The ABA Forum on Construction Law Annual Conference celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. The program will focus on the evolution of construction law with topics Evolution Is Real: Lessons Learned from the Past 50 Years of Construction Law; Learning by Doing: A Survey of the Most Significant Construction Projects of the Last; 50 Years and What They Taught Us; and Getting from There to Here: How Our Understanding of Right and Wrong Has Evolved over the last 50 Years. The event’s “[p]lenaries will be complemented by Forum Retrospectives, featuring past Forum Chairs from across the decades who will share insights into the Forum’s founding, growth, and enduring success, offering both historical context and inspiration for the future.”

May 6th-9th, 2026
Hilton Chicago
720 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60605