BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:119@adminlaw.org.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20240712 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20240715 DTSTAMP:20250819T165025Z URL:https://adminlaw.org.uk/event/alba-summer-conference-2024/ SUMMARY:ALBA Summer Conference 2024 DESCRIPTION:We can now announce the full programme for the ALBA summer conf erence being held from 12 to 14 July 2024 at Downing College\, Cambridge.   And there is still time to book with the 15% early booking discount bef ore the end of March.\n\nThe full programme can be found here\n\nThe key s peakers will be:\n\n The keynote speaker on Saturday morning is Lord (Cha rlie) Falconer\, Shadow Lord Chancellor and partner at Gibson Dunn\, and f ormer Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs and Lord Chancellor\, Solicitor General and Minister in three Departments.\n\n\n The after dinn er speaker on Saturday evening is Sir Jonathan Jones KC (Hon)\, former Tre asury Solicitor and now senior consultant at Linklaters and senior fellow at the Institute for Government.\n\nPanel session chairs will be Sir Rabin der Singh\, Dame Elisabeth Laing DBE\, Sir Clive Lewis\, Sir Jonathan Swif t\, Dame Karen Steyn DBE and Dame Henrietta Hill DBE.\n\nThe topics and sp eakers for the panel sessions are:\n\n(1) Judicial review challenges to pr imary and secondary legislation\n\n Tom De La Mare KC (Blackstone)\n Ali stair Mills (Assistant Professor\, Magdalene College\, Cambridge &\; La ndmark)\n\n(2) Resource constraints in public law litigation\n\n Martin W estgate KC (Doughty Street)\n Catherine Dobson (39 Essex)\n\n(3) The lega cy of the Rwanda litigation and legislation for public law\n\n Sonali Nai k KC (Garden Court)\n Lord (Simon) Murray (39 Essex)\n\n(4) National secu rity judicial review\n\n Jonathan Hall KC (6KBW &\; Independent Review er of Terrorism Legislation)\n Dr Daniella Lock (Bonavero Institute of Hu man Rights\, Oxford)\n\n(5) The next decade in public law\n\n Prof Alison Young (Public Law Commissioner\, the Law Commission &\; Sir David Will iams Professor of Public Law\, Cambridge)\n Prof Tom Hickman KC (Blacksto ne &\; Professor of Public Law\, UCL)\n Dr Eloise Ellis (Associate Pro fessor &\; Associate Pro Vice Chancellor\, UEA)\n Dr Lewis Graham (Law Society Fellow in Law\, Wadham College\, Oxford)\n\n(6) Practice and proc edure update\n\n Rose Grogan (39 Essex)\n Shanthi Sivakumaran (Doughty S treet)\n Emma Dowden-Teale (DLA Piper)\n\nThe ALBA summer conference is h eld annually and brings together practitioners\, academics and others with an interest in public law for a series of sessions on topical issues with in the sphere of constitutional and administrative law.  The conference r uns from the late afternoon on Friday 12 July\, through to lunchtime on th e Sunday.  The conference is returning to Cambridge this year\, for the f irst time since 2018.\n\nNot only will the conference offer interesting an d useful sessions on a wide range of topics of interest to public law prac titioners\, it also provides an unparalleled opportunity to spend time\, i n relaxed and informal circumstances\, with colleagues working in public l aw\, including leading practitioners\, academics and judges.  Above all\, the conference is intended to be fun.  As usual\, on Saturday afternoon\ , there will be the opportunity for a walk to Grantchester along the River Cam\, via The Meadows (about 2 hours).\n\nThe conference presents excepti onal value for money and is heavily subsidised by ALBA\, especially for ju nior practitioners.  The price for the full weekend includes two dinners and overnight accommodation on Friday and Saturday at Downing College (en suite)\, and breakfast and lunch on both days.  The Saturday dinner will be a gala dinner held in Downing’s Hall.  The conference itself will be held in the Howard Theatre at Downing College.\n\nThe dress code for the weekend will be casual\, with the Saturday evening dinner being smart casu al.\n\nYou can choose to stay at Downing on Friday and Saturday nights\, o r just on Saturday night\, or opt for no accommodation.\n\nThe prices for the conference are as follows:\n\n\n\n\nFull weekend\nSat night only\nNon- residential\n\n\nSilk\n£495\n£395\n£345\n\n\nJunior\n£395\n£295\n£24 5\n\n\nUnder 5 years\n£295\n£195\n£145\n\n\n\nA 10% group booking disco unt applies for bookings of five or more places made between 1st and 30 Ap ril 2024.  The two discounts are separate and not cumulative.  All booki ngs for 5 or more people should use the group booking form.\n\nThis is som ething of a make-or-break year for the future of the summer conference in Cambridge\, post covid.  We are therefore very keen to make the conferenc e a success\, to ensure that there is scope for it to continue in Cambridg e in the future.  Please do attend if you can.\n\nPlease note you need to be an ALBA member to qualilfy for a place at the conference. If you have any queries about the conference\, please contact ALBA at administrator@ad minlaw.org.uk.\n\nEarly Booking Discount: 15% off\nA 15% early booking dis count applies for all bookings before 31 March 2024.\n\n\nNow fully booked . Please email: administrator@adminlaw.org.uk if you wish to be added to a waiting list. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adminlaw.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/downi ng.college.cambridge.jpg CATEGORIES:Summer Conference LOCATION:Downing College\, Cambridge\, Regent Street\, Cambridge\, CB2 1DQ\ , United Kingdom GEO:52.201532;0.12534 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Regent Street\, Cambridge\, CB2 1DQ\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Downing College\, Cam bridge:geo:52.201532,0.12534 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240331T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR