Why Attend

The Global Law Round Table brings together lawyers, legal scholars, educators, practitioners, researchers, policymakers, administrators, graduate students, and other professionals whose work intersects with law, policy, education, governance, and society.

Engage in substantive discussion with colleagues from around the world, exchange perspectives across academic and professional disciplines, and experience Oxford’s historic tradition of scholarship and intellectual inquiry. Participants will also have the opportunity to take part in the distinguished tradition of debate and dialogue at the Oxford Union—one of the world’s most celebrated debating institutions.

Present your Research

Share your research, legal analysis or professional insight with an international audience of legal scholars and practitioners.

Convene at the Oxford Union

Exchange ideas in the historic Oxford Union, where debate, dialogue, and the challenging of ideas have long been part of its tradition.

Build International Legal Network

Develop valuable professional and academic relationships with participants from institutions and jurisdictions around the world.

Examine Law Across Borders

Explore how global challenges are reshaping justice, governance, human rights, legal education and the practice of law.

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Who Should Attend?

The Oxford Symposium on Global Law brings together professionals and scholars whose work intersects with all areas of law, education law, policy, governance, and institutional leadership.

The Symposium is designed for both those wishing to present their work and those who wish to participate in the discussions without presenting.

Participants may include:

Practicing attorneys and legal professionals
Education and higher education attorneys
University and college general counsel
School district and institutional counsel

Law school faculty and legal scholars
Education faculty and researchers
University, college, and school administrators
Superintendents and education leaders

Policymakers and government officials
Education policy and regulatory professionals
Researchers and doctoral students
Professionals working in compliance, governance, finance, civil rights, and public policy

A paper or presentation is not required to attend. Participants are encouraged to contribute their professional experience and perspectives to the discussions, whether attending as a presenter or as a non-presenting delegate.

How will you Participate?

Present your Research

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Share your research, legal analysis, case study, policy work, or professional experience and lead a discussion with fellow participants. No paper required to present.

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Attend & Join the Discussion

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No presentation or paper required. Take part in Symposium sessions, ask questions, share your expertise and perspectives, and actively contribute to the discussion.

In Collaboration with

The Education Law Association

The Global Law Symposium is pleased to collaborate with the Education Law Association (ELA) in advancing dialogue on education law, policy, finance, and the legal issues shaping educational institutions.

Education law will be a featured area of the 2027 Symposium, bringing together attorneys, legal scholars, educators, policymakers, administrators, researchers, and other professionals to exchange perspectives on current and emerging legal challenges.

Present your work or join the discussion—no presentation or paper is required to participate.

The Journal of Education Finance and Law

The Education Law Association (ELA), established in 1954, is a nonprofit, non-advocacy member association that promotes interest in and understanding of the legal framework of education. ELA provides information on current legal issues affecting education, including students, parents, school boards, and employees, across both public and private K-12 schools, as well as higher education institutions.

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The Oxford Union

Few places capture the spirit of Oxford quite like the Oxford Union—a world-renowned institution where generations of influential thinkers, leaders, writers, and public figures have gathered to debate the ideas shaping our world.

As part of the Symposium, participants will have the opportunity to step inside this extraordinary institution, enjoy a guided tour of its historic rooms, and experience the Union not simply as a visitor, but as part of the programme itself.

Symposium sessions will take place in the Gladstone Room, an elegant and intimate setting named for four-time British Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone. Here, surrounded by the history and tradition of the Union, participants will exchange ideas, present research, and engage in the thoughtful discussion that lies at the heart of the Oxford experience.

From discovering the stories behind the Union's celebrated debates to sitting around the table with colleagues from around the world, this is an opportunity to experience something distinctly Oxford: serious intellectual exchange in a place built for conversation, argument, and ideas.

Come to Oxford to share ideas, exchange perspectives, and join the discussion. Leave having experienced one of the world’s great traditions of debate and intellectual life.