About the Event

The Law Deans’ Summit 2026 will be a forum for academic dialogue featuring Deans from Law Faculties that belong to Universities operating as corporate apostolic works of the Opus Dei. During the meeting, experiences and reflections on the main challenges of contemporary legal education will be shared, diverse perspectives will be heard, and a space for academic friendship and mutual enrichment among peers will be fostered.

Dates

Dates: July 27 to 31, 2026
Venue: Strathmore University, Nairobi, Kenya

Purpose

The main goal of the meeting is to foster a space for academic friendship where each faculty can benefit from the perspectives of its peers, identify ideas applicable to their own context, and strengthen their educational mission from a global and comparative perspective. The Deans will share their experiences, reflections, and learnings across four fundamental pillars: teaching in the digital age, high-impact legal research, academic internationalization, and the role of legal clinics in access to justice

Hosts

Strathmore University will host the Meeting, and Universidad de La Sabana will co-host this academic conversation forum, which seeks to renew the sense of our vocation as legal educators: training jurists capable of responding with rigor, creativity, and ethical commitment to the realities of a changing world

Strathmore Law School in Pictures

Visit the Strathmore University Website: https://strathmore.edu

Participating Universities

Message From the Strathmore Law School Dean

Important Information and Documents

Academic Agenda
Logistical Information

Participants

Dr. Jane Wathuta – Strathmore Law School

Alejandro Miranda Montecinos – Universidad de los Andes de Chile

Vicedecana Montserrat Gas Aixendri – Universitat Internacional de Catalunya

Miguel Casanova – Universidad de Montevideo

Pablo Alberto Maldonado Ericastilla – Universidad del Istmo

Gabriel Astarloa – Universidad Austral 

Eugenio Hernández-Bretón Rodríguez – Universidad de Monteávila

Fernando Batista Jiménez – Universidad Panamericana (CDMX)

Mercedes Galán Lorda – Universidad de Navarra

Carlos Arévalo – Universidad de La Sabana

Daniel del Valle-Inclán Rodríguez-Miñón – Universidad de Villanueva

A Regional Powerhouse

  • Global Moot Court Dominance, SLS made history by becoming the first African team to win the global rounds of the prestigious John H. Jackson Moot Court Competition in Geneva.
  • Strathmore Law Clinic bridges the gap between classroom theory and societal impact. Students provide essential free legal services to local, indigent communities.
  • Strathmore Law School is at the forefront of shaping contemporary legal policy through specialized research wings.
  • The Strathmore Law Review, This annual, a peer-reviewed legal journal is entirely managed and edited by our law students, providing a premier platform for legal research that is indexed on globally renowned academic databases.
  • Undergraduates participate in exchange programs and academic tours, visiting world courts like the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague.

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