The National Business Law Scholars Conference has issued a call for papers. The deadline for submissions (form here) is April 3, 2026, and the conference is May 26 and 27, 2026, at UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law in Las Vegas.

From experience, it’s an excellent and welcoming conference for all aspects of business law, including tax. The panels are outstanding, the discussion always generative, and the networking robust. The full call, below the fold.

The National Business Law Scholars Conference (NBLSC) will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 26-27, 2026, at UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law in Las Vegas, Nevada. This is the seventeenth meeting of the NBLSC, an annual conference that draws legal scholars from across the United States and around the world. We welcome all scholarly submissions at all stages relating to business law. Junior scholars and those considering entering the academy are especially encouraged to participate.

Please use this form to submit a proposal to present. The deadline for submissions is Friday, April 3, 2026.  A schedule will be circulated in late April or early May.  More information regarding the Conference can be found here: https://law.unlv.edu/national-business-law-scholars-conference-2026

Please contact Eric Chaffee (Eric.Chaffee@case.edu), if you have any questions.

Conference Organizers:
Afra Afsharipour (University of California, Davis, School of Law)
Tony Casey (The University of Chicago Law School)
Eric C. Chaffee (Case Western Reserve University School of Law)
Steven Davidoff Solomon (University of California, Berkeley School of Law)
Michael Dorff (UCLA School of Law)
Benjamin Edwards (University of Nevada, Las Vegas Boyd School of Law)
Joan MacLeod Heminway (The University of Tennessee College of Law)
Nicole Iannarone (Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law)
Kristin N. Johnson (George Washington University Law School)
Elizabeth Pollman (University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School)
Jeff Schwartz (University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law)
Megan Wischmeier Shaner (University of Oklahoma College of Law)