Apply to speak
We are interested in creating a dynamic event, and are open to many different presentation formats: panel discussions, paper presentations, workshops, roundtables and other similar formats.
The ALT Conference 2027 at Queen Mary University of London's School of Law offers academics, practitioners and other legal professionals an opportunity to present challenges and solutions to the many issues facing legal education, relating to this year's theme.
Be it a new approach that sparks passion in learners or a well-established practice which has evolved in the face of challenge, we seek to bring together illustrations of such change, to enable us all to challenge and celebrate the teaching of law, and to work collaboratively in order to explore the pedagogy which necessarily underpins the future of the law.
Topics
With ‘change’ being at the heart of this conference, we specifically invite proposals from speakers on the following:
- Access to justice, and educating students about access to justice;
- AI, Ethics and the Rule of Law;
- Clinical legal education and other experiential learning opportunities;
- Digital exclusion and inequality in access to justice;
- Generative AI and legal research, writing and assessment;
- Globalisation and the internationalisation of legal education;
- Interdisciplinary approaches to legal education;
- Legal skills;
- Legal technology, including AI and other forms of legal tech;
- The future of traditional legal education.
Background
Change occurs in law both over longer stretches of time and, seemingly, in an instant. Such changes require reflection on the law: educators must reconsider how they teach, students must re-examine how they learn, and professionals must reassess how they practice.
The rise of AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), and other digital resources have called into question the landscape of legal education, however, change is not limited simply to the tools we use. Alongside such technological transformations impacting how we practice the law, we are also witnessing attacks upon international legal orders, the weakening of vital institutions, and the corruption of legal principles or protections.
In this climate we must ensure that we prepare the next generation of lawyers to respond to global threats, safeguard our access to justice, protect the interests of the vulnerable, uphold the principles which underpin civil, criminal, and public law, while also ensuring that the legal profession remains capable of adjusting to rapidly changing paradigms.
Central to this is the need to recognise that both graduates and curriculums must be challenged, supported, and responsive throughout the educational journey – pushing future legal professionals to develop the legal expertise and critical thinking necessary to remain at the forefront of social transformation, technological evolution, and legal advancement.
Deadline
The deadline to apply is 9 December 2026.