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April 17, 2019
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Professional Announcements Loyola University Chicago's 13th Annual Symposium on Health Law and Policy Call for Proposals
Job Openings The Chinese University of Hong Kong Postdoctoral Fellow (Energy Law)
University of Luxembourg Doctoral Researcher (PhD Student) in Law
The University of Hong Kong Professor/Associate Professor/Assistant Professor in the Department of Law
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Call for Proposals
Loyola University Chicago's 13th Annual Symposium on Health Law and Policy 15 Nov 2019, Philip H. Corboy Law Center, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, 25 E. Pearson Street, Chicago
Beazley Institute for Health Law and Policy
Thirteenth Annual Symposium on Health Law and Policy
Addressing the Health Care Needs of Justice-Involved Populations
The Beazley Institute for Health Law and Policy at Loyola University Chicago School of Law and Annals of Health Law & Life Sciences invite original submissions for presentations at our Thirteenth Annual Health Law Symposium: Addressing the Health Care Needs of Justice-Involved Populations. The Symposium will take place at Loyola University Chicago School of Law on Friday, November 15, 2019 beginning at 9:00am.
The Symposium will explore legal barriers that justice-involved populations face in accessing health care, and address how those barriers can be alleviated. "Justice-involved populations" generally refers to individuals who are incarcerated in prisons, jails, immigrant detention centers, juvenile detention centers, on probation, or individuals who are otherwise involved with the U.S. justice system.
TOPICS: The Symposium is intended to touch upon a wide variety of areas responsive to this overall theme. Accordingly, we invite submissions addressing any and all aspects of health care issues relating to justice-involved populations. Possible approaches to this Call for Proposals include, but are not limited to:
- Legal support for, and medical treatment of, justice-involved populations suffering from mental illness. Topics may include current measures [or lack thereof] to prevent mentally ill individuals from encounters with the criminal justice system; sentencing reform for individuals with mental illness; the effects of diversion programs and how they can be improved upon; and access to mental health treatment during and after incarceration or other involvement with the U.S. justice system.
- Legal support for, and medical treatment of, justice-involved populations suffering from substance abuse. Topics may include rehabilitation opportunities available to justice-involved populations during the duration of their involvement with the U.S. justice system; current or proposed measures to prevent relapse for individuals who are released from jail or prison; and the positive or negative effects of experimental drug courts.
- The impact of the U.S. justice system on maternal and reproductive health care. Topics may include the ways in which the law inhibits or provides access to maternal care for justice-involved individuals, such as prenatal care, treatment for postpartum symptoms, and the ability for incarcerated mothers to nurture their newborn/infant children.
- Constitutional issues relating to the medical treatment [or lack thereof] of justice-involved populations. Topics may include denial of abortions to women and girls in refugee centers and immigrant detention centers in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment (Azar v. Garza); Eighth Amendment issues relating to physician involvement in capital punishment and execution of medically-complex prisoners (Bucklew v. Precythe); Eighth Amendment issues regarding access to medical treatment and medical neglect of incarcerated individuals; and informed consent issues relating to human subject research and involuntary medical treatment of justice-involved populations.
- Empirical assessments of the effects of laws, regulations, and policies impacting justice-involved populations, such as efforts to enroll eligible adults in Medicaid prior to leaving jail or prison; the effect of the Medicaid expansion on providing coverage for justice-involved populations; legal opportunities for addressing social determinants of health upon re-entry into society; the barriers a criminal record places on obtaining health insurance coverage; the effect of Medicaid coverage on applications for citizenship under the "public charge" doctrine; and the effect of health insurance coverage and access to health care on recidivism rates.
REVIEW PROCEDURE AND TIMELINE: Submission Information: We invite your interest in participating in the Symposium. To be considered, please send an abstract of no more than 1000 words to
health-law@luc.edu by June 15, 2019. It is our hope that some presenters will also submit articles for publication in the Annals of Health Law & Life Sciences (articles will be due by January 7, 2020); if you are interested in this opportunity, please indicate that in your submission. Applicants for participation in the Symposium will be notified of decisions no later than July 13, 2019. Covered expenses: Hotel, travel, ground transportation, three provided meals.
