Tech-Law-Deadlines
Note: No timezone indicated (New York assumed). The BETTY Forum is a platform for in-depth exchange on the conceptual and normative foundations of private law, with an emphasis on connecting junior and senior scholars. The second session is hosted by the Berkeley Center for Private Law Theory. Six to eight junior scholars will be selected through blind peer review; a senior faculty member comments on each paper, followed by the author's response and open Q&A. Topics: any aspect of the conceptual and/or normative foundations of private law, understood broadly (beyond property, contract, and torts to include work law, family law, organizational law, and more). Eligibility: tenured or tenure-track for no more than 7 years; co-authored submissions welcome if each co-author is individually eligible; papers that will be published before the Forum are not considered. Funding: participants cover their own travel and lodging, though funding may be available for one or two participants whose institutions do not cover these costs. Submit the full paper (preferably 20,000 words or fewer, including footnotes) by email to Casey Dzubur (cdzubur@berkeley.edu) with the subject line 'BETTY Forum.' Remove all references to the author from the paper, and attach a separate cover letter with name, affiliation, paper title, and contact information.
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Note: No timezone indicated (New York assumed). A general call for papers open to junior scholars from institutions around the globe, with feedback from Michigan Law faculty. Selected participants are grouped into thematic panels (past editions have covered legal theory, international and comparative law, criminal law, gender, corporate law, law and technology, public law, and private law). Eligibility: graduate students, SJD/JSD/PhD candidates, postdocs, lecturers, teaching fellows, and pre-tenure assistant or associate professors who have not held an academic position for more than four years; submissions from the Global South and from groups under-represented in academia are particularly invited. Submit through the online form a new, unpublished abstract (500 words maximum) with a brief description of the project's status and nature, plus a CV, all as Word documents named LAST NAME – FIRST NAME – DOCUMENT TYPE. Selection is highly competitive (roughly 5% in past editions), based on quality, novelty, and fit with Michigan Law faculty scholarship. Decisions by December 18, 2026; final papers due March 1, 2027. Registration and event fees are covered by the Center for International and Comparative Law, which also offers supplemental travel and accommodation funds on request (submit a separate written request with city of departure, estimated costs, and any other funding). Questions: law-doconf@umich.edu.
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Note: Deadline is noon PST. Hosted at the William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Two days of presentations and discussion take place January 29-30, preceded by a welcome reception at the host hotel, Embassy Suites, on January 28. A Formula 1-themed social program on the Las Vegas Strip is planned for January 29, and the traditional Evil Twin Debate takes place during lunch that day. The WIPIP 2027 webpage has a Call for Papers/Abstracts form and hotel information. Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis; later submissions will still be considered if space permits, with acceptance notifications sent no later than October 30, 2026. Those wishing to attend without presenting can also request to do so via the Call for Papers form.
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Note: Deadline is AoE (registration and applications close 23 August 2026 at 11:59pm, any timezone). Hosted by the Geneva Centre on Knowledge Governance, a joint initiative of American University's Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property (PIJIP) and the Geneva Graduate Institute, at Villa Barton on the Domaine Barton campus in Parc Mon Repos, Geneva. The annual gathering of the Global Network on Copyright User Rights (100+ scholars and practitioners across 30 countries) turns in 2026 to how copyright, the right to research, and the growing use of artificial intelligence intersect, organized around three streams: the right to research (especially for academic institutions, faculty and students worldwide), exceptions and limitations to copyright amid renewed work at WIPO, and 'Just AI' (combining Public AI accountability and access with the rights of creators and custodians of traditional knowledge, and Global South development priorities). Six themes run across sessions: Public AI & Just AI, the Right to Research, Remuneration & Licensing, Creator Rights, Traditional Knowledge & AI, and WIPO Negotiations on L&Es. The programme runs three days: a public keynote panel and reception Wednesday, September 30; a public conference day with six panel sessions and an evening lakeside reception Thursday, October 1; and User Rights Committee meetings and works-in-progress sessions for members and invited participants Friday, October 2, with an optional Saturday excursion to the Salève. Three ways to take part: attend the public conference day, present a paper under one of the six themes, or propose a panel or workshop. The conference hotel is the Drake Longchamp Hotel in Geneva.
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Note: No timezone indicated (New York assumed). OWCAL gives scholars working at the intersection of law and computational methods a recurring venue to present early-stage work and get feedback, addressing the fact that any single institution may lack a critical mass of colleagues with similar interests. Sessions run monthly online from January through May 2027; each centers on a draft paper circulated a week in advance, followed by a presentation, comments from an assigned discussant, and open Q&A. Suitable projects are empirical, treat legal texts (broadly understood) as data for quantitative analysis (descriptive or causal work both welcome), will not be published before the workshop date, and will be far enough along to circulate a draft the week prior. Submit a 150-500 word abstract covering motivation, methods, and early results to owcal@law.virginia.edu with the subject line 'Abstract Submission' (full draft papers are especially welcome; multi-author projects are eligible). Those not already on the OWCAL participant list can RSVP to the same address with the subject line 'OWCAL RSVP.' A full schedule will be released in October.
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Note: Deadline is AoE. An abstract submission (recommended but not required) is due August 28, 2026. Hosted at Universite Toulouse Capitole by the Toulouse Research Institute in Information Technology and the Toulouse School of Law, JURIX is a long-running international conference on the intersection of law, AI, and information systems, covering legal knowledge-based systems, legal information retrieval, and computational and socio-technical approaches to law and other normative systems. Long, short, and poster papers are accepted, formatted per IOS Press guidelines and reviewed single-blind; all accepted papers must be presented in person. December 8 hosts workshops and the doctoral consortium, with the main conference on December 9-10.
