The thematic focus of the Congress is the interface between IP and politics. We ask whether, how, and to what extent politics influences IP law, and how IP law, in turn, functions as a political tool in various contexts. The elusiveness of the concept of politics merits in-depth analysis to illuminate the many ways it shapes IP law and uses it to advance broader political objectives … (more)
Conferences, Seminars and Lectures
‘Conflicts of Rights in Public and Private Law’: University of Oxford, 16-17 December 2025
Many types of legal dispute present the problem of how to ‘balance’ the competing or conflicting rights or interests of multiple parties. The language of balancing competing rights appears in academic and judicial discourse surrounding human rights, equalities, tort, remedies, property, and many other areas of law … (more, call for papers)
‘Colonial Legacies of Intellectual Property’: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, London, 30 January 2026
This workshop is aimed at exploring the place of colonialism in the making of intellectual property from its earliest days to the present. The main goals are to consider these colonial legacies, and how the discipline is still neglecting them in the way it historicises and theorises its own making … (more)
Society of Corporate Law Academics conference: University of Western Australia Law School, 1-3 February 2026
The conference theme of ‘The Corporate Chameleon’ brings together leading Australasian and international corporate law scholars and practitioners for three days of debate, discussion and discovery … (more, call for abstracts)
Global Harm, Local Justice – The Future of Cross-Border Torts: Online, 6 February 2026
We invite submissions for the virtual conference, which is designed specifically for early-career scholars working in the field of private international law … (more, call for papers)
Australian and New Zealand Tort and Compensation Researchers and Teachers Network Symposium: Bond University and Online, 16-17 February 2026
We welcome contributions which reflect a wide range of topics and approaches including doctrinal, theoretical, critical, empirical, reform and social justice, and pedagogical. We are particularly interested in providing opportunities for early career researchers and teachers to present their work and network with other colleagues … (more)
Estates, Trusts and Pensions Journal conference, Vancouver, 19-20 February 2026
We invite paper proposals on any theme having to do with Estates, Trusts or Pensions. Here follows a non-exclusive list of potential topics, divided into broader themes … (more, call for papers)
18th Annual International Conference on Contracts (KCON XVIII), Gainesville, Florida, 19-21 February 2026
KCON is the largest annual international academic conference dedicated to contract law and related areas of commercial law. It brings together contract law scholars, expert practitioners, and aspiring academics from around the world. KCON strives to be an open community for supporting and enriching scholarship … (more, call for proposals for presentations)
‘In Media Lex: Authority and the Mechanization of Judgment in the 19th Century’: Xavier Nueno, IALS, London, 10 March 2026
This essay traces the history of citation indexes in American law, emphasizing their role in shaping the structure of jurisprudence. Central to this history is the figure of the legal reporter – an unofficial actor responsible for transcribing and publishing judicial decisions … (more)
Yale-Toronto-Columbia Private Law Theory Discussion Group: 6th Annual Conference: Hybrid event, 26 March 2026
The Discussion Group brings together scholars interested in theoretical and foundational questions in private law, broadly understood to include (but not limited to) contract, tort, property, unjust enrichment, equity, and remedies. Papers engaging with normative, analytical, comparative, economic, or historical perspectives on private law are all welcome … (more, call for papers)
Modern Studies in Property Law: Southampton Law School, 30 March – 1 April 2026
MSPL is a world-leading forum for scholars with research and/or teaching interests in property law, attracting an international body of delegates. The conference started life at the University of Reading in 1996 … (more, call for papers)
Socio-Legal Studies Association (SLSA) Annual Conference: University of Sussex, 30 March – 1 April 2026
This will take place at the University of Sussex campus in Falmer, Brighton. The conference has been running since the association was founded in 1990 and is an opportunity for those in the field of socio-legal studies to share knowledge and network with others … (more, call for papers and posters)
The Law of Succession and the Wills Bill: Selwyn College Cambridge, 13 April 2026
The organisers seek abstracts of research papers concerning the draft Wills Bill 2025 and the Law Commission’s consultation and reports in this matter. As ever a combination of different perspectives will allow us to understand the policy choices in the Bill … (more)
‘Economic Aspects of the Constitution’: University of Glasgow, 16-17 April 2026
The workshop seeks to explore those aspects of the constitutional order of the United Kingdom (as well as its Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies) which have an economic element. Any proposal for a paper which fits the workshop theme is welcome … (more, call for papers)
12th Annual Junior Scholars Conference: Ann Arbor, Michigan, 17-18 April 2026
The conference provides junior scholars, from institutions around the globe, with a platform to present and discuss their work with peers and receive feedback from faculty of the University of Michigan Law School, one of the premier law schools in the world … (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)
‘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)
‘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)
‘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, call for papers)
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)
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