The 11th CALRAs Conference: Singapore 2026
Law Reform in South East Asia
• Law Reform in Singapore, Yeong Zee Kin, Chief Executive Officer, Singapore Academy of Law
• Law Reform in Malaysia: Institutional Framework, Practice and Constitutional Considerations; Salwani Abdullah, Deputy Commissioner of Law Revision and Law Reform, Attorney General’s Chambers, Malaysia
Implementation of Law Reform Recommendations: Working with Legislative Counsel
• A view from legislative counsel embedded within a law reform agency, Jessica de Mounteney, First Parliamentary Counsel and Permanent Secretary, UK
• A view from a law reform agency, Christine Agimba, Chairperson, Kenya Law Reform Commission
• What legislative counsel looks for from law reformers, Andy Beattie, Chief Parliamentary Counsel, Scotland and Immediate Past President of the Commonwealth Association of Legislative Counsel
Law Reform in Action: Asia Launch of the Practitioners’ Guide to a Human Rights-based Approach to the Decriminalisation of Poverty and Status
• Commonwealth Secretariat and Institute of Commonwealth Studies
• Christopher Roberts, Law School, Chinese University of Hong Kong; Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London
Law Reform in Small States/Small Jurisdictions
• Reflections from Mauritius, Sabir Kadel, Chief Executive Officer, Law Reform Commission of Mauritius
• Reflections from Tasmania, Jeremy Prichard, Director, Tasmania Law Reform Institute
• Overcoming the Challenges in a Small Jurisdiction, Taylor Portelli, Legal Researcher, South Australia Law Reform Institute
• Reflections from the Seychelles, Yohan Liyanage, Seychelles Law Commission
Law Reform and Legal Education
• Teaching the Theory of Law Reform, Micheil Paton, Australian National University
• A Postgraduate Qualification in Law Reform, Kenneth Mundia, Commissioner of the Namibian Law Reform and Development Commission and Lecturer at the University of Namibia
• Teaching Law Reform: How? Why? Where?, the Hon David Goddard KC
