Complete ABILA Webinar Collection and Resource Guide
Bringing the Conversation Together: A Roadmap to the ABILA CLE Webinar Series on Indigenous Legal Orders, Legal Pluralism, and the Coloniality of Method
Over the past weeks, I had the opportunity to conceptualize, propose, coordinate, moderate, and participate in an ABILA CLE Webinar and I also create a series of post on the contents and contributions of each speaker:
Indigenous Legal Orders, Legal Pluralism, and the Coloniality of Method Across Comparative Law, International Law, IP, and Trade Governance
The webinar brought together scholars working across intellectual property, cultural heritage, governance theory, health law, artificial intelligence, comparative law, and international law to explore a foundational question:
How do Indigenous legal orders challenge the epistemic and methodological assumptions embedded within contemporary legal and governance frameworks?
For readers interested in exploring the discussion and its intellectual development, I have assembled below a roadmap to the full series of materials.
Foundations and Webinar Preparation
15.1. ABILA CLE Webinar Series – Indigenous Legal Orders, Legal Pluralism, and the Coloniality of Method in Global Governance
https://paolofarah.wordpress.com/2026/04/06/abila-cle-webinar-series-indigenous-legal-orders-legal-pluralism-and-the-coloniality-of-method-in-global-governance/
15.2. ABILA CLE Webinar – Registration Open & Speaker Line-Up
https://paolofarah.wordpress.com/2026/04/22/abila-cle-webinar-registration-open-speaker-line-up/
15.3. Can Comparative and International Law Decolonize Its Own Methods? Indigenous Legal Orders, Legal Pluralism, and Global Governance
https://paolofarah.wordpress.com/2026/05/27/can-international-law-decolonize-its-own-methods-indigenous-legal-orders-legal-pluralism-and-global-governance/
15.4. Reminder: Today – ABILA CLE Webinar
https://paolofarah.wordpress.com/2026/06/01/reminder-today-abila-cle-webinar-indigenous-legal-orders-legal-pluralism-and-the-coloniality-of-method/
Webinar Recording
15.5. Webinar Recording Now Available
https://paolofarah.wordpress.com/2026/06/04/webinar-recording-now-available/
Watch the Full Webinar Recording:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-DGGXPwRZI
Post-Webinar Reflection Series
15.6. (1/6) – Reflections from the ABILA CLE Webinar
https://paolofarah.wordpress.com/2026/06/02/indigenous-legal-orders-legal-pluralism-and-the-coloniality-of-method-in-global-governance-reflections-from-the-abila-cle-webinar/
15.7. (2/6) – Professor Chidi Oguamanam | Decolonizing Intellectual Property and Knowledge Governance
https://paolofarah.wordpress.com/2026/06/04/abila-cle-webinar-reflections-2-6-professor-chidi-oguamanam-decolonizing-intellectual-property-and-knowledge-governance/
15.8. (3/6) – Professor Elena Baylis | Cultural Heritage, Repatriation, and Indigenous Authority
https://paolofarah.wordpress.com/2026/06/05/abila-cle-webinar-reflections-3-6-professor-elena-baylis-cultural-heritage-repatriation-and-indigenous-authority/
15.9. (4/6) – Professor Sergio Alberto Gramitto Ricci | Values, Community, and Indigenous Legal Orders
https://paolofarah.wordpress.com/2026/06/06/abila-cle-webinar-reflections-4-6-professor-sergio-alberto-gramitto-ricci-values-community-and-indigenous-legal-orders/
15.10. (5/6) – Professor Dana G. Jones | AI, Structural Bias, and Inclusive Governance
https://paolofarah.wordpress.com/2026/06/07/abila-cle-webinar-reflections-5-6-professor-dana-g-jones-ai-structural-bias-and-inclusive-governance/
15.11. (6/6) – Paolo Davide Farah | Epistemic Governance, Legal Pluralism, and the Reconfiguration of Global Order
https://paolofarah.wordpress.com/2026/06/08/abila-cle-webinar-reflections-6-6-paolo-davide-farah-epistemic-governance-legal-pluralism-and-the-reconfiguration-of-global-order/
Why These Conversations Matter
Taken together, these contributions invite us to reconsider fundamental questions:
• What counts as law?
• What qualifies as legitimate knowledge?
• Who exercises authority and expertise?
• How should legal systems engage with Indigenous legal orders?
• Can legal pluralism move beyond state-centric assumptions?
• What might a more inclusive and genuinely multipolar framework of global governance look like?
My sincere thanks again to Professors Chidi Oguamanam, Elena Baylis, Sergio Alberto Gramitto Ricci, Dana G. Jones, and all participants and attendees who contributed to such a rich and stimulating conversation.
I hope this collection will be useful to scholars, students, practitioners, policymakers, and anyone interested in Indigenous legal orders, legal pluralism, international law, comparative law, intellectual property, cultural heritage, artificial intelligence, and global governance.
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Paolo Davide Farah, Paolo Farah