Sydney Law School Postgraduate Students Conference 2010

9.00am-6.30pm, Friday 29 October
Sydney Law School, New Law School Building, Eastern Avenue, University of Sydney (Camperdown Campus). For directions please click here.

Call for Papers

Emerging social, environment and economic issues create complex issues for legal scholars to investigate. How do we undertake successful law reform? How are legal developments translated into social change? What are the consequences of law's application to problems such as climate change, human rights abuses and economic reform?

Sydney Law School invites post-graduate research students in law and associated disciplines in the social sciences and humanities to present on these and related issues, particularly:
· Law reform in response to new social, environment and economic issues
· The differences between ‘law-in-books' and ‘law-in-action'
· The consequences of law's application to social problems
· Law and the social sciences, empirical research or social theory
· Social justice and the law

This is an opportunity to experience Sydney Law School in its new state-of-the-art facilities, to hear presentations on the thesis research process and participate in discussions on critical research questions.

Deadlines

· Submission of abstracts: Monday 13 September
· Early bird registration: Monday 13 September
· Submission of written papers (optional - required for written paper prize only): Monday 18 October

Prizes, bursaries and financial assistance

A prize of $1,000 will be awarded for the best written paper presented at the conference.

Financial assistance for travel, accommodation or fee relief is available upon application for students who demonstrate need. Details forthcoming.

Registration

· Registration Fee: $55 (incl GST)
· Early Bird Registration: $33 (incl GST)

For Further Enquiries, contact Belinda Reeve: law.pgconference@sydney.edu.au