CFP: 3rd Annual Philosophy & Legal Theory Collaborative Summer Workshop at UC Berkeley

The Philosophy & Legal Theory Collaborative will host its third annual summer workshop at the UC Berkeley on May 27, 2026, the day before the beginning of the Law and Society Association Annual Meeting in San Francisco.

To propose a paper presentation or register to attend the event, please fill out this google form:

https://forms.gle/K3KdPNkafv8soSrH8

We will consider multiple presentation formats, including:

• Pre-circulated paper presentations for later stage drafts, with detailed feedback provided by discussants.
• Early stage "idea incubator" sessions for ideas and works in progress that would benefit from discussion prior to a full length draft.
• Pre-formed panels to discuss books, article collections or other alternative formats
  
  

Proposals will be considered on a rolling basis until March 16, 2026, in order to enable organizers to send out early acceptances to make it easier to plan around.

The scope of the Philosophy & Legal Theory Collaborative summer workshop includes all areas of philosophy of law, and philosophical work relevant to legal questions from all philosophical traditions. We also welcome work in political philosophy, political theory, moral philosophy, social epistemology, social ontology, moral psychology, normative and applied ethics, meta-ethics, philosophy of action and decision theory on topics relevant to law or socio-legal topics.

Confirmed speakers include Mitchell Berman (UPenn), Michael Bratman (Stanford), Matt McManus (Spelman), Sarah Paul (NYU Abu Dhabi) and Rebecca Stone (UCLA).

For questions concerning the workshop, please write to [email protected]

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