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AI and Data Law Summit (New York Law School) 2026
AI and Data Law Summit (New York Law School) '26
Note: No timezone indicated (New York assumed). The New York Law School Law Review and the Innovation Center for Law and Technology invite submissions for their inaugural Artificial Intelligence and Data Law Summit—a one-day convening of scholars, practitioners, technologists, and policymakers examining the most pressing legal questions at the intersection of AI and the law. As AI becomes embedded in commercial systems, government functions, and everyday life, the law faces profound implications. This Summit aims to generate scholarship that will shape the legal frameworks needed for the era ahead.
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AI for Law Scholars (Northwestern Law and Technology Initiative) 2026
AI for Law Scholars (Northwestern Law and Technology Initiative) '26
Note: No timezone indicated (New York assumed). The Northwestern Law and Technology Initiative will host the First Annual AI for Law Scholars Conference on August 13-14, 2026, at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Chicago. The primary goal of the conference is to create a forum where AI for Law Scholars can present works-in-progress to benefit from feedback and mentorship. Relevant topics focus on the use of AI in law, including AI and legal reasoning, AI in law practice, AI in courts, AI for access to justice, the evaluation of AI for legal tasks, developing technologies for law, and AI in legal education. Excluded topics focus on the law and regulation of AI. AI for Law 2026 will include both plenary and `workshop` sessions with paper presentations. Papers must be works-in-progress or unpublished papers (a pre-print release has been `published,` for our purposes). All presentations must be delivered in person. **Proposals to Present** To submit a proposal to present a work-in-progress or an unpublished paper, complete this form to submit a 500–700-word abstract. The organizing committee will review proposals and notify presenters on a rolling basis. All AI for Law scholars are eligible to present, including scholars in law, computer science, and other fields. We plan to offer accommodations and a modest travel stipend to a small number of junior scholars who need funds.
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Top 50 Legal Innovators in Academia 2026 (The National Law Review -&- Wickard) 2026
Top 50 Legal Innovators in Academia 2026 (The National Law Review -&- Wickard) '26
Note: The Top 50 Legal Innovators in Academia recognizes law school deans, professors, administrators, librarians, clinicians, researchers, and other academic leaders who are advancing legal education through innovation, technology, leadership, scholarship, program development, and other transformative contributions. Nominations are open to the public. Self-nominations are welcome. A Selection Committee composed of leaders from legal education, the judiciary, legal technology, and the legal profession will review nominations and select the inaugural Top 50 honorees. Selection Committee members are not eligible for recognition and will recuse themselves from reviewing nominees with whom they have a conflict of interest.
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Note: The PLSC Program & Planning Committee (PPC) invites nominees for the PLSC Junior Scholars’ Council (JSC). The JSC, which was created last year, incubates new leadership, acts as the primary liaison between junior scholars in the PLSC community and the PPC, and helps plan PLSC mentorship programs. Responsibilities: The JSC offers junior scholars and newer members of the PLSC community the opportunity to have a say in the future of PLSC. Members of the JSC will surface the needs of junior scholars, help develop new ways for PLSC to support junior scholars, and facilitate growth and development of cutting edge law and technology scholarship. The JSC will also develop, plan, and facilitate any junior-scholar-related programming at PLSC, including a mentorship pre-conference where more senior scholars support the professional and scholarly growth of junior scholars. JSC members are leaders of our community and preparing for more leadership roles down the road.
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CLICWIP (Northeastern Center for Law, Information and Creativity) 2026
CLICWIP (Northeastern Center for Law, Information and Creativity) '26
Note: No timezone indicated (New York assumed). The Center for Law, Information and Creativity (CLIC) at Northeastern University School of Law invites scholars and law professors from New England and beyond to its second annual CLICWIPs. The two-day workshop will feature works in progress related to intellectual property, privacy, and/or technology law. Authors of selected abstracts will be invited to present during the roundtable, which will be held on Friday, September 18 and Saturday, September 19, at Northeastern University School of Law in Boston, Massachusetts. A variety of faculty will be in attendance to provide feedback on presented works in progress. Attendees should plan to read all drafts and attend the full workshop. CLIC will provide meals during the roundtable (from Friday lunch through Saturday lunch). Attendees from outside the Boston area will be responsible for their own travel and lodging.
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Conference on Empirical Legal Studies (CELS) 2026
Conference on Empirical Legal Studies (CELS) '26
Note: No timezone indicated (New York assumed). Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is pleased to host the 20th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies (CELS) on October 2-3, 2026. CELS is an interdisciplinary gathering that draws empirical researchers from across the United States and the world, bringing together scholars in law, economics, political science, psychology, and other fields who are interested in the empirical analysis of law and legal institutions.
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Note: No timezone indicated (New York assumed). From the Loyola University Chicago School of Law’s Beazley Institute for Health Law and Policy. The workshop is designed to provide an intellectual venue for life science law professors, scholars, and practitioners to convene and discuss current research and scholarship. The term “life science law” encompasses projects from diverse legal fields where life sciences research and development play a pivotal role, which could include biotechnology; food and drug; health and medicine, including issues involving access to affordable treatments; intellectual property; environmental; health equity; reproductive justice; administrative; privacy; and antitrust law. Our goal is to foster recognition of life science law as a cohesive, dynamic area of legal study and strengthen connections among national life science law scholars. Currently soliciting 750-1,000-word abstracts reflecting works at least in mid-stage process of draft completion (after most of relevant research has been conducted) for the purpose of meaningful workshopping with expert commentators and other selected scholars. We will allot presentation time for each scholar, followed by intensive discussion with expert commentators and scholar attendees; we estimate about 45 minutes total discussion time for each scholar’s work. Junior scholars are particularly encouraged to apply and will be prioritized in the selection process.
