Category Archives: Conferences Seminars and Lectures
‘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 on Friday 12 June 2026. There will be papers on Chitty’s place in legal history, on current issues in contract law and on developments that may […]
Call for Papers: 17th Transnational Commercial Law Teachers Meeting, University of Pittsburgh, 8-9 October 2026
Following the great success of the prior conferences in, among other locations, Tubingen, Manchester, Oxford, Heidelberg, Kyushu, Madrid, Perth, Santiago, Rome, and Greensboro, it is my great pleasure to invite you to the 17th Transnational Commercial Law Teachers Meeting that will be held on 8-9 October 2026 at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. […]
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)
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. We encourage early and mid-career academics and research higher degree students to consider presenting on […]
‘The Frontiers of Arbitration and the Transformation of Private Law’ – The Common Core of European Private Law 31st General Meeting, Stockholm, Sweden, 6-8 May 2026
Many of the challenges faced by private law cannot be fully understood without paying adequate attention to procedural questions. Digitalisation, enhanced regulation of corporate responsibility and corruption are reshaping private law. This conference highlights the crucial role arbitration plays in interpreting the rules of private law. Join us to explore how the substantive intersects with […]
Call for Papers: ‘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. […]
Call for Abstracts: The Modern Corporation Conference, Liverpool John Moores University, 13 May 2026
Theme – Preserving the 21st century corporation and protecting the economy: perspectives and challenges. Please submit a 250 word abstract with innovative research ideas or research methods about any aspect of the theme of the conference in (a), (b) or (c) below: (a) the capacity and limitations of directors in preventing corporate insolvencies, (b) the […]
Call for Papers: ‘Crossing Intellectual Boundaries in English Legal History’: Christ Church, Oxford, 10-11 September 2026
A workshop in English Legal History will take place in Christ Church, Oxford on 10 and 11 September 2026. The organisers, Ciara Kennefick and Ian Williams, invite proposals for papers which address in whole or in part the theme of Crossing Intellectual Boundaries in English Legal History. The organisers aim to advance the interdisciplinary study […]
Call for Papers: Society of Legal Scholars Annual Conference, 2-4 September 2026, University of East Anglia
The 2026 Society of Legal Scholars’ annual conference will be held at the University of East Anglia (UEA), from 2-4 September and will be an in-person event. There will be an opportunity to join the plenary talks and ECR session in a hybrid format … (more)
Call for papers: Embedding AI in Contract Law Pedagogy: An Equality Diversity and Inclusion Perspective (Queen’s University Belfast, 20 March 2026)
The conference aims to create a collaborative platform for embedding Contract Law pedagogy through AI-enhanced teaching practices that are attentive to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). Through scholarly and practice-based contributions, the conference will work towards the development of a bespoke roadmap for curriculum transformation that reflects diverse learning needs, institutional contexts, and professional expectations […]