Category Archives: Conferences Seminars and Lectures
Call for Papers: Trusts, Wealth Management and Philanthropy Conference, University of Hong Kong, 3-4 July 2025
The Conference marks the 10th anniversary of the Trusts, Wealth Management and Philanthropy Conference Series. It will focus on Trust and Innovative Philanthropy, exploring key themes such as: 1. Innovations and Developments in Chinese Charity Law, 2. New Perspectives in Philanthropy – novel research and practices in the philanthropic sector which provide impactful perspectives on philanthropic models, […]
Call for Papers: ‘Technology and Humanity: Enabling, Restricting or Prohibiting’: IALT Annual Conference, Maynooth University, 15-16 November 2024
The Council of the Irish Association of Law Teachers welcomes papers on all areas of substantive and procedural law and on any issue relating to legal education. Presentations are not restricted to the theme of the conference, although abstracts engaging with the theme are of course also welcome. Participants are also encouraged to propose panels […]
Contractual Relations: NYU London, 16 October 2024
In celebration, cerebration and circumbilifabulation of David Campbell’s recent treatise, a colloquium of commentaries, criticisms and coruscations to be held on 16 October 2024 at NYU London, room 348, at the new site, 265 Strand (next to LSE and the Royal Courts) … (more)
Works in Progress Workshop: Faculty of Laws, University College London, 3 September 2024
Confirmed speakers include and draft titles are: Sam Beswick (‘The Defence of Public Necessity’), Vicki Evans (‘Defective buildings can be such a nuisance!’), Ciara Kennefick (‘The duty to disclose defects in title: English contract law in a French mirror’), and Charles Mitchell (‘Knowing Receipt: Doctrinal Puzzles and Justificatory Projects’). Registration will open at 10am, with […]
Call for Abstracts – Consumer Law Scholars Conference, Berkeley Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice, 6-7 March 2025
Everyone – regardless of previous participation – is encouraged to submit their abstracts for consideration. However, please note that it is CLSC policy to prioritize authors whose work was not presented the preceding year. We welcome doctrinal, theoretical, and empirical approaches. Potential topics include the full breadth of issues involving consumers in the marketplace: common […]
‘The Law of the Algorithmic State: Perspectives from Central and Eastern Europe’ – University of Trieste, 26-27 September 2024
Session I: Angela Ferrari Zumbini (U Napoli Federico II), The Project ‘The Dark Side of Algorithms’; Roberto Scarciglia (Trieste U), AI and the State in Comparative Perspective; Péter Mezei (Szeged U) and Erzsébet Csatlós (Szeged U), Hungary; Filip Křepelka (Masaryk U), Czech Republic. Session II: Piotr Tereszkiewicz (Jagiellonian U Krakow) and Monika Namysłowska (U Łódź), […]
‘Some American Reflections on KCON XVII’
How was this year’s KCON different from other KCONs? I’ve been reflecting on that question in the aftermath of the conference. The conference was large. There were usually three concurrent sessions going at once. I can’t replicate Nick Mouttotos’s feat in yesterday’s post by providing an overview of the conference as a whole. Rather, this […]
‘The Public Interest, Law, and Regulation: Clear, Consistent, and Coherent Relationships?’
Widely in legal education, research, and practice, and across different areas of legal jurisdiction, law is a discipline that is characterised by its sharp division into sub-disciplines. With this division comes super-specialisation. That specialisation has the effect of inviting in-depth focus on discrete areas of law and regulation, without claims to expertise or application across […]
Call for Papers: ‘Digital Vulnerability in European Private Law’, University of Trieste, April 2025
Building on previous findings, the third conference will take for granted that many people, if not all, are vulnerable in the digital world. The questions we will discuss at the conference therefore are: what can be done? How can digital vulnerability be remedied? What measures can be adopted, ex ante or ex post, to avoid […]
Call for Papers: ‘Private Law Inside and Out’, Harvard Law School, 8-11 July 2025
The Eleventh Biennial Conference on the Law of Obligations will be held at Harvard Law School from July 8-11, 2025. The conference will be co-hosted by Harvard Law School and Melbourne Law School, and will be co-convened by John Goldberg, Andrew Robertson and Henry Smith. The biennial Obligations Conferences bring together scholars and practising lawyers […]