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2025 SCoLA Conference
21st Century Corporate Law: What Is The Outlook For The Next 25 Years?
Sunday 2nd – Tuesday 4th February
University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Ultimo, NSW, Australia
The UTS Faculty of Law is delighted to host the 2025 annual conference of the Society of Corporate Law Academics, which will be held in-person at its Broadway campus.
With 2025 marking the start of the second quarter of the 21st Century, the conference theme will be “21st century corporate law: What is the outlook for the next 25 years?”.
Supported by:
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Dame Sarah Worthington DBE KC(Hon) is a Professor of Law at the London School of Economics (LSE) Law School, a barrister and Bencher of Middle Temple, and, prior to returning to the LSE in 2022, was the Downing Professor of the Laws of England, Cambridge, and inaugural Director of the Cambridge Private Law Centre.
She is a specialist in corporate law and commercial equity, with publications which include co-authorship of Gower’s Principles of Modern Company Law, Palmer’s Company Law and Sealy and Worthington’s Text, Cases and Materials in Company Law.
Justice Ashley Black
Justice Black has been a Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales since 4 July 2011. He was previously a dispute resolution partner at Mallesons Stephen Jaques (now King & Wood Mallesons) where he practised primarily in commercial litigation and financial services regulation.
He was admitted as a solicitor in 1987 and was a Judge's Associate in the Federal Court of Australia in 1988. He holds a Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Laws and Master of Laws from the University of Sydney.
He is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Sydney Law School and is joint author of Securities and Financial Services Law, 10th ed, 2021 and Austin & Black's Annotations to the Corporations Act.
LOCATION
UTS Business School (Building 8)
Platform 14/28 Ultimo Rd
Ultimo NSW 2007, Australia
ACCOMMODATION
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REGISTRATIONS
SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS
Deadline: 8 Dec 2024
We look forward to thought-provoking papers and lively discussions on the outlook for corporate law over the next 25 years at SCOLA 2025.
Please submit an abstract of no more than 250 words, three key words, and a short biography (50 words).
Submissions have now closed.
The committee invites the submission of proposals for papers that critically reflect on various aspects of the conference theme including:
Embracing emerging technologies in the management and governance of corporate activity
Promoting long-term horizons including environmental and social sustainability
Protecting the rights of increasingly heterogenous investor-types
Facilitating informed participation in meetings and other corporate proceedings
Balancing the interests of stakeholders both locally and globally
Encouraging informed risk-taking in corporate activity and entrepreneurship
Promoting transparency and accountability in corporate decision-making
Safeguarding the integrity of financial markets in a data-driven world
Ensuring that corporate wrongdoers are held to account
Determining challenging questions such as the best interests of a corporation and/or the proper purposes for the exercise of corporate authority
Innovations in enforcing compliance with corporate regulations
Intersections with insolvency.
CONFERENCE PRIZES
BEST CONFERENCE PAPER PRIZE
Sponsored by the Governance Institute of Australia, the Best Paper Prize has been awarded at the annual SCoLA conference each year since 1998.
Check your eligibility and the requested criteria, and submit your papers no later than the 10th of January 2025 for a chance to win the $500 prize.
STUDENT ESSAY PRIZE
The SCoLA Student Essay prize is offered to recognise exceptional scholarship by students in Australian or New Zealand universities for essays concerning topics commonly covered within a company law subject.
If you’re eligible, submit your papers by the 10th of January 2025 for a chance to win one of the 3 prizes.