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Ninth Junior Faculty Forum on Law and STEM 2026
Ninth Junior Faculty Forum on Law and STEM '26
Note: No timezone indicated (New York assumed). The Northwestern, Penn, and Stanford law schools are pleased to announce a Call for Papers for the Ninth Junior Faculty Forum on Law and STEM, which will be held at Stanford on November 6-7, 2026. The Forum is dedicated to interdisciplinary scholarship focusing on the intersection of Law and Science-Technology-Engineering-Mathematics (STEM). We are seeking submissions from junior faculty in any discipline interested in presenting papers at the Forum. A group of junior scholars will be chosen on a blind basis from among those submitting papers by a jury of accomplished scholars with expertise in Law and STEM. To be eligible, authors must be teaching at a U.S. school of higher education in a tenured or tenure-track position or as a Visiting Assistant Professor or Fellow and must have received their first tenure-track appointment no more than seven years before the conference. QUALIFICATIONS: To be eligible, authors must be teaching at a U.S. school of higher education in a tenured or tenure-track position or as a Visiting Assistant Professor or Fellow and must have received their first tenure-track appointment no more than seven years before the conference. Authors in tenured and tenure-track positions will be given priority. American citizens or permanent residents teaching abroad are also eligible to submit provided that they have held a faculty position or the equivalent, including positions comparable to junior faculty positions in research institutions, for less than seven years, and that they earned their last degree within the past ten years. We accept jointly authored submissions so long as the presenting coauthor is individually eligible to participate in the Forum and none of the other coauthors has taught in a tenured or tenure-track position for more than seven years. Papers that will be published prior to the meeting are not eligible. Authors may submit only one paper.
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Reasoning with Evidence in Law Enforcement and Forensics Workshop (ICAIL) 2026
Reasoning with Evidence in Law Enforcement and Forensics Workshop (ICAIL) '26
Note: RELAF2026 explores how artificial intelligence can advance forensic analysis, digital evidence analysis, and evidential reasoning in judicial and law enforcement contexts. We invite submissions presenting novel Artificial Intelligence methods, systems and case studies at the intersection of (digital) forensics, law enforcement practice, and evidence-based legal reasoning. Beyond reporting successes, we also encourage critical perspectives on the limitations of current approaches and the legal and technical challenges of designing AI systems intended to support forensic, legal and law-enforcement professionals in their work.
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WEMIP: Workshop on Empirical Methods in Intellectual Property 2026
WEMIP: Workshop on Empirical Methods in Intellectual Property '26
Note: No timezone indicated (New York assumed). The 2026 Workshop on Empirical Methods in Intellectual Property is co-sponsored by Duke Law, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, and the University of Texas Law School. This conference combines two established events—the original Workshop on Empirical Methods in Intellectual Property and the Empirical IP Conference—into a single, unified gathering under the Workshop’s name. To apply, email wemip2026@law.utexas.edu with the following information:Name; Institutional Affiliation; Title of Project; Description of Project (500-1000 words) including the issues to be addressed and the empirical methods to be employed.; Acknowledgement that the project will not have reached substantial data collection by the time of the workshop.The first day of the workshop is intended to give scholars engaging in empirical studies of IP a chance to receive feedback on their work at an early stage in their research. Projects using any variety of empirical methods, including experimental methods and qualitative methods, are welcome. Ideal projects for the workshop are in their developmental stages where substantial data collection has not begun. Pilot data collection is, however, appropriate.
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Note: The AI & Open Government workshop (AIOG) focuses on how modern AI tools and techniques, including Large Language Models (LLMs), can support government accountability and transparency by improving public access to government records and enabling more reliable and compliant disclosure processes. In many jurisdictions, open government and access to information laws such as Freedom of Information (FOIA) and Access to Information (ATI) require large-scale public disclosure of government records, resulting in massive, multimodal data collections whose complexity increasingly challenges both legal compliance and technical processing. At the same time, governments face strict legal obligations to disclose information within statutory deadlines, while protecting sensitive and personal information. The workshop addresses two key perspectives: (1) AI for citizens--tools and techniques for improving search, exploration, and understanding of public government information; (2) AI for governments--assisting in accessibility, pre-processing, metadata enrichment, retrieval, filtering, and protecting sensitive information consistent with public disclosure laws
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Trevor Bench-Capon Doctoral Consortium (ICAIL) 2026
Trevor Bench-Capon Doctoral Consortium (ICAIL) '26
Note: The Trevor Bench-Capon Doctoral Consortium of ICAIL 2026 invites submissions from doctoral students/candidates describing their research/thesis currently being written in any areas of AI and Law. This event aims to promote the exchange of ideas of PhD researchers in the field of Artificial Intelligence and Law, and to provide them with an opportunity to interact and receive feedback from leading scholars and experts in the field.
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Workshop on Cybersecurity on Earth and in Space 2026
Workshop on Cybersecurity on Earth and in Space '26
Note: No timezone indicated on deadline (New York assumed). Organized by the Gibbons Institute of Law, Science & Technology and hosted at Seton Hall University School of Law, this afternoon workshop invites participants to share current research on the problems of securing computer resources, in both Earth-based networks and those in Earth orbit, on the Moon, and beyond. Led by Dr. David Opderbeck, Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Gibbons Institute and Institute for Privacy Protection, and Dr. Matthew Hersch, Fellow and Adjunct Professor of Law, Gibbons Institute, this workshop will consist of several panels, each of which will offer scholars opportunities to present informally upon topic of their research. Intended to provide a forum for early-stage research, the workshop will produce no proceedings volume; rather it will be an opportunity to share and refine their current scholarship in a supportive and collegial environment. Speakers will be asked to speak upon their topic for a 10–15 minutes.
