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This workshop will provide an opportunity for postgraduate students in the broad field of law and development to reflect on its themes, progress and future.

Law in development : Work in progress

Convenors: Professor Yash Pal Ghai and Dr Ambreena Manji
A seminar to be hosted by the British Institute in Eastern Africa, Nairobi
10 June 2011

This workshop will provide an opportunity for postgraduate students in the broad field of law and development to reflect on its themes, progress and future. Taking place the day after a seminar on ‘Constitutions and constitution-making’, to be hosted jointly by the Katiba Institute and the British Institute in Eastern Africa (BIEA), the work in progress seminar will provide an informal and supportive forum in which to present work in progress papers to a group of established scholars, to receive feedback on ideas for projects and publications and to discuss methodological and ethical issues related to an ongoing project.

The BIEA invites proposals from postgraduate students in the region. We would be happy to hear from academics from a range of disciplines, including lawyers, political scientists and historians.

Please provide an abstract of between 700-1,000 words describing your project and the reasons why you would like to present your work at the seminar. Please include a CV and email address with your proposal.

The proposal should be sent by email by 10 May 2011 to [email protected] with a copy to Hannah Waddilove at:[email protected]

Scholars will be selected for participation and notified of the result by 25 May 2011.

For those selected, we can cover the costs of economy travel to the workshop and one night’s accommodation from those coming from outside Nairobi. For information about the constitutions seminar, please contact on the above email addresses.