BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:154@adminlaw.org.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260710T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260712T000000 DTSTAMP:20260617T125824Z URL:https://adminlaw.org.uk/event/alba-summer-conference-2026/ SUMMARY:ALBA Summer Conference 2026 DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to announce the full programme for the ALBA summ er conference being held from 10 to 12 July 2026 at St John’s College\, Cambridge.\n\n\n\n\n\nThe full programme can be found here\n\nThe keynote speaker will be Professor Alison Young\, Law Commissioner for Public Law a nd the Law in Wales\, and the Sir David Williams Professor of Public Law a t the University of Cambridge. Alison will speak on:-\n\n“AI\, Algorithm ic decisions and Judicial Review: a manageable evolution or an existential crisis?”\n\nPanel session chairs will be Sir Rabinder Singh\, Sir Clive Lewis\, Dame Heather Williams\, Dame Karen Steyn\, Sir Martin Chamberlain and Dame Judith Farbey.\n\nThe topics and speakers for the panel sessions are:-\n\n \;\n\n Substantive grounds of challenge: judicial overrea ch or return to orthodoxy?\n Kate Grange KC (39 Essex)\n Tom Kickman KC (Blackstone)\n Professor Joanna Bell (Oxford University)\n\n \;\n\n Are procedural challenges dead in the water?\n Maya Sikand KC (Doughty St reet)\n Zoe Leventhal KC (Matrix)\n Professor Joe Tomlinson (KCL)\n\n&nb sp\;\n\n Discrimination law for public lawyers\n Sarah Hannett KC (Matri x)\n Julia Smyth KC (Landmark)\n Khatija Hafesji (Monckton)\n\n \;\n \n The hopes and limits of law in times of international uncertainty\n Z ac Sammour (11KBW)\n Jessica Wells (Essex Court Chambers)\n\n \;\n\n Practice and procedure update\n Zoe Gannon (11KBW)\n Katherine Barnes ( 39 Essex)\n Cliodhna Kelleher (Monckton)\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n Publi c law outside of Part 54\n David Blundell KC (Landmark)\n Louis Biggs (H ogan Lovells)\n Tim Johnston (Brick Court)\n\nThe ALBA summer conference is held annually and brings together practitioners\, academics and others with an interest in public law for a series of sessions on topical issues within the sphere of constitutional and administrative law.  The conferen ce runs from the late afternoon on Friday 10 July\, through to lunchtime o n the Sunday\, with panel sessions starting on Saturday morning.\n\nThe co nference is returning to St John’s College\, Cambridge this year\, for t he first time since 2018.  The conference will offer  interesting and us eful sessions on a wide range of topics of interest to public law practiti oners.  It also provides an unparalleled opportunity to spend time\, in r elaxed and informal circumstances\, with colleagues working in public law\ , including leading practitioners\, academics and judges.  Above all\, th e conference is intended to be fun.  As usual\, on Saturday afternoon\, t here will be the opportunity for a walk to Grantchester along the River Ca m\, via The Meadows (about 2 hours).\n\nThe conference presents exceptiona l value for money and is heavily subsidised by ALBA\, especially for junio r practitioners.  The price for the full weekend includes two dinners and overnight accommodation on Friday and Saturday at St John’s College\, a nd breakfast and lunch on Saturday and Sunday. The Saturday dinner will be a gala dinner held in St John’s Hall. The conference itself will  be h eld in the Main theatre at St John’s College on Saturday and Sunday.\n\n The dress code for the weekend will be casual\, with the Saturday evening dinner being smart casual.\n\nYou can choose to stay at St John’s Colleg e on Friday and Saturday nights\, or just on Saturday night\, or opt for n o accommodation.\n\nWe are very keen to make the conference a success\, to ensure that there is scope for it to continue in Cambridge in the future.   Please do attend if you can.\n\nIf you have any queries about the confe rence\, please contact the ALBA Administrator: administrator@adminlaw.org .uk.\nA 15% early booking discount applies for all bookings before 5 May 2026 and booking will close on Friday\, 26 June.\nRegister now\n\n\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adminlaw.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/ 01/st-john-college.jpg CATEGORIES:Summer Conference LOCATION:St. John's College\, Cambridge\, Bridge Street\, Cambridge\, CB2 1 TP\, United Kingdom GEO:52.20882;0.11803919999999835 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Bridge Street\, Cambridge\, CB2 1TP\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=St. John's College\, Cambridge:geo:52.20882,0.11803919999999835 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260329T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR