Category Archives: Conferences Seminars and Lectures
Call for Expressions of Interest: Feminist Intellectual Property Studies, University of Wolverhampton and online, 8-9 June 2026
We are organising the ‘Women and Intellectual Property’ event, where we will discuss the scholarship, policy and practice of women in intellectual property practice. We will also explore women and intellectual property systems, focusing on inclusivity in the creative industries and systems of innovation … (more)
Call for Papers – Comparative European Tort Law
In 2026, the Annual Conference on European Tort Law (ACET) sees its 25th anniversary; among the celebrations for this milestone, the conference will host a new session offering emerging scholars and those at the more junior end of the academy (up to approximately six years after completing a doctorate) the opportunity to present their work […]
Queering Private Law: Queerathon: King’s College London, 19 November 2025
The Queerathon will bring together academics and practitioners interested in private law (broadly defined, including contracts, torts, property, restitution, family, company, and intellectual property), as well as those engaged in LGBTQI+ rights, queer theory, or who identify as LGBTQI+. The aim is to create a space for collective imagination, collaboration, and critique at the intersection […]
Call for papers and posters: Socio-Legal Studies Association (SLSA) Annual Conference 2026
The SLSA Annual Conference will take place between Monday 30 March and Wednesday 1 April 2026 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 […]
Call for Papers: ‘Fairness in Digital Contract Law: European and Global Comparative Perspectives’: Kraków, Poland, 4-5 December 2025
The event will serve as a platform for critical engagement with the evolving legal framework applicable to digital contracts in Europe (the EU and national law, Switzerland and the UK), North America and the Asia-Pacific Region, on a national, regional and supranational level. The organisers invite contributions applying doctrinal, comparative, economic, theoretical, philosophical, and empirical […]
Call for Abstracts: 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, those provisions that arguably ought to be in the Bill, and the problems solved, […]
Call for Papers: Global Harm, Local Justice | The Future of Cross-Border Torts: Online, 6 February 2026
We invite submissions for the virtual conference ‘Global Harm, Local Justice: The Future of CrossBorder Torts’, which will take place on 6 February 2026. The conference brings together early career researchers to explore contemporary challenges in crossborder torts and private international law. It takes place against the backdrop of potential reform of both the Brussels […]
Call for Papers: Business and Tax Roundtable for Upcoming Professors, UCLA, 1-3 June 2026
The Lowell Milken Institute for Business Law and Policy at UCLA School of Law is pleased to announce its second annual Business and Tax Roundtable for Upcoming Professors (‘BATRUP’). This in-person Roundtable will take place at UCLA from Monday evening June 1st through Wednesday afternoon June 3rd. The program will feature commentary by invited senior […]
‘Copyright Society hosts Dublin International Conference and offers IPKat readers discount in the registration fee’
Since 1953, the Copyright Society has been comprised of copyright law practitioners and members who work in literature, music, art, theatre, motion pictures and television, computer software architecture and all forms of new media. Its mission is to foster interest in and advance the study and understanding of copyright law. The good news is that […]
‘Adapting private international law in an era of uncertainty’: Asser Institute, The Hague, 24 October 2025
Private international law deals with cross-border legal disputes. It answers questions like: which country’s court should hear a case? And which country’s laws should apply? These questions are becoming harder to answer as people, businesses, and conflicts move across borders more easily – and unpredictably. The event will bring together leading legal scholars, practitioners, and […]