CLEA Biennial Conference on the future of lawyering and legal education.
Chaired by judges, senior practitioners, academics and policymakers of the highest distinction.
A private deliberation for members of the judiciary from Commonwealth jurisdictions.
An optional excursion for international delegates to experience local cultural heritage.
The concluding rounds of the prestigious CLEA Biennial Mooting Competition.
Opportunities for meaningful engagement with legal professionals across the Commonwealth.
Platform for scholarly discourse on contemporary legal education and practice.
How should lawyers prepare for the 21st century? Sessions explore emerging competencies, professional identity, and the evolving relationship between law schools, the Bar, the bench, and the wider justice ecosystem.
As AI, automation, and cross-border issues reshape legal work, discussion address ethical challenges, regulatory reforms, and the responsibilities of educators and professional bodies.
Panels explore the role of Bars, judicial training models, public sector legal development, and access to justice as shared responsibilities across sectors.
Sessions tackle current challenges in transactional work, litigation, criminal justice, public interest lawyering, and the contributions of emerging economies to international law.
The programme is intentionally inclusive, reflecting the rich perspectives of Commonwealth jurisdictions — particularly India and Malaysia — and recognising the importance of interdisciplinary and cross-sector collaboration.
Private practice, in-house, public sector
Academic faculty and research scholars
Judges, judicial officers & court administrators
Bar Council members and regulatory authorities
Government legal advisors and policy developers
Postgraduate and undergraduate law students
Professionals from emerging legal technology and legal operations sector
CLEA Biennial Conference "Lawyering 2030"
The 18th Commonwealth Mooting Competition will be held in conjunction with the CLEA Biennial Conference “Lawyering 2030”. The Competition will bring together teams from across Commonwealth jurisdictions to engage in high-level advocacy, legal reasoning, and comparative constitutional and public law analysis.
The Competition will be conducted in three rounds. The preliminary rounds and the semi-final rounds will be conducted online in the month of March. The final round will be held on 3 April 2026 in Malaysia, as part of the main conference programme. This final round will provide the selected teams with the unique opportunity to argue before Chief Justices and Judges of Supreme Courts from across the Commonwealth, along with eminent senior practitioners and legal scholars.
Federal Court Judge: All participants including student teams, coaches, institutional representatives, and attendees are mandatorily required to register through the official link below:
ONLINE ROUNDS
Details regarding the Dates, Time and Zoom links for the online rounds will be shared with registered participants in due course.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Prof. Meera Furtado
General Secretary, CLEA
Commonwealth Mooting Coordinator
Email: meera.furtado@gmail.com
CC: gs@clea.ac
