Mr. Samuel Kyalo
Tutorial Fellow
samuel.kyalo@zetech.ac.ke
BAR ADMISSIONS
1. Advocate of the High Court of Kenya (admitted 2020)
2. Attorney, State of New York (admitted 2024)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
1. Law Society of Kenya (LSK)
2. East Africa Law Society (EALS)
3. New York State Bar Association (NYSBA)
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
1. Master of Laws (LLM), Harvard Law School, 2022
2. Postgraduate Diploma in Law, Kenya School of Law, 2018
3. Bachelor of Laws (LLB, First Class Honours), Riara Law School, 2017
4. Certificate in Human Rights Law, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, 2017
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
1. Adjunct Lecturer, Riara Law School
2. Adjunct Lecturer, Daystar Law School
3. Editor, Harvard International Law Journal, Harvard Law School
4. Editor, Harvard Negotiation Law Review, Harvard Law School
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1. Legal and Policy Advisor, The Preclusion Project (2022-Present)
2. Associate (Dispute Resolution), Kaplan & Stratton Advocates (2019-2021)
3. Legal Intern, Kenya Legal and Ethical Issues Network (KELIN) (2017)
4. Legal Assistant, Kirima Trust (2014-2018)
Journals
1. ‘Judicial Powers’, Max Planck Encyclopedia of Comparative Constitutional Law (Oxford University Press) (forthcoming 2026)
2. ‘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)
conference papers
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
1. 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)
2. 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)
NON PEER-REVIEWED RESEARCH PAPERS
1. ‘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).
2. ‘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)