On Monday 20 May 2024, City, University of London (in collaboration with University of Leeds) will host a day conference on the subject of ‘Deepfakes and the Law’ at its Northampton Square campus, London, from 09:00–17:00. The theme of the conference is to explore the existing and potential relationships between deepfake technology and the law. It is organised and managed by Thomas Bennett (City) and Rebecca Moosavian (University of Leeds) … (more)
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Characterisation in the Conflict of Laws: St Hilda’s College Oxford, 20-21 March 2025
For more than a century, characterisation has been discussed in the conflict of laws without reaching a consensus on a generally accepted theory. However, it is arguably the most crucial step for a court when determining its international jurisdiction and the applicable law … (more)
Cristina Tilley on ‘Tort Originalism’, Zoom, 21 March 2025, 12 EST
Cristina will speak on how originalist interpretive methodologies reveal that at its inception American tort law was concerned with promoting social justice. She will speak for about 45 minutes after which there will be a Q&A period … (more)
‘Litigation against extractives’: Seminar, Anglia Ruskin University Cambridge Campus, 9-10 April 2025
Examine the role of litigation in holding extractive industries accountable for environmental degradation and human rights violations … (registration)
‘Remedies to Digital Vulnerability in European Private Law’: University of Trieste, 10-11 April 2025
The Trieste conference follows two previous conferences held within the same project in Ferrara (2023) and in Rome Tor Vergata (2024), which examined the legal status of digital vulnerability in European private law and its interaction with artificial intelligence, respectively … (more)
Socio-Legal Studies Association Annual Conference, University of Liverpool, 15-17 April 2025
Socio-Legal Studies Association (SLSA) Annual Conference 2025 is proudly hosted by the University of Liverpool Law School. The Annual Conference has been running since the association was founded in 1990 and … (more)
24th Annual Conference on European Tort Law, Vienna, 24-25 April 2025
The conference will be held in the Festive Hall of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, and provides a unique opportunity to discover the most significant tort law developments from across Europe in 2024 … (more)
‘Reflections on the Evolution of Software Copyright Law since the 1980s’: Pamela Samuelson, London School of Economics and Online, 13 May 2025
Pamela Samuelson is the Richard M Sherman Distinguished Professor of Law and Information at the University of California, Berkeley. She is recognized as a pioneer in digital copyright law, intellectual property, cyberlaw and information policy … (registration)
‘Protecting the Digital Consumer in Asia’: Chinese University of Hong Kong, 16 May 2025
Digital services – whether e-commerce, social media, mobile apps, digital health or financial services, to name a few – present unique challenges for consumer protection laws around the world. In Asia, the situation is even more complicated … (more, call for papers)
‘Contract Law and the Unexpected’: University College London, 16 May 2025
Commercial parties face uncertainty on a regular basis. Their contracts provide for risks and events that might occur during their contractual relationship, including those that cannot be (fully) controlled by the parties, and whose nature is not easy to foresee or be captured by the contractual parties’ expectations … (more)
3rd Postgraduate Law Conference of the Centre for Private International Law, University of Aberdeen, 6 June 2025
The Centre 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 … (more)
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, call for papers)
16th Annual Workshop of the International Society for the History and Theory of Intellectual Property (ISHTIP), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain, 25-26 June 2025
In recent years, the relationship between intellectual property and capitalism has received growing interest from different disciplines, particularly economic history, law, sociology, politics, and science and technology studies. This workshop aims to bring together interdisciplinary scholarship which explores this relationship historically and across different political economic paradigms … (more, call for papers)
8th Biennial Conference of the European Society for Comparative Legal History, University of Szeged, Hungary, 2-4 July 2025
The theme of the conference is to call attention to the development of legal institutions that are related to and serve as the foundation of modern/contemporary state and law. We mainly expect papers based on the examination of primary sources … (more, 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 … (more, call for papers)
Obligations XI - 'Private Law: Inside and Out', Harvard Law School, 8-11 July 2025
This will be co-hosted by Harvard Law School and Melbourne Law School and will be convened by John Goldberg, Andrew Robertson and Henry Smith … (more)
Society of Legal Scholars, 116th Annual Conference, University of Leeds, 2-4 September 2025
The conference will run from 2-4 September 2025 based in the Parkinson Building, a grade II listed building in Greek Revival style and one of most prominent landmarks in the city … (more, 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 … (more, call for papers)
Journal of Private International Law 20th Anniversary Conference, University College London, 11-13 September 2025
We are pleased to invite the submission of paper proposals for the conference. Submission is open to anyone regardless of seniority or academic affiliation, including postgraduate students and practitioners, with an expectation that you will produce a paper for submission to the Journal of Private International Law … (more, call for papers)
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)
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