The Executive
The Executive Committee has the power to manage the affairs of the Society. It enjoys the power to direct or approve expenditure of the Society's funds. The Executive may also provide for such committees as it may from time to time deem useful. The Executive is accountable to the Council for all its activities and actions.
Elected Members of the Executive Committee
Rule 19 (g) makes provision for elections to the Executive and reads as follows:
'nine members of the Society of whom three shall be 'recent' members of the Society (being members of recent professional standing who, at the date of their election, have fewer than eight years membership), such persons to be appointed by the Council to the Executive Committee to serve for no more than three years. Once appointed to serve for a three year term and re-elected for a further three year term, a member shall not be eligible for re-appointment until one year after expiry of such term. In appointing such nine members as set out in sub-paragraph (g) above, Council shall, so far as practicable, procure a reasonable balance in such appointments, taking account of factors such as gender, ethnicity, regional representation, type of institution and subject section representation.Notices of all motions, including the names of proposers and seconders, shall reach the Honorary Secretary at least fourteen days before the day fixed for holding the meeting.'
The current membership of the Executive is:
| President | Professor Andrew Burrows, Oxford |
| Vice-President | Professor Imelda Maher, University College, Dublin |
| Vice President-Elect | Professor Peter Allridge, QMUL |
| Immediate Past President | Professor Jenny Steele, York |
| Honorary Secretary | Professor Richard Taylor, UCLAN |
| Honorary Treasurer | Professor Lucy Vickers, Oxford Brookes |
| Honorary Membership Secretary | Professor Anthony Bradney, Keele |
| Convenor for Scotland | Professor Colin Reid, Dundee |
| Convenor for Ireland | Dr Caoimhin MacMaolain, TCD |
| Secretary of the Subject Sections | Ms Annette Morris, Cardiff |
| Editors of Legal Studies | Profs B Clarke, F de Londras, I Maher & C Scott |
| Editor of The Reporter | Professor Catharine MacMillan, Reading |
| Chair of Legal Education Sub-Cmte | Professor Fiona Cownie, Keele |
| Society's Webmaster | Mr Richard A. Edwards, Exeter |
| Appointment Period | |
| 2013-2016 | Dr Bruce Wardhaugh, Manchester University |
| 2013-2016 | Navraj Singh Ghaleigh, Edinburgh |
| 2013-2016 | Professor Thom Brooks, Durham University |
| 2014-2017 | Professor Rosemary Auchmuty, Reading University |
| 2014-2017 | Professor Duncan Sheehan, University of Leeds |
| 2014-2017 | Mr James Lee, Kings College, London |
| 2015 -2018 | Professor David Feldman, Cambridge University |
| 2015 - 2018 | Professor Maria Lee, UCL |
| 2015 -2018 | Ms Nicola Wake, Northumbria University |
The rules about appointment of such Ordinary members to the Executive are as in Rule 19 of the Society’s rules. Each appointment is for three years, with three members (with only one being a recent member – defined as having less than eight years standing) standing down each year in rotation. The appointments in general should take account of gender, ethnicity, regional representation, type of institution and subject section representation. Professor Bell has been nominated to serve a second term.