ASCL Events
The American Society of Comparative Law organizes an annual meeting and other workshops and conferences. These events provide a venue where comparative law scholars present cutting edge work, share news in the field, and network with each other. The events also encourage and support the research of comparative law scholars.

IACL General Congress in Berlin 2026
There are no other events scheduled at this time, please check back soon.
ASCL News
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Announcing the 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award and the Prize Winners
We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award, Yntema Prize, and the inaugural ASCL Book Prize. Lifetime Achievement Award The Lifetime Achievement Award is presented to Mathias Reimann, Hessel E. Yntema Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School, in recognition of his distinguished contributions to the field…
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Call for Nominations – 2026 Buxbaum Prize for Teaching in Comparative Law
The Younger Comparativists Committee (YCC) of the American Society of Comparative Law (ASCL) invites nominations, including self-nominations, for the annual Richard M. Buxbaum Prize for Teaching in Comparative Law. The YCC created the Buxbaum Prize in the summer of 2014 in honor of Professor Richard M. Buxbaum, the 2014 recipient of the ASCL Lifetime Achievement…
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2026 YCC Conference Call for Papers (and Student Awards Call)
The Younger Comparativists Committee (YCC) of the American Society of Comparative Law (ASCL) and the Center for International & Comparative Law of Duke Law School are pleased to invite submissions for YCC’s Fifteenth Annual Conference, to be held in person on November 7, 2026, at Durham, North Carolina, at Duke University. The purpose of…