Law School

Associate Members
New Associate Members will be announced in September of 2008! For Information about joining the Freedom Center Journal, please see Joining the Freedom Center Journal.

If you are interested in becoming a member of the FCJ, please complete the following writing competition. Please pick up the information packet, which is available at Toni McGuire's desk. Entries are due no later than 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, November 1, 2006 to Huda Kebede. The competition is open to all second- and third-year students.

Please answer the following questions. Pay close attention to the word limitations:

Question 1 (250 words)
Why do you want to be a member of the Freedom Center Journal?

Question 2 (2000 words)
Read "Race and Essentialism in Feminist Legal Theory" by Angela Harris. Analyze this essay, focusing on whether it provides a useful framework for thinking about the scope and nature of freedom.

What can students expect if they work on the FCJ during spring semester?
Second- and third-year students can expect to read and discuss some of the cutting edge literature on social issues and to write about topics relating to a broad-based concept of freedom. In this respect, students will sharpen their writing, editing, and analytical skills. They will be trained in using the Blue Book system of citation. The best student works will appear in the FCJ. Students will receive 2 credits for their participation on the FCJ.

What about first-year students?
There will be another writing competition at the end of the spring semester, in which first-years will be able to participate. In the interim, because of the strong interest in the FCJ, we are establishing an informational reading group that will be open to all students interested in gaining some foundation in the scholarship that informs the FCJ's mission. Students interested in participating should feel free to contact the FCJ teaching assistants, Chandra Napora, naporac@email.uc.edu, and Andrea Yang, yangae@email.uc.edu.

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Individuals and Institutions interested in subscribing to the Freedom Center Journal should place an order by email to UCLawFCJ@gmail.com.

Submission information:

The next issue of the Freedom Center Journal will focus on the issue of immigration/migration. We are interested in all facets of immigration/migration including, but not limited to, the impact of gender, race, class, sexuality, etc. on the immigrant experience, examination of the reasons certain people migrate to certain places, examination and discussion of current immigration laws in the United States, a historical analysis of particular migrant patterns, modern day slavery and its connection to migration, etc.

Please submit all interested proposals by November 3, 2008. Please address any emails with questions or concerns to either of the editors-in-chief, Katie Weber or Damaris Del Valle at UCLawFCJ@gmail.com.

To be added to a calls-for-papers mailing list please send the following information to UCLawFCJ@gmail.com:

• Put “Call for Papers List Serve” in the Subject Heading
• In the body of the email include:
  Name; Title (Associate Professor, etc.); Affiliation; Area of Study; Email address where you would like information to be sent.