Moderator: Dr O.B. Tshosa
Department of Law, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana

Romancing Customary Land Tenure: The Neo-Liberal Suitor Wooing the Shadow
Janet Chikaya-Banda
Chief Law Reform Officer, Law Commission, Lilongwe, Malawi

Reform of South African Customary Law of Inheritance and Succession: The Final Nail into the Customary Law of Inheritance and Succession Coffin?
Christa Rautenbach
Professor of Law, Faculty of Law, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa
Willemien du Plessis
Professor of Law, Faculty of Law, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa

Entrapment or Freedom: Enforcing Customary Property Rights Regimes in Common Law Africa
Sandra F. Joireman
Associate Professor, Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois, USA

Law, Gender and Pluralism: Succession Disputes in Kenya
Winifred Kamau
Lecturer, School of Law, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

Moderator: Prof. Clement N'gong'ola
Professor, Department of Law, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana

A Multi-Scalar Approach to Gender Equality and Customary Law Reform: The Potential of Regional and Sub-Regional Human Rights Frameworks
Johanna Bond
Associate Professor of Law, Washington & Lee University School of Law, Lexington, VA, United States

Customary Law and Resource Struggle in Kenya: Implications on Woman to Woman Marriages, 1890-1990
Babere Kerata Chacha
Lecturer, Department of History, Egerton University, Njoro, Kenya

From Contemporary African Customary Laws to Indigenous African Law: Going Back Where We Came From
Fatou Kiné Camara
Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal

Customary Law and Women's Human Rights in Uganda
Dr. Ben Kiromba Twinomugisha
Senior Lecturer and Deputy Dean, Faculty of Law, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Women's Rights and Customary Law
Noluthando Ntlokwana
Attorney, Women's Legal Centre, Cape Town, South Africa

Moderator: Prof. E. K. Quansah
Associate Professor, Department of Law, Gaborone, University of Botswana

State Systems of Criminal Justice and Customary Law Crimes
Thomas Bennett
Professor of Public Law, Faculty of Law, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Gacaca Courts in Rwanda: Customary Law Inspiring Effective Solutions to Cope with the Crime of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity
Elvis Mbembe Binda
Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Law, National University of Rwanda, Butare, Rwanda

Customary Criminal Justice System in Zambia
Matrine B. Chuulu
Regional Coordinator, Women and Law in Southern Africa, Lusaka, Zambia

Customary Crimes and the Imposition of British Jurisdiction: The Enduring Legacies Today
Nii Osah Mills
Former President, Ghana Bar Association, Accra, Ghana

Sentencing in Customary Courts
Ikanyeng Malila
Ph.D. Candidate, University of Botswana

Justice J.B. Akamba
Judge of Appeal, Supreme Court of Appeal of Ghana
Justice Unity Dow
Judge of Appeal, Supreme Court of Appeal of Botswana
Justice Belinda van Heerden
Judge of Appeal, Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa
Additional Justice to be announced.

Prof. Paolo Galizzi
Associate Clinical Professor of Law and Director, Sustainable Development Legal Initiative (SDLI), Leitner Center for International Law and Justice, Fordham Law School, New York, USA
Prof. Bojosi Otlhogile
Professor of Law and Vice Chancellor, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana

Dr. Kholisani Solo
Head of Department of Law, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana

Ms. Patricia Makhoana
Executive Secretary, Law Society of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana

Prof. Tracy Higgins
Professor of Law and Co-Director, Leitner Center for International Law and Justice, Fordham Law School, New York, USA

Dr. Athaliah Molokomme
Attorney General of the Republic of Botswana

Moderator: Prof. Tracy Higgins
Professor of Law and Co-Director, Leitner Center for International Law and Justice, Fordham Law School, New York, USA

A Survey of Customary Laws in Africa in Search of Lessons for the Future
Gordon R. Woodman
Emeritus Professor of Comparative Law, Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

The Future of Customary Law in Africa
Abdulmumini Oba
Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria

The Withering Province of Customary Law in Kenya: A Case of Design or Indifference
George O. Otieno Ochich
Advocate of the High Court of Kenya, Lecturer in Law, Moi University, Kenya

Customary Law and Human Rights in Botswana
Rekha A. Kumar
Department of Law, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana

How New Statutory Laws Regulating the Family in Sierra Leone Sit Together with Customary Family Law
Lotta Teale
GBV Legal Program Officer, International Rescue Committee, Freetown, Sierra Leone

Moderator: Prof. Jeanmarie Fenrich
Executive Director, Leitner Center for International Law and Justice, Fordham Law School, New York, USA

The 'Code of Lerotholi': Using Custom as an Instrument of Social and Political Control in Lesotho
Laurence Juma
Senior Lecturer, Nelson Mandela School of Law, University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa

Traditional Courts in Malawi
Maureen Kondowe
Associate Partner, Wilson and Morgan, Blantyre, Malawi

Traditional Courts in the 21st Century
Digby Sqhelo Koyana
Professor, Nelson Mandela School of Law, University of Fort Harere, East London, South Africa

The Quest for Customary Law
Janine Ubink
Senior Lecturer in Law and Governance in Africa, Faculty of Law, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands

The Problem of Ascertainment of Customary Law in Botswana
O.B. Tshosa
Department of Law, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana

Experiences from the Field in Sierra Leone: Timap For Justice
Daniel Sesay, Lead Paralegal, Timap for Justice, Sierra Leone

Moderator: Prof. Paolo Galizzi
Associate Clinical Professor of Law and Director, Sustainable Development Legal Initiative (SDLI), Leitner Center for International Law and Justice, Fordham University School of Law, New York, USA

Demise or Resilience: Customary Law and Chieftainship in Botswana in the 21st Century
Wazha G. Morapedi
Lecturer, History Department, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana

Traditional Leadership and Governance in Modern Ghana: Challenges, Problems & Opportunities
Ernest Kofi Abotsi
Lecturer in Law, Faculty of Law, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana

Customs and HIV/AIDS in South Africa: Engaging the Traditional Leadership as a Prevention Strategy
Amelia Vukeya
Attorney and Legal Researcher, The AIDS Law Project, Johannesburg, South Africa

Traditional Authorities: Custodians of Customary Law Development?
Dr Manfred O Hinz
Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia; UNESCO Chair: Human Rights and Democracy

Timap for Justice's Community-Based Paralegal Program: Perspectives from a Chief
John Macarthy, Town Chief, Bo Town, Sierra Leone Lead Paralegal, Timap for Justice, Sierra Leone