The Faculty of Law, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), jointly collaborate with Universitas Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jakarta, Universitas Atma Jaya Yogyakarta, Universitas Semarang, Universitas Kadiri, Universitas Bosowa (UNIBOS) and Universitas Jenderal Soedirman to organise the 6th UiTM International Conference on Law & Society 2026 (UiTM i-CLaS 2026) on 13&14 October this year. This is the sixth series of the conference where the first series were held in 2021.

Papers presented in the previous series were published in two ways, one by publication of the extended abstract in the conference proceeding and the selected full papers were published in the web of Science and Scopus index journal. The conference is now in the midst of getting the proceeding to be index by Scopus. The first UiTM i-CLas 2021 gathered an assembly of presenters, and participants from seven continents of the world namely Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, United States of America, Maldives, Bangladesh, and India to which the conference successfully synchronised presentation of 107 papers that were patronised based on 17 law nomenclature including Cyber law, Family law, Islamic law, International law, Commercial law, Marine and Law of the Sea, Conflict of Law, Competition Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution. The subsequent retained its achievement by having presenters and participants from other parts of the world that include Belgium and Germany. Other than the parallel sessions, the conference had also organised plenary slots to provide a platform for the participants to garner more knowledge from the experts.

The conference welcomes all as it provides an international forum for all to share experiences, knowledge, and innovation, encourage the flourishing of intellectual development, and provide opportunities for networking and collaboration in a multi-disciplinary platform. This event also aspires to provide enriching opportunities that transcend the needs and demands of the last century to face our complex and challenging technology-impacted world. Abstracts should focus on the theme of the conference: “Law, Power and Accountability in Digital and Divided Society”. This conference focuses on interactive and adaptive research across all domains with the law as its embryo. The conference will be held in hybrid mode where presentation of conference papers and plenary session will be conducted online and the officiating and keynote speech will be held offline.

• Provide a networking platform for researchers and practitioners.
• Promote joint research activities.
• Enable the establishment of international collaborative research.
• Evaluate the state of academic and practice-based knowledge related to legal research.

Extended abstracts and papers must be written in English, with the title, author’s name and institutional affiliation.

Extended Abstract must contain:

i. Title, author’s name and institutional affiliation

ii. Abstract (175 to 250 words)

iii. Keywords (max. 5 keywords)

iv. Theme

v. Introduction

vi. Literature review

vii. Methodology

viii. Findings and Discussion

ix. Conclusion and Recommendations

x. Acknowledgement

xi. References (APA 7th edition)

Extended abstract should be between 1.5 to 3 pages, including the references. Pages should not be numbered. Extended abstracts and Full Paper should be submitted via ConfBay.

*see attached template (here)

[REGISTER HERE]

a. Registration and submission of Abstract and Full Paper must be done electronically through the online submission system.

• Click on the "Registration" menu to create ConfBay Account and proceed for conference registration by logging in the system.
• Click on "Online Submission" menu to submit your abstract(s) / full paper.

b. Abstract and Full Paper Format - Strictly follow the template which can be downloaded from the conference website or "Download" Menu

c. Abstracts and papers must be written in English, with the title, author's name and institutional affiliation. Abstracts should contain a description of its aim, method, essential results and a brief conclusion within 250 words. Abstracts should include a maximum of 5 keywords. Abstracts should be submitted via ConfBay System

• Fees are not inclusive of the publication fee.
• The first author must be the corresponding author.
• Additional paper fee is applicable to the first author of the first paper.

BANK TRANSFER / LOCAL ORDER

Bank Name: Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad

Beneficiary/Pay to: Bendahari UiTM

Beneficiary Address: UiTM Shah Alam

Swift Code: BIMBMYKL

Beneficiary Account: 12177010005698

Reference: Iclas2026

OR

ONLINE PAYMENT - CREDIT CARD

(Payment to be made via ConfBay)

*A 5% administrative fee will be charged on top of the conference fee, and the 5% amount will not be inclusive in the official receipt of the conference.

*Please upload proof of payment via Confbay & email to: iclasfuu@gmail.com

(Attn: Madam Ain-Maryam Zolkipli @ Zulkifli)

The conference provides opportunities for publication in an e-proceeding with ISBN (UiTM i-CLaS 2026 e-Proceeding (with e-ISBN no : 978-967-0792-XX-X). Selected manuscripts (after a peer-review process) will be considered for publication in Scopus indexed and MyCite journals (with additional cost). The selection panel of the conference committee will consider all paper abstracts to ensure that the proposed paper is relevant to the Conference.

• Where there is more than one author for a paper, at least one author must register and must pay the registration fee.
• The conference certificate will be issued to all authors of a paper on a single certificate.
• Each consecutive paper(s) by the same author(s) (as first author and corresponding author) is given a reduction of fee to RM150 per additional paper.
• Please note that the registration fee is non-refundable.

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