Mr. Samuel Kyalo
Tutorial Fellow, Zetech Law School and Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law, New York State Bar, USA
samuel.kyalo@zetech.ac.ke
- Advocate of the High Court of Kenya (admitted to Bar 2020)
- Attorney, State of New York (admitted to Bar 2024)
- Master of Laws (LLM), Harvard Law School, 2022
- Postgraduate Diploma in Law, Kenya School of Law, 2018
- Bachelor of Laws (LLB, First Class Honours), Riara Law School, 2017
- Certificate in Human Rights Law, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, 2017
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- Law Society of Kenya (LSK)
- East Africa Law Society (EALS)
- New York State Bar Association (NYSBA)
- Adjunct Lecturer, Riara Law School
- Adjunct Lecturer, Daystar Law School
- Editor, Harvard International Law Journal, Harvard Law School
- Editor, Harvard Negotiation Law Review, Harvard Law School
- Legal and Policy Advisor, The Preclusion Project (2022-Present) Associate (Dispute Resolution), Kaplan & Stratton Advocates (2019-2021)
- Legal Intern, Kenya Legal and Ethical Issues Network (KELIN) (2017)
- Legal Assistant, Kirima Trust (2014-2018)
Journals
- ‘Judicial Powers’, Max Planck Encyclopedia of Comparative Constitutional Law (Oxford University Press) (forthcoming 2026)
- ‘Beyond the Court’s Reach? A Natural Justice Case Against Autonomous and Third-Party Alternative Justice Systems in Criminal Disputes’, Strathmore Law Review (forthcoming 2026)
NON PEER-REVIEWED RESEARCH PAPERS
- ‘Constitutional Adjudication and Backlash: Sustaining Judicial Authority Under Kenya’s Transformative Constitution’, LLM Dissertation, Harvard Law School, May 2022 (supervised by Professor Vicki C. Jackson).
- ‘When Trespassers Become Landowners: A Kenyan Case for Subjective Intent in Adverse Possession Law’, LLB Dissertation, December 2017 (supervised by Professor Sylvia W. Kang’ara)
conference papers
- Samuel Kyalo, ‘Injustice Away from the Courts? A Natural Justice Case Against Autonomous and Third-Party Alternative Justice Systems in Criminal Disputes’ (Strathmore Dispute Resolution Center (SDRC) Research Colloquium, Strathmore Law School, Nairobi, Kenya, August 2024)
- Samuel Kyalo and Macharia Kaguru, ‘Weak Political Parties in Kenya: Institutions of Democratic Consolidation or Political Insurance?’ (3rd National Conference on Access to Justice, Naivasha, Kenya, November 2022)