Welcome to the Journal of Public Law and Policy
Call for Papers
Fall 2012 Issue: Submission information and deadlines
Hamline Journal of Public Law and Policy, in conjunction with the Hamline Law Alumni Board and the Hamline University School of Business Center for Public Administration and Leadership, presents: 2012 Spring Symposium
The Journal of Public Law and Policy at Hamline University School of Law in Saint Paul, Minnesota, will host a symposium on March 16, 2012 entitled “Stop, Collaborate and Listen: The Policy of Collaborative Governance, Citizen Participation, and Innovation and Redesign in Minnesota.”
Register online now!
This symposium will gather local and national scholars, law practitioners, policymakers and government officials to address the challenges of local government occurring at the municipal and state level. The current political and economic climate challenges practitioners to create and change the dialogue of governance between citizens, cities, counties, organizations, agencies and the State. The central questions to be addressed are how does local government collaboration look in the future and what the benefits of such dialogue and collaboration among different levels of government and citizens are.
During the symposium, participants will focus on creative ideas and responses to current local government challenges and ways to incorporate citizens and other governing entities more fully into dialogue, collaboration and policy decisions. The non-exhaustive, non-definitive list of proposed topics includes:
- The newly established Collaborative Governance Council (Minn. Stat. Sec. 6.81, 2010)
- League of Minnesota Cities – Cities, Services and Funding Project – model for individual cities for citizen participation
- Local Government Redesign and Innovation Sessions
- Administrative Law barriers to collaborative governance
- Leadership in collaborative governance efforts
- Conflicts of Interest in representing local government
Our list of symposium participants is below. The list is subject to change as the list of participants develops.
Keynote Speaker: Minnesota State Auditor Rebecca Otto
Guest Speakers: Professor Carmen Sirianni (Brandeis University)i and Professor Lisa Blomgren Bingham (Indiana University)
Speakers: Professor Larry Bakken and Aimee Gourlay (Hamline University), Don Reeder and Rachel Walker (League of Minnesota Cities), and Lynette Slater Crandall (Dorsey & Whitney)
Panelists: Minnesota State Representatives Carol McFarlane and Paul Marquart, Tom Grundhoefer (League of Minnesota Cities), John Choi (Ramsey County Attorney), Dave Hemze (Carver County Administrator), Jack Swanson (Roseau County Commissioner), Desyl Peterson (Minnetonka City Attorney), and Kathy Lantry (President of Saint Paul City Council)
MN CLE credits to be applied for.
Questions? Please email the Symposium Editor, Caitlyn Lothian.
Statement of Purpose
The Hamline Journal of Public Law and Policy is a student-run organization devoted to the discussion and analysis of contemporary legal and public policy issues. The Journal provides a forum for both students and the legal community to engage in scholarly thought, analysis, and writing on a wide range of areas of law affecting national and international policy issues.
The Journal devotes one of its bi-annual editions to Alternative Dispute Resolution topics. Non-ADR editions often take a special theme, such as Pro Bono Legal Services. Editions may include both outside articles, authored by professors, lawyers, and judges, and student articles, authored by second and third year law students selected as Journal Associates.
The Journal is governed by the Board of Editors, which consists of third year law students. The Board of Editors is responsible for directing the content of the Journal, selecting both outside and student articles for publication, and preparing each edition for publication.