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Note: No timezone indicated on deadline (New York assumed). The Center for Technology, Innovation & Competition (CTIC) at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and the Program on Science, Technology, and Intellectual Property Law (STIPL) at Columbia Law School will be co-organizing the Eleventh Copyright Scholarship Roundtable. The Roundtable is designed to be a forum for the discussion of current copyright scholarship, covering a range of methodologies, topics and perspectives. Approximately 7-9 papers will be chosen for discussion over the course of the Roundtable, with each paper allocated an entire hour for discussion.
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Junior Intellectual Property Scholars Association - Summer Workshop 2026
Junior Intellectual Property Scholars Association - Summer Workshop '26
Note: No timezone indicated on deadline (New York assumed). Workshop participants are expected to read and be ready to provide comments on each draft. Authors of full drafts will not present—we will go directly into feedback. Participants who choose to present an early-stage idea will have the option of giving a brief summary. Each participant will have approximately 30–45 minutes for comments and feedback. Final paper drafts and abstracts will be due by Tuesday, May 26.
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IP/LaP (Intellectual Property Law and Philosophy Workshop) 2026
IP/LaP (Intellectual Property Law and Philosophy Workshop) '26
Note: No timezone indicated (New York assumed). The St. John’s Intellectual Property Law Center invites requests to present at the New York City Intellectual Property Law and Philosophy Workshop (IP/LaP) at our Manhattan Campus (101 Astor Place) on Friday, April 17, 2026. IP/LaP is a day-long forum for scholars working on theoretical approaches to IP law, law and technology, and the regulation of creativity, expression, and knowledge to come together to discuss their projects at early- to middle-stages of development in a roundtable environment. St. John’s will provide breakfast, lunch, and dinner on the day of the workshop; participants are responsible for their own travel expenses (though assistance with hotel reservations at preferred rates may be available depending on interest).
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CLPSC (Cybersecurity Law and Policy Scholars Conference) 2026
CLPSC (Cybersecurity Law and Policy Scholars Conference) '26
Note: No timezone indicated (New York assumed). The Cybersecurity Law & Policy Scholars Conference is the preeminent U.S. interdisciplinary conference focused on cybersecurity law and policy. Since 2021, we have provided a forum for developing cybersecurity scholarship in the U.S. and internationally. The paper workshops will be modeled after the Privacy Law Scholars Conference. Each paper will be assigned a discussant, who will introduce the paper and provide comments. This will be followed by comments from the audience. The conference only provides an opportunity to workshop the papers; the conference will not publish papers or other proceedings. We expect accepted authors to attend the entire conference and read at least one paper for each scheduled session.
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LSRAI (Legal Scholars Roundtable on Artificial Intelligence) 2026
LSRAI (Legal Scholars Roundtable on Artificial Intelligence) '26
Note: No timezone indicated (New York assumed). The Legal Scholars Roundtable on Artificial Intelligence is a forum for the discussion of current legal scholarship on AI, spanning a range of methodologies, topics, perspectives, and legal intersections. Authors who present at the Roundtable will be selected from a competitive application process, and commentators are assigned based on their expertise. Participants will have an opportunity to provide direct feedback in paper sessions and will have access to draft papers but will be asked not to post papers publicly or share without author permission. Robust sessions involve energetic feedback from other paper authors, commentators, and participants. Our goal is to ensure all authors have the full participation of all workshop participants in each author’s session.
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Note: No timezone indicated (New York assumed). Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping creativity and innovation in ways that are yet to be fully understood. While Intellectual Property (IP) has long mediated the relationship between law and technological innovation, AI poses new challenges to established legal and regulatory approaches. The complexity and opacity of AI, as well as the pace at which it is being developed and adopted, often leaves legal scholars in a state of contemplative deferral in their analytical and normative evaluations. Against this background, the Leuven IP and AI conference 2026 – following the successful Durham 2025 first edition – aims to bring together national, European and global IP scholars and practitioners to provide a platform for advanced reflection on the latest developments in IP and AI. In particular, the conference aims to examine consolidated as well as innovative solutions to maintain a dynamic balance between rewarding creators and ensuring access to knowledge in the age of AI, and it invites reflections on how evolving IP frameworks can foster sustainable economic, cultural and technological development.
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Note: No timezone indicated (New York assumed). The Workshop brings together scholars from law, computer science, and adjacent fields to advance foundational research on how increasingly agentic AI systems can be designed to reliably follow human law. Substantive themes include (among others): what it means for an AI system to follow the law, which bodies of law should govern different classes of systems, how to handle legal uncertainty, and how normative legal concepts can be operationalized in technical design.
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Law and Technology Workshop (Spring—monthly) 2026
Law and Technology Workshop (Spring—monthly) '26
Note: No timezone indicated (New York assumed). This monthly virtual series—now in its sixth year—serves as an intellectual home for scholars exploring the constantly-evolving field of law and technology. Each session is centered on a work-in-progress shared in advance, introduced by a discussant, and followed by a spirited conversation with fellow participants. Authors are required to provide a discussion draft for circulation a week before their scheduled session. Our format is designed to provide deep, constructive feedback and to cultivate a collegial, interdisciplinary community. More information on the Workshop can be found here: https://thelawtechworkshop.org.
