Sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference (MAPOC), the University of Virginia Center for the Study of Race and Law and the Virginia Journal of Social Policy and the Law
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Schedule
THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 2010 | |
6:00-7:30 p.m. | Meet and Greet Reception Registration (Omni Hotel Atrium, Downtown Charlottesville) At this informal reception, conference attendees can unwind from an afternoon of travel. Heavy hors d'oeuvres, wine, beer and soft drinks will be served. The hotel and adjacent Downtown Mall have a variety of dining options for those who are interested in dinner following the reception. |
FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 2010 | |
8:30 a.m. | Bus to Law School in front of Omni Hotel |
8:45-9:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast and Registration (Withers-Brown Hall, Student Lounge, across from Room WB128) |
9:30-9:45 a.m. | Opening Remarks (Withers-Brown Hall, Room WB128) |
9:45-11:15 a.m. | PANEL I
(Withers-Brown Hall, Room WB128)
The Sit-Ins |
11:15-11:30 a.m. | Break |
11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. | PANEL II
(Withers-Brown Hall, Room WB128)
Social and Legal Developments in the Domestic Sphere |
1:15-2:30 p.m. | Lunch and keynote (Caplin Pavilion, middle of Clay Hall) Julian Bond, University of Virginia Professor of History and NAACP Chairperson |
2:45-3:45 p.m. | concurrent works iN progress
Session 1 During this session, three or four scholars will present a work-in-progress, each in a different classroom. See the schedule in your packet or this PDF for the schedule of which papers will be presented in which room. |
3:45-4 p.m. | Break |
4-5:30 p.m. | PANEL III
(Withers-Brown Hall, Room WB128)
Social and Legal Developments in the International Sphere |
5:40 p.m. | Meet bus at Massie Rd. bus stop, directly in front of the Law School. Bus will shuttle attendees to the Omni Hotel immediately following Panel III |
7 p.m. | Dinner and Evening Entertainment |
SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 2010 | |
8:45 a.m. | Bus to Law School in front of Omni Hotel |
9-9:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast and Registration |
9:30-11 a.m. | Roundtable
(Withers-Brown Hall, Room WB128)
Current and Future Social Movements |
11-11:15 a.m. | Break |
11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. | concurrent works iN progress
Session 2 During this session, three or four scholars will present a work-in-progress, each in a different classroom. See the schedule in your packet or this PDFfor the schedule of which papers will be presented in which room.
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12:30 p.m.-1:45 p.m. | Lunch and keynote (Caplin Pavilion, middle of Clay Hall) Rev. Charles Sherrod Albany State University Professor of Political Science and former SNCC Field Secretary |
2-3 p.m. | concurrent works-in-progress
Session 3 During this session, three or four scholars will present a work-in-progress, each in a different classroom. See the schedule in your packet or this PDFfor the schedule of which papers will be presented in which room. |
3-3:15 p.m. | Break |
3:15-4:15 p.m. | concurrent works iN progress
Session 4 During this session, three or four scholars will present a work-in-progress, each in a different classroom. See the schedule in your packet or this PDFfor the schedule of which papers will be presented in which room. |
4:15-4:30 p.m. | Break |
4:30-5:15 p.m. | planning session (Withers-Brown Hall, Room WB128) Planning for 2011/2012 conference |
5:15-5:30 p.m. | Break |
5:30-5:45 p.m. | the last word
(Withers-Brown Hall, Room WB128)
Phoebe Haddon, Dean, University of Maryland School of Law |
5:45-6 p.m. | closing remarks
(Withers-Brown Hall, Room WB128)
Henry L. Chambers Jr., University of Richmond School of Law |
Articles by conference panelists will be published in the Virginia Journal of Social Policy and the Law (first draft by 1/24/10, final by 3/1/10). Works in progress will be considered for publication. The manuscripts should be 25-40 double-spaced pages in length. Citations should be in bluebook format. Submission drafts should be e-mailed to Alexandra Morgan at amorgan@virginia.edu by March 1.
WORKS-IN-PROGRESS
Work-in-progress papers presented during the concurrent works-in-progress sessions will be considered for publication by the Virginia Journal of Social Policy and the Law. To present a work-in-progress, e-mail a request to Hank Chambers at hchamber@richmond.edu. See submission guidelines and contact person under publication opportunity above.
A block of rooms has been reserved at the Omni Charlottesville Hotel, 235 West Main St., Charlottesville, Va., 22902. To receive the special rate of $119/night, please call 434-971-5500 and mention the University of Virginia School of Law. The deadline for this special rate is January 7, 2010. The nearby Downtown Mall has many dining options.
DIRECTIONS
To the Law School
From the Northeast: From the Beltway around Washington, D.C., take I-66 West to the second Rt. 29 exit (at Gainesville). Go south on Rt. 29 until you reach Charlottesville. Go under the 250 Bypass, pass the Barracks Road Shopping Center on your right and turn right at the traffic light at Arlington Blvd. The Law School is at the end of Arlington Blvd. For visitor parking, turn left on Massie Rd., take the first right (onto Nash Rd.), and turn into the parking lot on the right.
From the South: Take I-64 West from I-95 in Richmond, or come up by Rt. 29 North from Greensboro, N.C. Either way, take Rt. 29 North to the Leonard Sandridge Rd. exit. Turn left at the traffic light (onto Massie Rd.). You will pass Darden, the business school, on the left; take the next left onto Nash Rd. and make an immediate right into the Law School's visitor parking lot.
