The conference is titled “European Law Unbound: What Kind of Europe Can We Reach For?” and it aims to stimulate debate on the role law in addressing Europe’s massive challenges. Through the organization of this, and hopefully many more annual conferences, the new European Law Unbound Society aims to create an infrastructure to enable, through discussion, the emergence of a truly inclusive, pan-European legal community … (more)
Conferences, Seminars and Lectures
Broken Bonds – New Perspectives on Marital Breakdown in the English Common Law World 1801-1969: Northumbria University, 20 April 2026
This conference invites paper proposals from scholars in history, legal studies, human geography, anthropology, English, film studies, sociology, politics, and related disciplines … (more, call for papers)
‘Comic Pleading 1000-1600: Law, Comedy, Dialogue’: IALS, London, 28-29 April 2026
Law has a long and rich tradition of oral dialogue, and much of that is suffused with comedy. As the Yearbooks of the Common Law courts in England alone reveal, legal pleadings, and thus the conversations between advocates and judges in court, are full of repartee, anecdotes, jokes, insults, absurd hypotheticals … (more)
‘The Frontiers of Arbitration and the Transformation of Private Law’, Stockholm, 6-8 May 2026
Welcome to the 31st General Meeting of The Common Core of European Private Law, which is organised in partnership with the Stockholm Centre for Commercial Law (SCCL) … (more)
The Modern Corporation Conference: Liverpool John Moores University, 13 May 2026
Theme – Preserving the 21st century corporation and protecting the economy: perspectives and challenges … (more)
‘Private Trustees and Ethical Investments’: University College London Faculty of Laws, 20 May 2026
To what extent should private trustees be able to take into account wider ethical or environmental, social and governance factors when making investment decisions? English caselaw from the 1980s suggests that unless the trust instrument expressly permits it, they may only do so in very limited circumstances … (more)
‘Dissenting Voices in Canadian Private Law’: 5th biennial Conference on the Canadian Law of Obligations, Kamloops BC, 28-29 May 2026
The aim of the conference is to provide a forum for participants to critically examine prevailing doctrines and to explore perspectives – doctrinal, theoretical, or comparative – that challenge dominant understandings. The Call for Abstracts will be released in August, alongside the launch of the conference website … (more)
‘Contract Law: Past, Present and Future’: University College London, 12 June 2026
The first edition of Chitty on Contracts was published in 1826. To mark its 200th anniversary, the Private Law Group at University College London is hosting a one-day conference … (more)
‘Legal and economic issues of emerging (liability) risks and insurance’: Jesus College Cambridge, 18-19 June 2026
The 21st Joint Seminar of the International Association for the Study of Insurance Economics (Geneva Association) and the European Association of Law and Economics (EALE) on the topic ‘Legal and economic issues of emerging (liability) risks and insurance’ will be hosted by Jesus College, Cambridge … (more, call for papers)
Young Property Lawyers’ Forum (YPLF) Annual Conference: University of Groningen, 25-26 June 2026
The theme of this year’s conference is: ‘Property and Protection’. Property rights understood as exclusionary rights operate in a distinct way. They allocate resources to individuals who enjoy extensive protection of their use interests … (more, call for abstracts)
‘Intellectual Property and Politics: From Power Relations to Realpolitik’: ATRIP 44th Annual Congress, São Paulo, 28 June – 1 July 2026
Intellectual Property (IP) laws have never existed in isolation; they are continuously shaped by political forces. Today, with rising geopolitical tensions and ongoing debates on technology governance, the interrelation between IP law and politics is more visible and more contested than ever … (more, call for papers)
British Legal History Conference, Nottingham, 1-4 July 2026
This year the conference theme is ‘Law and Governance’. This draws upon the longstanding interplay between law and governance, emphasising the ways in which legal systems are shaped by, and in turn shape, structures of authority and power … (more)
Australasian Society of Legal Philosophy Conference: Brisbane, 15-17 July 2026
The conference will feature a private law theory stream, co-sponsored by the Australian Centre for Private Law, alongside regular parallel sessions … (more, call for abstracts)
Society of Legal Scholars, 117th Annual Conference: University of East Anglia, Norwich, 2-4 September 2026
UEA campus is a short bus ride from Norwich’s historic city centre, which features a Norman castle and a cathedral surrounded by cobbled streets and medieval architecture … (more)
Queering Private Law: University College London, 3-4 September 2026
Queer theory and private law rarely interact. While queer theory has been applied to other fields, private law remains largely an unexplored territory. Yet queer analysis offers a particularly valuable lens … (more, call for papers)
17th Transnational Commercial Law Teachers Meeting: University of Pittsburgh, 8-9 October 2026
For those who would like to present their work, we welcome papers on any topic that may be of interest to teachers, scholars, and practitioners of transnational commercial law, broadly understood. We particularly welcome papers that will address the theme of this year’s conference … (more)
‘Private law and the courts in an age of disruption: Bending, breaking or restating?’: Monash University Faculty of Law, 30 October 2026
Private law has long presented itself as a domain of incremental development, doctrinal coherence, and principled reasoning. Yet contemporary pressures, including digital platforms and AI, climate change, mass harm events, financial innovation, and shifting conceptions of property, personhood, and responsibility, raise profound questions about the stability and adaptability of private law’s core concepts and doctrines … (more, call for papers)
Trust and Trusts in Commercial Law: University of Western Australia Law School, 3-4 December 2026
The aims of the conference are to provide academics with an informal and supportive environment in which to present work in progress, and to facilitate a collegial discussion of issues related to teaching and publishing in private and commercial law … (more, call for papers)
‘Crises in Private International Law’: 6th Early Career Researchers´ Conference, Munich, 9-10 April 2027
We welcome contributions on conflict-of-laws and international civil procedural law at the national, European, and international levels. The conference language is German; however, we also welcome warmly presentations in English … (more, call for papers)
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