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Note: No timezone indicated (UTC-12 assumed). The 44th ATRIP Congress embraces the broadest sense of the term politics, from power relations to realpolitik, to explore how politics shapes IP law and how IP law, in turn, serves political purposes. Theme---Intellectual Property and Politics: From Power Relations to Realpolitik.
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Note: No timezone indicated on deadline (New York assumed). ILWIP provides a venue for feedback on works in progress (at any stage) in Internet law and related fields (broadly construed). Authors give presentations of their drafts and get pre-publication feedback from peers. Discussion is extensive and collegial, and many authors report that the feedback they receive at ILWIP is extremely helpful in refining their papers. All are welcome; participants do not need to present to attend and join in the discussions.
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Note: This workshop will give participants an opportunity to receive feedback on their abstracts before they are submitted for consideration to PLSC 2026. During this virtual workshop, participants will receive 15-20 minutes of constructive comments on their abstracts. The workshop will be held over Zoom, and if our numbers are large enough, we will split into breakout rooms for more focused discussions. This is an excellent opportunity to ensure your abstract effectively communicates your work to the reviewers.
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Note: PLSC is a paper workshop conference. It offers no opportunity or obligation to publish. The goal is to provide support for in-progress scholarship related to information privacy law. The boundaries of privacy as a discipline are dynamic and contested. Although PLSC emphasizes the law of privacy, concepts from other fields play critical roles in our understanding of privacy and in shaping the law.
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Note: No timezone indicated on deadline (New York assumed). The Privacy and Data Governance Symposium (also known as the 'Privacy Symposium') aims at promoting international dialogue, cooperation, and knowledge sharing on data governance, regulatory compliance, and innovative technologies. The Privacy Symposium will give the floor to over 300 top-level speakers during more than 100 sessions from April 20 to 24, 2026. The conference provides a unique opportunity to meet with and learn from data protection authorities, practitioners and researchers who will gather to discuss the latest developments and future evolution of data governance. It aims to facilitate international dialogue, cooperation and convergence. It is also designed to enable each participant to develop new perspectives on data governance and compliance and to acquire first-hand knowledge from top experts.
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Note: No timezone indicated on deadline (New York assumed). We welcome IP scholars from the broader Chicagoland community. (As Chicagoans, we tend to think most of the upper Midwest is `Chicagoland.` But feel free to self-define!) Workshop contributions will be due for circulation to the group by Friday, November 21. The precise format for the workshop will depend on number of participants and stages of the projects. Chicago-Kent will provide lunch and other food. We hope you can join us!
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Note: No timezone indicated on deadline (New York assumed). We Robot is an international peer-reviewed conference on law and policy relating to robotics. We Robot 2026 seeks contributions from academics, practitioners, artists, and polymaths in the form of scholarly papers, technological demonstrations, or posters. We invite submissions on a range of topics related to the legal, policy, ethical, economic, social, and/or cultural aspects of robotics and artificial intelligence. Our thoroughly interdisciplinary program committee particularly encourages papers with co-authors from different fields.
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Note: AoE time zone (https://www.bu.edu/law/engagements/wipip-2026/). From the CFP: This is one of the largest academic conferences on intellectual property law, bringing together scholars from the United States and around the world. The Colloquium provides scholars with a forum to present academic works-in-progress and to receive early feedback from colleagues.
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Junior Intellectual Property Scholars Association - Winter Workshop 2025
Junior Intellectual Property Scholars Association - Winter Workshop '25
Note: No timezone indicated on deadline (New York assumed). JIPSA workshops are open to any IP scholar who has held a tenure-track or long-term contract academic position for 7 years or less (not counting time as a VAP or fellow). Projects at any stage are welcome, and you are welcome to attend without presenting. Please sign up by submitting the questionnaire below by Monday, October 6.
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Wharton Accountable AI Lab: Accountable AI Research Conference 2026
Wharton Accountable AI Lab: Accountable AI Research Conference '26
Note: No timezone indicated on deadline (New York assumed). The inaugural Accountable AI Research Conference will bring together scholars from law and other fields. The risks and limitations of AI have been the subject of scholarly attention for many years. Yet there has been a dramatic upsurge in AI business adoption, technical capabilities, investment, and public policy activity. This conference centers scholarship with a normative, legal, or public policy focus, and emphasizes work with the potential for impact on business practice and government actions.
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Note: No timezone indicated on deadline (New York assumed). The ACM Symposium on Computer Science and Law is the flagship conference for the emerging field of computer science and law. It brings together a community—scholars, practicing lawyers, and computing professionals—who are fluent both in computational thinking and its rigorous mathematical formalisms and in legal scholarship and thought with its equally rigorous yet human-centric set of principles, methodologies, and goals. Central to the study of “computer science and law” is the creation of a body of scholarship aimed towards the co-design of law and computing technology to promote social goals. We seek papers that combine rigorous technical computer-science reasoning with rigorous legal analysis to integrate the two disciplines.
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Note: No timezone indicated on deadline (New York assumed). Following on the success of three sh[AI]rk tank events this summer organized by the AI Innovation and Law Program at the University of Texas School of Law, Professors Kevin Frazier, Kevin Lee, and Renee Henson are hosting an open source program at this year's AALS gathering in New Orleans. This event is for junior scholars (fewer than eight years in a tenure-track role. Junior researchers and non-faculty may also apply). We encourage submissions on a range of topics related to AI (prior scholarship in AI is not a requirement!).
