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
The current membership of the Executive is:
Officers of the Society
Immediate Past President, Professor Lucy Vickers, Oxford Brookes 
President, Professor Paula Giliker, Bristol 
Vice President, Professor Duncan Sheehan, Leeds 
Honorary Membership Secretary, Professor Marek Martyniszyn, Queens University Belfast 
Honorary Subject Sections Secretary, Professor Nicola Wake, Northumbria 
Honorary Treasurer, Professor Stephen Hardy, Hull 
Convenor for Ireland, Dr Desmond Ryan, TCD Other Ex Officio Members of Executive
| Joint Editors of Legal Studies | Dr Rachel Cahill-O’Callaghan, Cardiff; Dr Niamh Dunne, LSE; Professor James Lee, KCL; and Dr Rachael Walsh, TCD. |
| Editor of The Reporter | Dr Ruvi Ziegler, Reading |
| Chair of Legal Education Sub-Cmte | Dr Gary Betts, Coventry University |
| Chair of EDI Committee | Ms Samira Hussain, Arden University |
Ordinary Members of Executive
| Appointment Period | |
| 2022-25 | Dr Mark Coen, UCD |
| 2022-25 | Professor Devyani Prabhat, Bristol |
| 2021-24 | Dr Eloise Ellis, UEA |
| 2021-24 | Professor Fiona de Londras, Birmingham |
| 2021-24** | Dr Anne Wesemann, Technische Universität Chemnitz |
| 2023-26** | Dr Brian Christopher Jones, University of Liverpool |
| 2023-26** | Dr Claire Bessant, Northumbria |
| 2023-26** | Dr Can Eken, Durham |
| 2023-26 | Dr Noreen O’Meara, Surrey |
** A recent member. 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.’