Levin College of Law
The University of Florida Levin College of Law is pleased to host the 18th Annual International Conference on Contracts (KCON XVIII) Thursday, February 19, through Saturday, February 21, 2026. KCON is the largest annual international academic conference dedicated to contract law and related areas of commercial law. It brings together contract law scholars, expert practitioners, and aspiring academics from around the world.
KCON strives to be an open community for supporting and enriching scholarship. It welcomes presentations on projects at every level of development, including recently published articles, drafts, works-in-progress, preliminary ideas, and thought experiments. It provides an unparalleled opportunity to engage with colleagues and potential collaborators and mentors in the field. Junior scholars are especially encouraged to participate.
We invite submissions on any aspect of contract law, related areas of commercial law, and contract/commercial law pedagogy. Presentations at past conferences have drawn from a variety of methodologies and perspectives, including doctrinal, theoretical, empirical, historical, economic, critical, international/comparative, and interdisciplinary. Projects comparing common law and civil law treatment of contract issues are welcome. Those that focus on a single civil law jurisdiction should be put in a wider context.
Please submit your proposal for presentation in the form of an abstract and title not exceeding 500 words to conferences@law.ufl.edu. The deadline to submit is Monday, December 15, 2025. Proposals will be accepted on a rolling basis. Those whose proposals are accepted will be expected to present their work in person. All attendees, including speakers, must register to attend. The registration fee is $250, which includes entry to all conference sessions and meals.
Gainesville is most easily accessed by Interstate 75 in north Florida. The host site address is 309 Village Drive, Gainesville, Florida. Air travel directly into Gainesville (GNV) is available on American Airlines or Delta Airlines, and larger airports in Jacksonville (JAX), Orlando (MCO), and Tampa (TPA) are within 1-2 hour drive. A hotel room block link for conference attendees will be shared in the coming weeks.
More information will be added to this page as the conference approaches. For questions regarding submissions, please contact Professor Rachel Arnow-Richman at rarnowrichman@law.ufl.edu. For questions regarding conference logistics, please contact Assistant Dean Michael Farley at farley@law.ufl.edu.