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Symposium on The Future of the Copyright Act (George Washington University Center for Law and Technology and the Copyright Society) 2026
Symposium on The Future of the Copyright Act (George Washington University Center for Law and Technology and the Copyright Society) '26
Note: No timezone indicated (New York assumed). Proposals will be due by October 15, 2025, and we will issue acceptances by November 15, 2025. An early draft will be due June 15, 2026, and complete paper drafts will be due by August 1, 2026, so that commentators have ample time to read them and prepare comments for the symposium. Papers will be published in the December 2026 issue of the Journal of the Copyright Society, along with commentary and other symposium proceedings. Authors of accepted papers who choose to attend the symposium in person will be reimbursed for travel and two nights of accommodations in Washington DC. Virtual participation is also possible. If paper drafts are not received by the August 1, 2026 deadline, travel will not be reimbursed and papers will not be published in the December 2026 Journal of the Copyright Society issue.
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IPIRA (Eighth IP and Innovation Researchers of Asia) 2026
IPIRA (Eighth IP and Innovation Researchers of Asia) '26
Note: No timezone indicated (New York assumed). The Eighth IPIRA Conference is organized by the IPIRA Network and Singapore University of Social Sciences in cooperation with the Organizers of the previous IPIRA Conferences: the Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws, International Islamic University Malaysia; the Division of Business Law, Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University; Foreign Trade University; the Faculty of Law, Universitas Indonesia; the Faculty of Law, Waseda University; Texas A&M University School of Law; and the Faculty of Law, University of Geneva. The Conference will also be supported by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the World Trade Organization (WTO), as well as the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS).
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Law and Technology Workshop (Fall—monthly) 2025
Law and Technology Workshop (Fall—monthly) '25
Note: Online (monthly, First Session: September 19, 2025; subsequent Sessions: 3rd Friday of Each Month); no timezone indicated (New York assumed); more information on the Workshop can be found here: https://lawtechworkshop.org/.
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Mid-Atlantic Patent Works-in-Progress (MAPWIP) 2025
Mid-Atlantic Patent Works-in-Progress (MAPWIP) '25
Note: No timezone indicated (New York assumed). Faculty members or current fellows at law schools in the Mid-Atlantic region may submit a work-in-progress on any topic related to patent law. To join the event, please email John R. Thomas (jrt6@law.georgetown.edu) with your draft on or before Thursday, August 28th. Papers will be selected and distributed by Tuesday, September 2nd. If you wish to serve as a dedicated commentator, please email me by August 28th. Participants will fund their own travel and lodging. We will secure a discount rate at nearby hotels and provide breakfast, lunch, and dinner on September 19th. No registration fee will be charged.
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Note: No timezone indicated (New York assumed). The Center for Law, Information and Creativity (CLIC) at Northeastern University School of Law invites New England-area law professors to submit an abstract for its Fall 2025 IP Works in Progress Roundtable. The workshop will feature works in progress in intellectual property, privacy and/or technology law.
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Note: No timezone indicated (New York assumed). The conference brings together academic researchers from both computer science and law in an interdisciplinary format that fosters exchange and discussions between these two fields. It targets an international, academic audience that is willing to think beyond the boundaries of their own discipline.
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AALS Section on Intellectual Property - Virtual Workshop 2025
AALS Section on Intellectual Property - Virtual Workshop '25
Note: No timezone indicated (New York assumed). We particularly encourage scholars preparing job talks to apply and use the workshop as a sounding board. We will accept up to four papers, and each paper will be allotted forty-five minutes for presentation and discussion. All selected authors will be expected to read the other papers prior to the workshop. We also encourage IP scholars at any career stage to join the roundtable as discussants. To participate as a presenter or discussant, please send a draft (or request to be a discussant) to Eric Priest at priest@uoregon.edu by June 15.
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Junior Intellectual Property Scholars Association - Summer Workshop 2025
Junior Intellectual Property Scholars Association - Summer Workshop '25
Note: No timezone indicated (New York assumed). Sign up here: https://forms.gle/vUMczAT7oJjeq2B77
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Stanford Trust and Safety Research Conference 2025 2025
Stanford Trust and Safety Research Conference 2025 '25
Note: The Stanford Cyber Policy Center's two day Trust and Safety Research Conference (September 25-26, 2025) focuses on research in trust and safety for those in academia, industry, civil society, and government.
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Legal Responses to the Existential Threat Posed by Artificial Intelligence 2025
Legal Responses to the Existential Threat Posed by Artificial Intelligence '25
Note: No timezone indicated (New York assumed). The conference will explore legal responses to the potential existential threat posed by AI. While AI holds enormous promise, many experts in the field are warning that there is a non-trivial chance that its development poses an existential threat to humanity. The initial wave of concern that swept across the world in 2023-24 appears to have now abated, giving way to an all-out, accelerating race to develop AI. With the recent release of DeepSeek and Manus, this race is now increasingly being driven by geopolitical as well as commercial incentives. Yet the potential threat remains.
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Note: No timezone indicated (New York assumed). The IP Scholars Conference brings together intellectual property scholars to present their works-in-progress in order to benefit from the critique of colleagues. IPSC 2025 will accept presentation requests on all IP-related topics, including but not limited to Copyright, Trademark and Unfair Competition Law, Patent, Trade Secret, Cyberlaw, Art Law and Cultural Heritage Law.
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Eighth Junior Faculty Forum on Law and STEM 2025
Eighth Junior Faculty Forum on Law and STEM '25
Note: No timezone indicated (New York assumed). The Northwestern, Penn and Stanford law schools are pleased to announce a Call for Papers for the Eighth Junior Faculty Forum on Law and STEM, which will be held at Northwestern on September 26-27, 2025. The Forum is dedicated to interdisciplinary scholarship focusing on the intersection of Law and Science-Technology-Engineering-Mathematics (STEM). We are seeking submissions from junior faculty in any discipline interested in presenting papers at the Forum. The deadline for submissions is June 3, 2025.
