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29/05/2026

Opening Remarks at the Young Commonwealth Lawyers Association’s 3rd Virtual Conference: Reset, Reimagine, and Reaffirm by CLA President Steven Thiru

21/05/2026

FATF February 2026 Plenary: Compliance Expectations, Grey-Listing Pressures, and What Africa Must Do Next by Juliet Ibekaku-Nwagwu, Chair of the CLA Anti-Corruption Committee

21/05/2026

President’s Message (May 2026) The ICJ at 80: Upholding the Rule of Law in an Age of Geopolitical Fracture by CLA President Steven Thiru

14/05/2026

Sophie Stanbrook, CLA President-Elect, addresses high-level dialogue on the legal regulation of civic space across the Commonwealth: Protecting Civic Space: Legal Frameworks and Practical Strategies

28/04/2026

President’s Message (April 2026) Tradition, Transformation, and the Rule of Law: The CLA in Action by CLA President Steven Thiru

28/04/2026

Chagossians, the Chagos Islands, and the right to self-determination

20/04/2026

Speech by Steven Thiru, President of the Commonwealth Lawyers Association, at the Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding and the Declaration on the Luxembourg Convention between the Union Internationale des Avocats and Commonwealth Lawyers Association (Osaka, Japan, 27 March 2026)

18/04/2026

Call for Articles: Young Commonwealth Lawyers Newsletter on AI and the Law

17/04/2026

A Global Perspective on the Challenges and Innovation within Judicial Governance and the Role of AI By Steven Thiru, President, Commonwealth Lawyers Association

17/04/2026

Environmental, Social and Governance Litigation: Updates from England and Wales By Maximilian Taylor

17/04/2026

Rivers With Legal Rights of Humans By Jatinder (Jay) Cheema

17/04/2026

Advisory Opinion on the Human Rights Obligations of African States in the Context of Climate Change By Julien Kavaruganda & Patrick Okello