Welcome to UKAEL
Upcoming Events:
UKAEL Student Evening at Hogan Lovells on 16 November 2026, 6-8pm
UKAEL Young Researchers Workshop — CALL FOR PAPERS
We invite submissions for the Young Researchers Workshop at City St George’s, on 23 November 2026 from 1-7 pm.
The Workshop will offer an opportunity for UK-based early-career researchers (MPhil and PhD candidates and postdoctoral researchers) to discuss their work with leading EU law scholars and practitioners, and to network with other academics working in related fields. Submissions should relate to any aspect of European Union law.
The Workshop will begin with a short masterclass by Prof. Paul Craig on best practices for crafting a doctoral thesis. The authors of the selected papers will then be invited to present their work. After each presentation, a panel of EU law experts will provide their feedback. Finally, Prof. Panos Koutrakos will deliver another short masterclass on best practices for publishing scholarly articles.
Abstracts (max. 500 words) should be submitted to Guglielmo Finotti (guglielmo.finotti@kcl.ac.uk) by 30 September 2026 alongside a short CV.
Successful applicants will be notified by email by 12 October 2026 with an invitation to present their paper. Successful applicants are expected to join UKAEL. We offer Student Memberships at reduced rates of £15 for one year or £30 for three years. For further details and to apply for membership, please contact Kerstin Wachholz (kerstin.wachholz@kcl.ac.uk).
The workshop will be held in-person in London and that presenters are expected to attend for its entire duration. UKAEL can assist with reasonable travel expenses.
UKAEL Annual Lecture at King’s College London on 17 December 2026, 5.30pm
UKAEL Blog
Despite the UK’s departure from the EU, this is a critical time to discuss and reflect on EU law developments. We invite authors to submit posts on any issues related to EU law as well as European law more broadly, including the law of the ECHR. If you wish to contribute a blog post, please contact us by submitting a MS Word file of up to 1000 words, including a short indicative title, at ukaelblogs@gmail.com. We hope that the Blog will become a strong and accessible resource for EU law matters, attracting students, academics and practitioners and bringing new faces to UKAEL and its regular events. Please visit https://ukael.org/blog/ and subscribe.