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David A. Simon
This page contains a list of conferences in four areas of law:
intellectual property law, and
If you notice any conferences omitted from the list, please email me at dsimon[at]law[dot]harvard[dot]edu.
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AALS also maintains a list of symposia, which is available here.
General Law Conferences
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CONFERENCE | DATE | LOCATION | CONTACT | link |
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Central States Law Schools Association | September | Rotating | https://cslsa.us/ | |
Junior Scholars Conference | March 1-2, 2024 | Northeastern University School of Law | David A. Simon (Northeastern) | https://law.northeastern.edu/event/junior-scholars-conference-2025/ |
Michigan Junior Scholars Workshop | April | University of Michigan | https://michigan.law.umich.edu/junior-scholars-conference | |
Chicagoland Junior Scholars Conference | October | Chicago (rotating schools) | TBD | |
Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) Annual Conference | July | Florida | TBD | https://www.sealslawschools.org/future-meeting-information/ |
Richmond Junior Faculty Forum | May | University of Richmond T. C. Williams School of Law | Allison Tait | https://law.richmond.edu/about/community_events/jff.html |
American Association of Law School (AALS) Annual Conference | January | Rotating | San Francisco (2025) | https://am.aals.org/ |
Stanford-Harvard-Yale Junior Faculty Forum | July/August | Rotating | Rebecca Tushnet (Harvard), Matthew Stephenson (Harvard), Norman Spaulding, (Stanford), Christine Jolls (Yale), Yair Listokin (Yale) | http://TBD |
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Health Law Conferences
CONFERENCE | DATE | LOCATION | CONTACT | LINK |
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Health Law Conference | March/April | Northeastern University School of Law | Wendy Parmet (Northeastern) | |
American Public Health Association (AHPA) Annual Meeting & Expo Rotating November American Public Health Association (AHPA) Annual Meeting & Expo TBD https://www.apha.org/Events-and-Meetings
American Society for Bioethics & Humanities Annual Conference Rotating October American Society for Bioethics & Humanities Annual Conference TBD https://asbh.org/annual-meeting/bioethics-humanities-meeting
American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics (ASLME) Health Law Professors Conference Rotating June American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics (ASLME) Health Law Professors Conference TBD https://phlr.org/2024-health-law-professors-conference
Annual Health Law Works-in-Progress Retreat Seton Hall Law School February Annual Health Law Works-in-Progress Retreat Carl Coleman (Seton Hall) https://law.shu.edu/events/health-law-works-in-progress-retreat.html
Biolawpalooza Stanford Law School May Biolawpalooza TBD
Governance of Emerging Technologies and Sciences (GETS) conference Governance of Emerging Technologies and Sciences (GETS) conference May 19-20, 2025 Rotating (2025 ASU) Gary Marchant (ASU)
Health Law Scholars Workshop St. Louis University School of Law September/October Health Law Scholars Workshop Abigail Allred (abigail.allred@slu.edu) https://www.slu.edu/law/health/speakers-and-programs/scholars.php
Network for Public Health Law Annual Conference Rotating September Network for Public Health Law Annual Conference TBD https://www.networkforphl.org/events-webinars/conferences/
Seasoned RIBS (Regulation and Innovation in the Biosciences) Rotating (UIUC 2025) April 19-20, 2025 Seasoned RIBS (Regulation and Innovation in the Biosciences) Jake Sherkow (UIUC)
Wiet Life Science Law Scholars Workshop Loyola Chicago School of Law September Wiet Life Science Law Scholars Workshop Cynthia Ho (Loyola) & Jordan Paradise (Loyola)
Jaharis Symposium in Health and IP DePaul College of Law March/April | March/April | DePaul College of Law | Wendy Netter Epstein (DePaul) | |
Rotating (2025 ASU) | May 19-20, 2025 | Governance of Emerging Technologies and Sciences (GETS) conference | Gary Marchant (ASU) | |
Seasoned RIBS (Regulation and Innovation in the Biosciences) | April 19-20, 2025 | Rotating (UIUC 2025) | Jake Sherkow (UIUC) | |
Annual Health Law Works-in-Progress Retreat | February | Seton Hall Law School | Carl Coleman (Seton Hall) | https://law.shu.edu/events/health-law-works-in-progress-retreat.html |
American Public Health Association (AHPA) Annual Meeting & Expo | November | Rotating | TBD | https://www.apha.org/Events-and-Meetings |
Biolawpalooza | May | Stanford Law School | TBD | |
Network for Public Health Law Annual Conference | September | Rotating | TBD | https://www.networkforphl.org/events-webinars/conferences/ |
American Society for Bioethics & Humanities Annual Conference | October | Rotating | TBD | https://asbh.org/annual-meeting/bioethics-humanities-meeting |
Health Law Scholars Workshop | September/October | St. Louis University School of Law | Abigail Allred (abigail.allred@slu.edu) | https://www.slu.edu/law/health/speakers-and-programs/scholars.php |
