2026 SCoLA Conference – Call for Abstracts

From: Elise Bant <elise.bant@uwa.edu.au>

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Subject: 2026 SCoLA Conference – Call for Abstracts

Dear ODG Members,

Please find below a Call for Abstracts for the forthcoming Society of Corporate Law Academics conference, to be held at the beautiful campus of the UWA Law School from 1-3 February 2026. Abstracts welcome and Early Bird Registration now open.

Very best wishes,

Elise

Dr Elise Bant FAAL

Professor of Private Law and Commercial Regulation, UWA Law School

Director, UWALS Private and Commercial Law Research Cluster

Professorial Fellow, Melbourne Law School

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Consultant, HFW Australia

UWA Law School • M253, Perth WA 6009 Australia

T +61 8 6488 2740 • E elise.bant@uwa.edu.au

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SCoLA 2026 Conference
– Call for Papers –

The Corporate Chameleon:
Transformations & Trends in Corporate Law

Sun 1st – Tue 3rd February 2026

The University of Western Australia Law School

CONFERENCE DETAILS

The University of Western Australia Law School is delighted to host the 2026 annual conference of the Society of Corporate Law Academics, which will be held in-person on its Crawley campus.

Well before chartered corporations and the advent of the joint stock company, common law corporations enjoyed immortality, perpetual succession, the capacity to sue and be sued, and agility in responding to their legal, commercial and social environments. Corporations’ demonstrated capacities to evolve remain a striking feature of the modern landscape, including in a growing appreciation of the value of Indigenous knowledges to contemporary corporate law and governance.

The 2026 SCoLA conference takes the opportunity to consider these and related issues through the theme of ‘The Corporate Chameleon’, bringing together leading Australasian and international corporate law scholars and practitioners for three days of debate, discussion and discovery.

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS:

The committee invites the submission of abstracts for consideration for the parallel sessions, which critically reflect on various aspects of the conference theme, including:

Theories of the corporate person;
Corporations, partnerships and other business structures;
Trends in corporate liability mechanisms, such as FAR, BEAR, failure to prevent, and outcomes-based regulation;
Conceptions and regulation of corporate culture;
Evolutions and revolutions in directors’ and corporate duties;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Corporate Groups and Restructuring;
Corporate Insolvency;
Corporate deterrence, penalty, and rehabilitation; and
Other topics of particular interest to practitioners.

DEADLINE: Friday, August 15

We look forward to thought-provoking papers and lively discussions on topics that fit within the conference theme.
Please submit an abstract for papers of no more than 200 words, three key words, and a short biography (100 words maximum).

SUBMIT AN ABSTRACT

SCoLA also welcomes submissions for the Corporate Law Student Essay Prize and the Best Conference Paper Prize.

If you have any questions, please email scola2026-law@uwa.edu.au.

SCoLA

Room S4.17A, Monash Business School

Monash University, 900 Dandenong Rd Caulfield VIC 3145

Clayton, VIC 3800

Australia

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