Category Archives: Conferences

Third annual Consumer Law Scholars Conference (CLSC) will take place on March 4-5, 2021 in Boston

We received the following announcement from the Berkeley Center for Consumer Law and Economic Justice:   [T]he THIRD annual Consumer Law Scholars Conference (CLSC) will take place on March 4-5, 2021. And to keep things lively (and a bit more convenient for those on the East Coast), we will be holding next year's Conference at […]

Call for Abstracts for Second Annual Berkeley Consumer Law Scholars Conference

We have received the following call for abstracts (last year's conference was excellent): The Berkeley Center for Consumer Law and Economic Justice, its director Ted Mermin, and co-organizers Abbye Atkinson, Kathleen Engel, Manisha Padi, Rory Van Loo, and Lauren Willis are pleased to announce the second annual Consumer Law Scholars Conference (CLSC), which will be […]

Call for Papers for 4th CFPB Research Conference on Consumer Finance

We've received the following Call for Papers: 4th CFPB Research Conference on Consumer FinanceDecember 12th–13th, 2019This December, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) will host its fourth researchconference on consumer finance at Catholic University in Washington, DC. Information on priorconferences can be found here: https://www.consumerfinance.gov/data-research/cfpbresearch-conference/We encourage the submission of a variety of research. This includes, […]

2d Annual Berkeley Consumer Law Scholars Conference to be held March 5-6

From the announcement: The Berkeley Center for Consumer Law and Economic Justice is pleased to announce that the second annual Consumer Law Scholars Conference will be held at the UC Berkeley School of Law on March 5-6, 2020. The conference will provide those who publish in the field of Consumer Law the opportunity to share […]

Another survey of consumer law professors fails to find any who always reads consumer contracts before signing them

by Jeff Sovern Regular blog subscribers may recall that last year, at Richard Alderman's Teaching Consumer Law Conference, I asked two questions of attendees about whether they read contracts or required disclosures (those results are available here). James Nehf generously allowed me to ask the same questions at his IACL conference last week.  The IACL […]

Berkeley Consumer Law Scholars Conference 2019 Opens This Thursday

The Berkeley Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice is holding its Consumer Law Scholars Conference on Thursday and Friday. More information, including the papers to be discussed, here.  The Conference has an impressive list of participants and it promises to be a terrific event.

CFP: International Association of Consumer Law Conference to be held in Indianapolis

The International Association of Consumer Law has put out a call for papers for its 17th Annual Conference to take place in Indianapolis, Indiana on June 13-15, 2019. The theme is “Innovation and the Transformation of Consumer Law.”  The abstract (max. 500 words) submission deadline is: 15 December 2018. Submit to: IACL2019submissions@gmail.com. Quoting from the CFP: […]

Exciting CFP: Berkeley Consumer Law Scholars Conference

We have received the following call for papers appearing below. This one looks especially exciting for consumer law scholars: it's at an elite law school and has an impressive roster of organizers.  The Berkeley Center for Consumer Law and Economic Justice, its director Ted Mermin, and co-organizers Abbye Atkinson, Kathleen Engel, Rory Van Loo, and […]