Call for book reviews: Pace Law Review, Women and the Law

Call for Book Reviews: Women and the Law

Proposals Due September 25, 2008

The editors of Pace Law Review invite proposals from scholars,researchers, practitioners and professionals for contributions to aspecial book review issue to be published in Winter 2008.  We seeksproposals for reviews of any book published in 2008, 2007 or 2006 thatcontributes to the understanding of women’s experiences with the law.

Pace Law School has a longstanding commitment to both the study ofwomen and the law and the development of women as lawyers and leaders. The Pace Women’s Justice Center was founded in 1991 as the firstacademic legal center in the country devoted to training attorneys andothers in the community about domestic violence issues.  Pace is avibrant and intellectual community that contains severalnationally-recognized scholars of women’s, children’s and LGBT rights.

A law review volume devoted to books concerning women and the lawpromotes an ongoing discourse on women and the law, justice andfeminist jurisprudence.

Please submit book review proposals of no more than 500 words byattachment to plr@law.pace.edu by September 25, 2008.  Proposals shouldinclude (a) the intended reviewer’s name, title, institutionalaffiliation and contact information; (b) the title and publication dateof the book proposed for review; (c) a description of the importance ofthe book to the general topic; and (d) any other information relevantto the book or proposed review (e.g., the proposed reviewer’s expertiseor any relationship with the author).  Authors are welcome, but notrequired, to submit a CV as well.  We expect to make publication offersby October 1, 2008.

Complete manuscripts from authors of accepted proposals will be dueNovember 1, 2008.  Completed book reviews should not exceed 8,500 words.