a card," he said. Read Reuters News Wire story... Read Forbes article... Read Hemscott (Reuters, London, Nov. 6)... Read The Post Chronicle (Reuters, Denville, N.J., Nov. 6)...http://www.law.uiuc.edu/prospective-students/news/article.asp?id=1051Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:00:00 CSThttp://www.law.uiuc.edu/prospective-students/news/article.asp?id=1050&utm_medium=RSSVirginia Vermillion, Assistant Dean for Academic Administration and Dean of Students, was honored by the University of Illinois Dad's Association Friday, October 31 as a 2008 Outstanding Staff Member Certificate of Merit Award winner at the Dad's Association banquet during Dad's Day Weekend. Dean Vermillion was nominated by Professor Andrew Morriss. Congratulations, Dean Vermillion!http://www.law.uiuc.edu/prospective-students/news/article.asp?id=1050Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:00:00 CSThttp://www.law.uiuc.edu/prospective-students/news/article.asp?id=1049&utm_medium=RSSThe College of Law recently announced an educational partnership with Fundação Getulio Vargas, Escola de Direito de São Paulo in Brazil. This joint degree program enables qualified Brazilian students to earn a Bachelor of Law degree from Direito-GV and a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree from Illinois or to earn Master of Laws degrees from both institutions by permitting Direito-GV students who are admitted into the Illinois LL.M. program to count their first Illinois LL.M. semester as their last Direito-GV semester for either the Direito-GV Bachelor of Law or Direito-GV Master of Laws. The College of Law Offices of Admissions and Graduate and International Programs are currently recruiting and will admit the first students into this program for enrollment at Illinois in the Fall 2009 semester. For further information, contact Paul Pless, Assistant Dean for Admissions and Financial Aid, or Dr. Charlotte Ku, Assistant Dean for International and Graduate Programs.http://www.law.uiuc.edu/prospective-students/news/article.asp?id=1049Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:00:00 CST