QUESTIONS: E-mail questions to
health-law@luc.edu PREVIOUS SYMPOSIUMS: For information on previous Beazley Institute Health Law Symposiums, please visit
http://www.luc.edu/law/centers/healthlaw/events/symposium.html ABOUT THE BEAZLEY INSTITUTE: Established in 1984, the Beazley Institute for Health Law and Policy at Loyola University Chicago School of Law has evolved into a nationally-recognized resource dedicated to the education of health and life sciences law leaders and policymakers, and to the study and furtherance of the health law field. Loyola's health law curriculum boasts over fifty substantive courses, focusing on topics such as reimbursement and finance, government regulation and policy, and corporate and transactional health law. Students gain first-hand knowledge of the health care industry by externing at local hospitals and health care entities, participating in seminars, working in our nationally recognized medical-legal partnership clinic (the Health Justice Project), and regularly interacting with the practicing bar through Loyola's continuing education events. The Beazley Institute publishes two journals - the Annals of Health Law & Life Sciences and the Loyola University Chicago Journal of Regulatory Compliance. Each year, the Annals of Health Law & Life Sciences Summer Issue is chiefly devoted to the annual Symposium. Scholarly proceedings of this Symposium will be published in the Annals in 2020.
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The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Postdoctoral Fellow (Energy Law) The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Law invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow (Energy Law) (Ref. 190000MV).
As the world's largest energy consumer and largest importer of fossil fuels, it is of strategic importance for China to ensure the availability of external sources of energy supply. The Belt and Road Initiative plays an important role in realizing China's external energy security by promoting the interconnection of foreign energy reserves with the Chinese market. In the context of increasing attention on China's external infrastructure policy, this research project aims to understand how Chinese investments impact on the regulation of the energy sector of China's strategic partners along the Belt and Road.
In this context, the Faculty of Law at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK Law) has an opening for a Postdoctoral Fellow position in Energy Law to work on the 'Regulation of Energy Investments along the Belt and Road', under its Impact Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme. Applicants are expected to work with Professor Anatole Boute to produce research with a demonstrable impact for the legal community, non-governmental organisations and other beneficiaries.
This appointment is designed to cultivate early-stage academics with a keen interest in making a significant 'Impact' on society. Impact is defined 'as the demonstrable contributions, beneficial effects, valuable changes or advantages that research qualitatively brings to the economy, society, culture, public policy or services, health, the environment or quality of life; and that are beyond the academia.' The notion of 'Impact' is becoming a major aspect of Research, as evidenced by the increasing emphasis put on impact in the Research Excellent Framework (REF) in the United Kingdom and the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) in Hong Kong. Hence, the appointee will be expected to take part in designing and conducting research in innovative ways, with a view to have a positive effect on identified beneficiaries.
JOB QUALIFICATIONS: Applicants should have (i) a PhD in Law, ideally in Energy Law, Investment Law or Environmental Law; (ii) demonstrated academic capabilities and/or practical experience in energy law, investment law and/or environmental law (ideally with publications in these fields); (iii) capacity to interact with the industry and/or policy-makers; (iv) a strong command of English; and Ideally (v) good knowledge of Chinese or Russian.
JOB DESCRIPTION: Responsibilities of the appointee are exclusively research-related and consist in working under the supervision of the Principal Investigator on the regulation of energy investments along the Belt and Road. Duties include (a) writing research reports and publish in reputable academic outlets; (b) hosting workshops to present findings; and (c) organising and liaising with identified beneficiaries.
Appointment will initially be made on contract basis for one year commencing June 2019, renewable subject to good performance, funding availability and mutual agreement.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Applicants should submit the following documents in the online application: (1) a detailed curriculum vitae; (2) a description of research interest and direction; (3) a list of publications; (4) a list of two referees with full contact information; and (5) any other supporting documents.
Application should be made online at
http://career.cuhk.edu.hk For more information, please contact Professor Anatole Boute at
anatole.boute@cuhk.edu.hk ABOUT CUHK LAW: The Faculty of Law at The Chinese University of Hong Kong is one of the most dynamic and successful law schools in Asia. Since admitting its first students in 2006 it has grown in scale and reputation. With more than 1,300 students enrolled in its programmes (LLB, LLM, JD, Postgraduate Certificate in Laws and MPhil/PhD) it is the largest provider of legal education in Hong Kong, and it is ranked in the top 50 law schools worldwide by both the Times Higher Education and QS rankings systems. Its strength in research was recognised in the 2014 Research Assessment Exercise conducted by the Hong Kong University Grants Committee when it was ranked ahead of all other law schools in Hong Kong with 64% of its research ranked as 'world leading' or 'internationally significant'.
Further information about the Faculty is available at
http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/law top
University of Luxembourg
Doctoral Researcher (PhD Student) in Law (m/f) A specialisation is foreseen in civil procedure The University of Luxembourg is a multilingual, international research University. The Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance of the University of Luxembourg is recruiting a Doctoral researcher (PhD student) in law (m/f). A specialisation is foreseen in civil procedure.