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User Rights Symposium 2025: Principles for Progress in the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights 2025
User Rights Symposium 2025: Principles for Progress in the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights '25
Note: No timezone indicated (New York assumed). This year’s symposium will be limited to 50 attendees to maximize the possibility for deliberation and community building among scholars and practitioners on a targeted set of issues. The meetings will include both presentations of finished scholarship and works in progress and deliberations of principles for a statement.
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First Annual Hoover Institution (Stanford) / ASU Law Aspiring Free Speech Scholars Workshop 2025
First Annual Hoover Institution (Stanford) / ASU Law Aspiring Free Speech Scholars Workshop '25
Note: No timezone indicated (New York assumed). Focus on free speach (tags for priv., AI, and IP are general). The CALL ---> Are you a law student, judicial law clerk, or lawyer hoping to publish your first, second, or third law review article related to free speech law? Would you like the opportunity to get advice about your draft from leading free speech scholars? If so, send us your draft by May 15, 2025. (This should still be a draft article, not an article that’s already published or expected to be published within six months or less.) We plan to select the submissions that we think are particularly promising, and invite their authors to a workshop—planned for early in the Fall—where they can present their papers and get helpful feedback on them. We have funds to pay for transportation and lodging for the selected authors’ trips.
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Legally Compliant Intelligent Chatbots – The Challenge of Persuasion and Manipulation 2025
Legally Compliant Intelligent Chatbots – The Challenge of Persuasion and Manipulation '25
Note: No timezone indicated (New York assumed). Date: June 16 or 20, 2025 (exact to be confirmed later). This workshop, supported by the ERC Advanced Grant Project CompuLaw and organised by the European University Institute, focuses on developing methodologies to create legally compliant chatbot systems. It seeks to explore logic-based models, machine learning, and large language models (LLMs) to address the challenges of ethically permissible persuasion in intelligent chatbots.We invite the submission of long (up to 15 pages) and short papers (up to 8 pages) that address theoretical, technical, and empirical aspects of legally compliant chatbots. Submissions will be peer-reviewed and evaluated based on relevance, innovation, and potential contributions to the workshop discussions.
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Re-Imagining Cryptography and Privacy (ReCAP) Workshop 2025
Re-Imagining Cryptography and Privacy (ReCAP) Workshop '25
Note: The aim of the workshop is to explore the ways in which cryptography and privacy intersect with society toward designing, creating, and sustaining technologies that explicitly benefit marginalized communities. We welcome work and perspectives from social scientists, humanities scholars, community organizations, industry practitioners, technologists, and academics outside of cryptography. ReCAP 2025 is a hybrid workshop from June 3-4 that will take place physically in City College of New York in New York, New York (USA) and virtually on Zoom.
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Note: No timezone indicated (New York assumed). Established in 2018, IPRE is a collaborative effort between UNIGE, WIPO, and WTO to convene IP scholars in Geneva, a city privileged for its position as an international forum for policy debates about current and future IP laws and policies. Since then, the Conference has brought together academic researchers from Europe and beyond to discuss their works-in-progress with other colleagues and policymakers.
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Note: No timezone indicated (New York assumed). Email to cyberprof indicated later deadline than posted on website; see website for full details!
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Tenth Penn-Columbia Copyright Scholarship Roundtable 2025
Tenth Penn-Columbia Copyright Scholarship Roundtable '25
Note: No timezone indicated (New York assumed). The Roundtable is designed to be a forum for the discussion of current copyright scholarship, covering a range of methodologies, topics and perspectives. Approximately 7-9 papers will be chosen for discussion over the course of the Roundtable, with each paper allocated an entire hour for discussion. The organizers will cover the domestic travel and hotel expenses of presenters whose papers are selected for presentation at the Roundtable. A conference reception and dinner will take place on the evening of Friday, June 13. Participation in the Roundtable is by invitation only, and participants are expected to have read all the papers in advance and be present on both days of the event.
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Note: No timezone indicated (New York assumed). Since its launch at CUHK LAW in 2020, the Machine Lawyering Conference has become a leading international forum for exploring the nexus between law and digital technology. It has earned an impressive reputation across Asia and beyond, attracting participants from around the world. Experts contribute to a rich dialogue by presenting research and interacting with each other on a broad array of topics, from the legal challenges posed by artificial intelligence (AI) to issues of data and platform governance. This vibrant exchange has been instrumental in facilitating a dynamic cross-pollination of ideas among attendees.
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WEMIP: Workshop on Empirical Methods in Intellectual Property 2025
WEMIP: Workshop on Empirical Methods in Intellectual Property '25
Note: No timezone indicated (New York assumed). The first day of the workshop is intended to give scholars engaging in empirical studies of IP a chance to receive feedback on their work at an early stage in their research. Projects using any variety of empirical methods, including experimental methods and qualitative methods, are welcome. Ideal projects for the workshop are in their developmental stages where substantial data collection has not begun. Pilot data collection is, however, appropriate. To ensure substantial individualized feedback, the workshop will be organized around a modest number of developmental projects. Each project will be assigned to an expert commenter and will be allotted 45 minutes of discussion by the attendees. On the second day of the workshop, we will host a discussion of several more developed empirical IP projects by senior empirically-focused scholars. Since the authors of those papers will serve as the discussants for the workshop papers, we expect workshop authors will remain for the discussion on the second day.
