UCL, January 14th 2026
UKCLA Annual General Meeting
The UKCLA Annual General Meeting will be held in person at 12.15 pm on Wednesday 14th of January 2026 in the Keeton Room, Bentham House, University College London, 4-8 Endsleigh Gardens, London, WC1H OEG. The AGM is open to all paid up members of the UKCLA.
All UKCLA members are invited to an in person Round Table conference following the AGM on the 14th of January 2026. The AGM will be held between 12.15pm and 1.15pm. The conference will start at 1.30pm and will run until 5pm. Non-members who would like to attend the Round Table should send their request to Professor Leyland who will indicate whether places are still available or not. Professor Leyland’s email address is pl3@soas.ac.uk
The Round Table
Comparative Constitutional Law: Moving Beyond the Boundaries of Parochial Thinking
Comparative constitutional law involves more than simply comparing two different countries. How can the concepts, methods and working practices used by comparative constitutional lawyers enlighten and enliven the thinking of lawyers who customarily focus on one country?
This conference will explore the repertoire of ideas and methods of comparative constitutional law and look at them in the context of work done by such lawyers. Countries can seem close to the comparator country (for example the UK and Australia or Canada) others different but within the European ‘family’ such as the UK and France. Others may seem deceptively similar (for example the UK and the USA) and others remote (the UK and China) whilst still others bear multiple traditions and have, for instance, a blueprint either created or influenced by a former colonial power. What can comparisons tell us and how might they offer ideas and inspiration for change or a new way of thinking about UK constitutional law?
Welcome: Sebastian Payne, President, UKCLA and Mara Malagodi (Warwick, and Conference Director) (1.30pm – 1.35pm)
Comparative Constitutional Law: Moving Beyond the Boundaries of Parochial Thinking
Panel 1: (1.35pm – 3.00 pm) Chair: David Vitale (Warwick)
Speakers:
Barbara Havelkova (Oxford)
AND
Berihun Gebeye (UCL)
Q&A
Coffee/Tea Break (3pm-3.30pm)
Panel 2: (3.30pm -5pm) Chair: Stephen Tierney (Edinburgh)
Speakers:
Laura-Stella Enonchong (SOAS)
AND
Alex Schwartz (Glasgow)
Q&A
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