Notices: A Call for Papers and a Post-Doc Opportunity

In our great tradition of non-frivolous Friday Frivolity, we bring you two news items of interest to the contracts law community:

First there this:

CALL FOR PAPERS: 

10th Annual Penn-NYU Empirical Contracts Workshop (June 10, 2026) 

Paper Submission Deadline: March 20, 2026 

The University of Pennsylvania Carey School of Law will host the 10th Annual Penn-NYU Empirical Contracts Workshop on June 10, 2026. The Workshop is a forum for the presentation and discussion of very early to mid-stage projects analyzing contract law and practice from a variety of empirical perspectives. Papers are selected through a peer-review process. Attendees of the conference are expected to cover their own travel and lodging costs, but there are no conference fees. Submitted papers must be unpublished (and expected to be unpublished at the time of the conference) so that discussion is productive. If accepted, authors will have an opportunity to submit a revised draft prior to the conference for presentation and discussion. Please note that accepted papers will be made available to all conference participants. Organizing committee: Dave Hoffman (Penn), Florencia Marotta-Wurgler (NYU), and Tess Wilkinson-Ryan (Penn). Please email submissions to dhoffman@law.upenn.edu

And then there’s this:

Share the <strong>POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW OPPORTUNITIES</strong> sectionPOSTDOCTORAL FELLOW OPPORTUNITIES

Henry N.R. Jackman Faculty of Law Research Excellence Postdoctoral Fellows

The Jackman Law Research Excellence Postdoctoral Fellows Program will offer up to two postdoctoral fellowships for a period of two years. Each fellowship will provide a salary of $80,000 annually, plus an additional $10,000 in annual independent research funding. The deadline for applications is March 3, 2026.

The Henry NR Jackman Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto strives to be a crucible of academic talent, where early-career scholars can refine their work, advance their research agendas and make connections with peers and mentors. A cornerstone of our commitment to emerging scholarship is the postdoctoral fellowship program. Recent graduates from doctoral programs should consider spending a year or two as a postdoctoral fellow at Jackman Law, where they will have the opportunity to work among collaborative and supportive colleagues, participate in faculty workshops and reading groups, and both enhance and benefit from the intellectual environment at one of the world’s leading law schools.