- Ref: 50012559 - R-STR-8027-00-B (to be mentioned in all correspondence)
- Fixed-term 14-month initial contract, extendable to 36 month
- Full-time position, 40h/week
- Employee and student status
TASKS:
- The doctoral researcher will be working within the Research Unit of Law. The doctoral researcher is expected to contribute to research projects in the area of civil procedure. Particular interest in comparative law and international litigation would be an asset.
- The candidate's main task will be to prepare a doctoral thesis in the field of European/ comparative civil procedure under the supervision of Professor Severine Menetrey. The thesis work will be undertaken at the University of Luxembourg but can also be part of a jointly-supervised with another university.
- Contribute to the teaching of classes ranging from one to three hours per week, of small group teachings and tutorials.
PROFILE:
- Master's degree in private law / civil procedure / European - international litigation
- Have the linguistic skills to evolve in a multilingual environment: fluency in either English or French, good understanding of the second language and possibly a third language, German in particular, will be considered an advantage.
OFFER:
- Fully-funded position with a competitive salary.
- Regular personal exchanges with the supervisor and the members of the thesis committee, and a high-quality research environment provided by the Doctoral School of Law.
- An exciting international and multilingual research environment.
- Personal work space at the University.
- Gender-friendly workplace.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Applications should be submitted online, before 15/05/19 and must include the following:
- A motivation letter.
- A detailed curriculum vitae with list of publications and copies thereof, if applicable.
- A transcript of concluded university studies.
- The name, current position and relationship to the applicant, of one referee.
Link:
http://emea3.mrted.ly/255j9 For more information concerning this position, please contact Prof. Severine Menetrey, email:
severine.menetrey@uni.lu The University of Luxembourg is an equal opportunity employer.
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The University of Hong Kong
Professor/Associate Professor/Assistant Professor in the Department of Law Applications are invited for a joint appointment as tenure-track Professor/Associate Professor/Assistant Professor in the Department of Law of the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Engineering (Ref.: 494328), to commence on August 1, 2019 or as soon as possible thereafter, on a three-year fixed-term basis with the possibility of renewal, and with consideration for tenure before the expiry of a second three-year fixed-term contract. Suitably qualified applicants may be considered for direct tenure at Associate Professor level and above.
The Faculty of Law is the longest established law school in Hong Kong. It plays a leading role in legal education in Hong Kong and Asia, through its various undergraduate, research postgraduate, and taught postgraduate programmes covering a wide range of legal subject areas. It is the largest and oldest law teaching institution in Hong Kong, currently consisting of over 80 teaching members drawn from more than 17 jurisdictions worldwide.
The Faculty of Engineering is one of the founding Faculties of The University of Hong Kong. The Department of Computer Science, being the fastest developing department in the Faculty, enjoys the reputation of providing high-quality education at both undergraduate and graduate levels and conducting top-notch research in information technology. It has excellent computing resources and supporting facilities for teaching and research.
JOB DESCRIPTION: The Faculties are seeking to appoint an outstanding candidate to the position of Professor /Associate Professor/Assistant Professor in Law, Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship. The successful candidate will be expected to make a significant contribution to the Faculties' research profiles by producing high-quality research and actively participating in research communities. He/she will also be expected to contribute to the development and delivery of teaching and supervision on the Faculties' undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, in particular on the Law, Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship ("LITE") Programme.
JOB QUALIFICATIONS: This is a joint appointment between the Faculty of Law (Department of Law) and the Faculty of Engineering (Department of Computer Science), with the former as the home department. Information about the Faculties and departments can be found at
http://www.law.hku.hk,
https://engg.hku.hk. Applicants are expected to have obtained an undergraduate degree (or a Juris Doctor degree) and a PhD in law, engineering, or an interdisciplinary area that crosses the two. The Faculties will also consider candidates who do not yet have a PhD but who are close to completion. They are also expected to show evidence of the potential to produce internationally excellent research.
A highly competitive salary commensurate with qualifications and experience will be offered, in addition to annual leave and medical benefits. At current rates, salaries tax does not exceed 15% of gross income. The appointment will attract a contract-end gratuity and University contribution to a retirement benefits scheme, totaling up to 15% of basic salary. Housing benefits will be provided as applicable.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE: The University only accepts online application for the above post. Applicants should apply online at the University's careers site (
http://jobs.hku.hk) and upload an up-to-date C.V. Applicants who have responded to the previous advertisement (Ref.: 201801469) need not re-apply. Closes May 20, 2019.
The University is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to equality, ethics, inclusivity, diversity and transparency.
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