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Intellectual Property and Technology in the 21st Century: Challenges in the Next Decade 2025
Intellectual Property and Technology in the 21st Century: Challenges in the Next Decade '25
Note: No timezone indicated (New York assumed). Proposals for presentations at the conference should contain the following: 1) Name, Job Title and Institutional Affiliation; 2) Title of Paper; 3) Abstract of Paper (no more than 1000 words); and 4) An indication of whether the final paper would be submitted to the SJLS. Proposals should be sent to Professor David Tan at david.tan@nus.edu.sg by 1 February 2025.
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Junior Intellectual Property Scholars Association - Winter Workshop 2025
Junior Intellectual Property Scholars Association - Winter Workshop '25
Note: No timezone indicated (New York assumed). Contact Timothy Hsieh for details. From the call: The JIPSA Winter Workshop is open to any IP scholar (broadly defined) who has held a full-time academic position for seven (7) years or less (not counting time as a VAP or fellow). Participants can opt to present either a full draft or an early-stage outline (which can be as short as one page). Generally, anyone who is eligible and wants to present can do so, there is not a submission / acceptance process. We can also work with you if you want to present virtually or over Zoom but ideally we would love to have you attend in person to check out OCU Law and OKC.
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Note: No timezone indicated (New York assumed). Submission Link: https://cslaw25.hotcrp.com/
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Note: No timezone indicated (New York assumed). For full consideration, please submit an abstract of a maximum of 350 words of the proposed submission with your name, position, and affiliation to raceipconference@gmail.com. We welcome submissions in non-traditional formats from participants at all stages in their careers.
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Note: PLSC is a paper workshop conference. It offers no opportunity or obligation to publish. The goal is to provide support for in-progress scholarship related to information privacy law. The boundaries of privacy as a discipline are dynamic and contested. Although PLSC emphasizes the law of privacy, concepts from other fields play critical roles in our understanding of privacy and in shaping the law.
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Note: No timezone indicated (New York assumed). Juris-informatics studies legal issues from the perspective of informatics and AI. The purpose of this workshop is to discuss both the fundamental and practical issues among people from the various backgrounds such as law, social science, information and intelligent technology, logic and philosophy, including the conventional 'AI and law' area. We solicit unpublished papers on theories, technologies and applications on juris-informatics.
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Note: No timezone indicated (New York assumed). Juris-informatics studies legal issues from the perspective of informatics and AI. The purpose of this workshop is to discuss both the fundamental and practical issues among people from the various backgrounds such as law, social science, information and intelligent technology, logic and philosophy, including the conventional 'AI and law' area. We solicit unpublished papers on theories, technologies and applications on juris-informatics.
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Law and Technology Workshop (Spring—monthly) 2025
Law and Technology Workshop (Spring—monthly) '25
Note: Online (monthly, starting February); no timezone indicated (New York assumed); more information on the Workshop can be found here: https://lawtechworkshop.org/.
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LSRAI (Legal Scholars Roundtable on Artificial Intelligence) 2025
LSRAI (Legal Scholars Roundtable on Artificial Intelligence) '25
Note: No timezone indicated (New York assumed). The conference will begin on Thursday morning and run until 1PM on Friday. You can expect to be at the Atlanta airport by 1:45 PM, in time for a 2:30 PM flight or later on Friday. We will pay for your reasonable (economy) travel and accommodation expenses within the U.S. At the roundtable you will be well fed and caffeinated.
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Note: After a 5 year in-person hiatus, the High Tech Law Institute at Santa Clara Law is pleased to host the Internet Law Works in Progress series for Internet law scholarship on March 8, 2025, at Santa Clara University
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Note: No timezone indicated (New York assumed); 'Please submit a paper abstract of no longer than 300 words and a two-page CV to david.pretel@uam.es and j.a.bellido@kent.ac.uk to be considered.'
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Note: No timezone indicated (New York assumed); age restriction (35 years old as of December 31, 2024) but exceptions may apply; the text of the paper should be no less than 5,000 words and no more than 10,000 words, including footnotes
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Note: No timezone indicated (New York assumed); this remote Workshop is scheduled for four consecutive Fridays in April 2025: Apr. 4, 11, 18, and 25 from 1:30 to 3:30PM (Eastern).
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Note: No timezone indicated (New York assumed); At FESC, scholars and practitioners discuss works-in-progress on the freedoms of speech, expression, press, association, petition, and assembly, as well as on related issues of knowledge and information policy. FESC has become a fixture on the calendar of leading First Amendment thinkers and scholars nationwide.
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CLPSC (Cybersecurity Law and Policy Scholars Conference) 2025
CLPSC (Cybersecurity Law and Policy Scholars Conference) '25
Note: No timezone indicated (New York assumed); abstract submission (maximum 1000 words)
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Law and Technology Workshop (Fall—monthly) 2024
Law and Technology Workshop (Fall—monthly) '24
Note: Online (monthly, starting September); no timezone indicated (New York assumed); https://lawtechworkshop.org/
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Note: AALS meeting (SF) track; no timezone indicated (New York assumed); https://lawtechworkshop.org/
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Note: Pop Culture and the Law; no timezone indicated in call for abstrats (New York assumed); Scholastica submissions
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Note: conference dates pending; no timezone indicated in call for abstrats (New York assumed)
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Note: various submission types with different deadlies (full paper, works in progress, and lightning talks)
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Mosaic IP Law and Policy Roundtable Conference 2024
Mosaic IP Law and Policy Roundtable Conference '24
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LSRAI Legal Scholars Roundtable on Artificial Intelligence 2024
LSRAI Legal Scholars Roundtable on Artificial Intelligence '24
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Junior Intellectual Property Scholars Association - Summer Workshop 2024
Junior Intellectual Property Scholars Association - Summer Workshop '24
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