Category Archives: Conferences Seminars and Lectures
‘Call for papers: 3rd Postgraduate Law Conference of the Centre for Private International Law and Transnational Governance (Aberdeen)’
The Centre for Private International Law and Transnational Governance of the University of Aberdeen is pleased to announce that it is now accepting submissions for the 3rd Postgraduate Law Conference of the Centre for Private International Law which will take place online on 6 June 2025. Conference Theme: New Dimensions in Private International Law. Original […]
Yale-Toronto Private Law Theory Discussion Group, Annual Workshop, 7 March 2025
The Private Law Theory Discussion Group is a joint initiative between the Center for Private Law at Yale Law School and the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. The workshop aims to provide a forum for established and early career scholars to present their in-progress work in private law theory to an audience of students […]
Call for Papers: Estates, Trusts and Pensions Journal conference, Vancouver, 19-20 February 2026
The Estates, Trusts and Pensions Journal is inviting paper proposals for a conference, to be held February 19-20, 2026 at the Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia. 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 […]
Call for Papers: ‘Celebrating 100 Years of the 1925 Property Legislation’ (Selwyn College Cambridge, 8-9 September 2025)
In the period 1922 to 1925, a series of groundbreaking legislative enactments reframed English property law in terms favourable to alienation and a market in land, providing the basis on which much of the relevant modern law rests. The Law of Property Act, Trustee Act, Settled Land Act, Administration of Estates Act, Land Registration Act, […]
Call for Papers: ‘The molecules of private law’: University of Oxford, 11-12 September 2025
This symposium aims to stimulate discussion of the fundamental building blocks of private law. Examples include such concepts as obligation, duty, responsibility, thing, ownership, personality, capacity, patrimony, right, power, privilege, immunity. These and other basic constituents of legal thought continue to generate debate, controversy, and confusion in the 21st century, not only in long-established fields […]
Haim Abraham, ‘Private Nuisance, Looking Out, Gazing In’: University of Toronto and Online, 14 February 2025
Haim Abraham of the University College London will speak on the relation between private nuisance claims and privacy, applying rights-based and queer theory lenses. Haim will speak for about 45 minutes after which there will be a Q&A period … (more, Zoom link)
‘Revisiting the Public/Private Divide: Corporations, Legal Education and the Common Good in a Globalized World’, Sundhya Pahuja, Queen’s University Belfast, 4 February 2025
This lecture reflects on the enduring division between public and private international law within legal education and its broader implications for society’s prosperity and well-being. It examines how this division, rooted in historical legacies of empire, shapes our understanding of the role of law in governing relationships between states, corporations, and individuals. By exploring the […]
24th Annual Conference on European Tort Law, Vienna, 24-25 April 2025
The 24th Annual Conference will be held in Vienna from April 24 to 25, 2025 in the Festive Hall of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (Dr Ignaz Seipel-Platz 2, 1010 Vienna). It provides a unique opportunity for both practitioners and academics to discover the most significant tort law developments from across Europe in 2024 … […]
‘Do People Matter? The importance of the individual in the construction of legal history’, Catharine MacMillan, King’s College London, 22 January 2025
The Dickson Poon School of Law is proud to present our Inaugural Lecture Series. Inaugural Lectures are a celebration of our Professors, as they present an overview of their contribution to their field, as well as highlight its latest developments. The lecture is open to both members of the university community and the wider public, […]
Call for Papers: Business and Tax Roundtable for Upcoming Professors, UCLA, 13-15 June 2025
This in-person Roundtable will feature commentary by invited senior scholars as well as an opportunity to meet fellow aspiring scholars while enjoying Los Angeles. We warmly invite scholars preparing for the academic job market to participate … (more)