The George Washington Law Review 2016 Symposium

With our co-hosts Dean Blake Morant of The George Washington University Law School and Professors Larry DiMatteo of the University of Florida and Martin Hogg of the University of Edinburgh, The George Washington Law Review is proud to present its Fall 2016 Symposium, Divergence and Reform in the Common Law of Contracts. 

This Symposium continues a tradition of biennial conferences that began at the University of Sheffield, UK in 2011, followed by a conference held at the University of Edinburgh in 2013.  But this 2016 Symposium is not your grandfather’s contract law.  Instead, this conference takes a 21st Century approach to comparative issues in contract law, examining the most pressing controversies, debates, and challenges currently shaping the United States and United Kingdom’s shared legal tradition in the area of common law contracts.

We are also honored to welcome Rt. Hon. Lord Hodge, a Justice on the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, as our keynote speaker.  Lord Hodge’s extensive experience on the bench steeped in the common law tradition will provide unique insight and an in-depth understanding of the role of American and English courts in shaping contract law doctrine.