Call for papers: 8th Polar Law Symposium Alaska, September 2015 — Abstracts due March 15

The Eighth Polar Law Symposium is sponsored by University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Alaska Anchorage, UAA Justice Center, UAA Institute of Social and Economic Research, and University of Washington School of Law in cooperation with the Arctic Law Section of the Alaska Bar Association.

Recent Polar Law Symposia have been hosted in Greenland, Finland, Iceland, and Tasmania.

The symposium will be held:

• September 23–24 (Wed–Thu) at University of Alaska Fairbanks
• September 25–26 (Fri—Sat) at University of Alaska Anchorage

Theme:
The Science, Scholarship, and Practice of Polar Law: Strengthening Arctic Peoples and Places

Call for Abstracts:

• Abstracts due March 15, 2015
• Submit to: Betsy Baker bbbak@uw.edu and Mara Kimmel mekimmel@gmail.com
• See detailed call for abstracts

Prof. Deb Periman, J.D., Legal Studies Program Coordinator, UAA Justice Center, is the faculty liaison for this event.