Call for contributions – Elgar Encyclopedia of Legal Ethics

August 22, 2025

The Elgar Encyclopedia of Legal Ethics is looking for contributors for the following entries: lawyers in non-lawyer organisations (MDPs, ABS); cross-border practice; overseas lawyers; special advocacy; Prosecution ethics; Complaints, Advertising (incl publicity and solicitation); disclosure/discovery;  duties to regulators; duties to clients incl disclosure to clients; termination of representation; Duties to third parties (harms) incl opponents, […]

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Call for presentations: November 14, 2025 – Joint conference VWR-VSR: Vulnerability and the Law: Multidisciplinary Perspectives (Maastricht University)

July 22, 2025

On Friday 14 November 2025, the symposium ‘Vulnerability and the Law: Multidisciplinary Perspectives’ will take place in Maastricht. The event is organised by The Netherlands Association for Philosophy of Law (VWR) and the Dutch-Flemish Law & Society Association (VSR), and is hosted by the Maastricht Centre for Law & Jurisprudence (MCLJ). This one-day symposium brings […]

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Workshop “Human Rights and Prison Labour (Within Europe)” – September 12, 2025 – University of Amsterdam

June 18, 2025

Workshop: Human rights and prison labour (within Europe) University of Amsterdam Friday 12 Sept. 2025 How should we theorize, morally and legally, the human rights of prisoners? This interdisciplinary workshop will bring together legal philosophers, criminologists, and human rights scholars to critically reflect on detainees’ human rights, focusing especially on European legal and carceral contexts. […]

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Seminar: The Social Rechtsstaat: Nonsense Upon Stilts? – June 12, 2025 (Tilburg University)

June 6, 2025

See here for more information and the program.

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Call for abstracts – SAFI Annual Conference – University of Amsterdam

May 8, 2025

In the upcoming academic year, the UvA will be hosting the SAFI Conference. We warmly invite you to submit an abstract and attend the conference. This year’s conference theme is Reimagining Justice: Justice has long been a guiding principle in both law and philosophy, yet its realization within legal systems remains fraught with contradictions. While law enforces order […]

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Legal Philosophy Workshop – June 30-July 1 – University of Amsterdam

April 29, 2025

On June 30-July 1, at the University of Amsterdam, the 12th annual Legal Philosophy Workshop will take place. You can find the program and register here.

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ACLPA Annual Legal Ethics Symposium with W. Bradley Wendel – March 27, 2025 – University of Amsterdam

February 13, 2025

This instalment of the ACLPA Annual Legal Ethics Symposium will focus on W. Bradley Wendel’s latest book Canceling Lawyers. It aims to bring together both academics and practitioners to discuss the practice of “canceling” (or public shaming) of lawyers. Lawyers take pride in a professional tradition of representing unpopular clients, understanding it as a contribution to […]

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CFP: Legal Philosophy Workshop

February 4, 2025

Dear colleagues and friends, We are writing to announce the 12th annual Legal Philosophy Workshop (LPW), and to invite you to participate. We are excited to host the 2025 workshop in-person on June 30-July 1 at the University of Amsterdam. LPW is an annual pre-read workshop designed to foster reflection on the nature of law […]

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VWR Wintervergadering (postponed Winter meeting) – 11/04/2025 – University of Amsterdam

January 9, 2025

The yearly VWR Winter meeting will take place at the University of Amsterdam on April 11, 2025. This year the keynote speaker is Emanuela Ceva (University of Geneva). She will present her article “Navigating Institutional Uncertainty: The Cognitive Grounds of Officeholders’ Mutual Trust.” Eric Boot, Dorota Mokrosinska, Frank Hindriks, Élise Rouméas and Patrick Overeem will provide […]

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Maastricht Foundations of Law Colloquia-series with Professor Stefano Cattelan – “Mare Clausum: The Formation of the Law of the Sea in Pre-modern State Practice and Legal Doctrine (c. 1350-1650)” – 15/01/2025

January 9, 2025

Stefano Cattelan (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) will present a paper on 15 January (16-18h) in the Maastricht Foundations of Law Colloquia-series (on-site and online). The paper is entitled: Mare Clausum: The Formation of the Law of the Sea in Pre-modern State Practice and Legal Doctrine (c. 1350-1650). More information on Stefano’s colloquium can be found here. More information on the Maastricht Foundations of […]

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