From the West: Take I-64 East, or take the Pennsylvania Turnpike, I-81 South and I-64 East. To get to the Law School, take Rt. 29 North. See directions under "From the South" above.
To the Omni Charlottesville Hotel
From the Northeast: Take Rt. 29 South into Charlottesville to Rt. 250 Bypass East. Take 250 Bypass East to the third traffic light, turn right onto McIntire Road. Go 7/10 mile to the second stop light. Go through the traffic light and the hotel is on the left.
From the South: Take Route 29 North to Route 250 Bypass East (29 North will turn into 250 Bypass East). Take 250 Bypass East to third traffic light, turn right onto McIntire Rd. Go 7/10 mile to the second stop light. Go through the traffic light and the hotel is on the left.
From the West: Take I-64 East, or take the Pennsylvania Turnpike, I-81 South and I-64 East. Take Exit 120 from I-64 and follow 5th St. North 2 miles to Historic Downtown. The hotel is located on the right.
From the Omni Charlottesville Hotel to the Law School
Turn right out of the Omni parking garage onto Ridge St. At the first traffic light, make a left onto Preston Ave. Preston Ave. becomes Rugby Rd. after one mile. Continue for 1/10 mile on Rugby Rd. and at the traffic light, make a very slight left onto Barracks Rd. Follow Barracks Rd., and at the next traffic light, turn left onto Rt. 29 S/Emmett St. Pass the Barracks Road Shopping Center on your right and turn right at the traffic light at Arlington Blvd. The Law School is at the end of Arlington Blvd.
PARKING AT THE LAW SCHOOL
Parking at the Law School is very limited on weekdays and attendees are encouraged to ride the shuttle bus from the Omni Hotel. For those who must drive to the Law School on Friday, January 29, parking will be available in visitor spaceswhich will be marked with signs in the D-2 parking lot off Nash Drive. If these spaces are full, there are additional spaces in the D-2 lot behind the Law School building. Attendees parking in these locations on Friday must pick up a permit from the receptionist located inside the main entrance to the building. On Saturday, January 30, parking is unrestricted (no permit required) and attendees may park in any available parking space around the Law School buildings. Download this PDF map for more details.
STUDENT WRITING COMPETITION - Deadline extended to January 5, 2010
Students are invited to submit a paper to MAPOC's forthcoming conference, 50 Years After the Sit-Ins: Reflecting on the Role of Protest in Social Movements and Law Reform, which will be held at the University of Virginia School of Law, January 28-30, 2010. Papers should focus on the theme of the conference or engage with more general questions pertaining to social movements and legal reform.
Two student papers will be recognized. MAPOC will select one student paper for its Outstanding Student Writing Award. In addition, the University of Virginia Black Law Students Association will recognize one student paper for outstanding scholarship exploring the relationship between social movements, legal reform and the African Diaspora. Both awards will be announced at the Conference. Each winner will receive $500 and may have an opportunity to be published in the Virginia Journal of Social Policy and the Law.
Students who wish to submit an entry must be considered a student in good standing during the 2009-2010 academic year at any ABA accredited law degree program in the United States. The Selection Committee will consider all papers meeting the eligibility criteria that are submitted by the deadline.
Papers must be submitted electronically to Tim Lovelace, Assistant Director of the Center for the Study of Race and Law, University of Virginia School of Law, at timlovelace@virginia.edu. Students must format their papers in Microsoft Word. The main text should be in 12-point font and double-spaced with 1-inch margins on all sides of each page. The paper should have footnotes, not endnotes, and the footnotes should be no smaller than 9-point font. Papers should be no more than 15,000 words, and papers no longer than 40 pages are preferred. Only one paper per entrant will be considered. The deadline for the Competition has been extended. All entries must be submitted by January 5, 2010.
All students, whether or not paper competition participants, are invited to register to attend the Conference. For registration please visit the registration page.
The principal sponsors of the Conference are the Mid-Atlantic People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference (MAPOC), the University of Virginia Center for the Study of Race and Law, and the Virginia Journal of Social Policy and the Law. Additional sponsors include the Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies and the University of Virginia Black Law Students Association.
Do you want to distribute your articles/books? There will be a table at the conference for this purpose. If you wrote a book loosely related to the themes of the conference that you would like made available for purchase, please call or e-mail Larry Rambo at the law school bookstore by Jan. 19 (20th at the latest), at ler9d@virginia.edu or 434-924-3333 (bookstore).
Please let us know if you have any disability or other condition for which we can provide accommodation. Friday night's dinner will be a six block walk through Charlottesville's pedestrian downtown mall - if you will need assistance with that or anything else please see "Contact Us" below.
CONTACT US
If you have any questions, please contact us by e-mail at lawevents@virginia.edu, or by phone at 434-924-4684. Also, I can be reached at kimfm@virginia.edu, 434-924-3299 (office), 434-825-1970 (cell, leave detailed message). Tim Lovelace, Esq., the Center's Assistant Director, can be reached at timlovelace@virginia.edu, 434-409-6333.
Schedule | Registration | Accommodations | Directions | Parking at the Law School
Publication Opportunity | Works-In-Progress | Student Writing Competition
Distributing Books/Reprints | People With Disabilities | Contact Us