Wiet Life Science Law Scholars Workshop | September | Loyola Chicago School of Law | Cynthia Ho (Loyola) & Jordan Paradise (Loyola) | |
American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics (ASLME) Health Law Professors Conference | June | Rotating | TBD | https://phlr.org/2024-health-law-professors-conference |
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IP Conferences
CONFERENCE | LOCATION | DATE | CONTACT | LINK |
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Legal Scholars Roundtable on Artificial Intelligence | Rotating (Emory/Loyola) | April 10-11, 2024 | Matthew Sag (Emory) Charlotte Tschider (Loyola). | |
Chicagoland IP Workshop | Chicago-Kent | Fall | Cathay Smith (Chicago-Kent) | |
European Policy for Intellectual Property Association (EPIP) | Rotating (University of Antwerp 2025) | September 10-12, 2025 | epip2025@uantwerpen.be | https://event.fourwaves.com/epip2025/pages/11b174ea-3553-4109-9b66-8faed51e195d |
Mid-Atlantic Patent Works-in-Progress Colloquium | Georgetown University Law Center | Fall | Jay Thomas (Georgetown) | |
Art Law WIP Colloquium | Rotating (UNH, Temple) | May | Guy Rub (Temple), Peter Karol (UNH) | |
Lastowka Cyberlaw Colloquium | Rotating (Rutgers-Penn-Wharton, others) | Spring | Michael Madison (Pitt) | |
Three Rivers Intellectual Property & Technology Law Colloquium | U Pitt | January | Michael Madison (Pitt) | |
Mountain West IP Workshop | University of Utah | October 4, 2024 | Jonas Anderson (Utah) | |
International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property (ATRIP) Annual Congress | Rotating (Copenhagen 2025) | June 22-25 | https://atrip.org/atrip-congress-2025-call-for-papers/ | https://atrip.org/ |
The Society for Economic Research on Copyright Issues (SERCI) Annual Congress | Rotating (2025 Centre for Interdisciplinary Legal Studies at HKU) | July 2025 | Ryan Whalen (HKU) (2025) | http://www.serci.org/annual_congress.html |
IP Mosaic | October | info@iipsj.org | https://iipsj.org/programs/ip-mosaic/ | |
Race + IP | University of Pittsburgh | April 17-19, 2025 | Anjali Vats (Pitt) @ raceipconference@gmail.com | https://raceipconference.org/2023/ |
Trademark and Unfair Competition Scholarship Roundtable | Rotating (Harvard, Penn, NYU) | October | Jennifer Rothman (Penn): rothmj@law.upenn.edu, Barton Beebe (NYU): beebeb@mercury.law.nyu.edu, or Rebecca Tushnet (Harvard): rtushnet@law.harvard.edu. | https://tushnet.com/2024/03/21/cfp-trademark-and-unfair-competition-scholarship-roundtable-2024/ |
PatCon | Rotating (U. San Diego 2025) | April 11-12, 2025 | David Olson (Boston College), David Schwartz (Northwestern), Ted Sichelman (San Diego), and Andrew Torrance (Kansas) | |
Junior Faculty Forum on Law and STEM | Rotating (Stanford, Northwestern, Penn) | September | Mark Lemley (Stanford), David Schwartz (Northwestern), and Christopher Yoo (Penn) | https://web.cvent.com/event/fa4ac3a8-19df-465f-a40b-5275b97a6f03/summary |
International Society for the History and Theory of Intellectual Property (ISHTIP) Annual Conference | Rotating (Internationally) | July | TBD | https://www.ishtip.org/ |
M3 | TBD | Winter/Early Summer | Sarah Fackrell (Chicago-Kent), Jake Linford (FSU), & Andres Sawicki (Miami) | |
International Trademark Association (INTA) Scholarship Symposium | Atlanta, GA | May | Juan Felipe & Enrique Moller | https://www.inta.org/about/awards-competitions/trademark-scholarship-symposium/ |
Copyright Scholarship Roundtable | University of Pennsylvania Carey School of Law | October/November | Shyam Balganesh (Columbia), Matthew Sag (Emory), Christopher Yoo (Penn) | |
UNH Intellectual Property Scholars Roundtable | University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law | September/October | TBD | |
IP Scholars Roundtable | Texas A&M University School of Law | October | Peter Yu (Texas A&M) | |
Trademark Law Roundtable | American University Washington College of Law | September/October | TBD | |
Works-in-Progress Intellectual Property Colloquium (WIPIP) | Rotating | February (mid- to late) | TBD | |
Intellectual Property Scholars Conference (IPSC) | Rotating (Stanford, Cardozo, DePaul, Berkeley) | August (2nd week) | 2024 @ Berkeley | https://shorturl.at/xBDE8 |
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Law & Philosophy/Humanities
CONFERENCE | DATE | LOCATION | CONTACT | LINK |
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Obligations Conference | Biennial (next 2025) | Rotating (next Harvard Law School) | https://www.obsconf.com/ | |
Law and Society Association Annual Meeting | July | Rotating | https://www.lawandsociety.org/annual-meetings/ | |
International Conference on Jurisprudence, Law, Legal and Justice Studies | June | Rotating (international) | https://waset.org/jurisprudence-law-legal-and-justice-studies-conference-in-june-2022-in-rome | |
Oxford Seminars in Jurisprudence | Monthly | Online | https://oxjuris.com/ | |
Analytical Legal Philosophy Conference | April | Rotating | Kimberly Kessler Ferzan (Penn) | https://philosophy.law.harvard.edu/alpc/ |
Association for the Study of Law, Culture and the Humanities Annual Meeting | June | Rotating | TBD | https://lawculturehumanities.com/#0 |
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