Centre for Welsh Legal Affairs

Monday 20 October 2008

Centre for Welsh Legal Affairs Public Lecture

“Getting the Devolution Dividend: Challenges for Wales in the Next Ten Years”

Carwyn Jones AM, Counsel General and Leader of the House at the National Assembly for Wales, will be at the Centre for Welsh Legal Affairs on Wednesday 29 October to deliver a public lecture.

The lecture, “Getting the Devolution Dividend: Challenges for Wales in the Next Ten Years”, will take place in lecture theatre A12 in the Hugh Owen Building on the Penglais campus at Aberystwyth University at 7.00 p.m.

A Law graduate of Aberystwyth University, Carwyn Jones was elected Assembly Member for Bridgend in 1999. He trained at The Inns of Court School of Law in London and worked as a barrister, mainly in the criminal and family courts in a private practice prior to his election.

He has been a member of the National Assembly Government cabinet for 7 years, firstly as Minister for Rural Affairs and then Minister for Environment Planning and Countryside. He was appointed to his current post following the 2007 National Assembly elections.

The lecture is being organised by the Centre for Welsh Legal Affairs which forms part of the Department of Law and Criminology at Aberystwyth University.

The Centre for Welsh Legal Affairs was launched in January 1999 to consolidate, and provide a focus for, the Department of Law and Criminology's expertise and work on the law as it applies within Wales and on general legal developments of relevance to Wales.

A key aim of the Centre is to explore whether there is a distinct Welsh perspective on general legal questions within the common legal system of England and Wales and to ensure that Welsh legal developments are placed in the wider context of developments at the UK, European and international levels.

Devolution is not just a question affecting Wales: it is a live issue in Scotland, Northern Ireland, London, the English regions and in many other parts of Europe. The Centre collaborates with other institutions throughout the UK and elsewhere to consider legal developments within other devolved jurisdictions on a comparative basis.

Further information about the work of the Centre for Welsh Legal Affairs is available online at http://www.aber.ac.uk/cwla/index.htm.