Venue: Nottingham Law School

Baroness Ruth Deech will be launching the Nottingham Law School's Centre for Legal Education and acting as Chair for the morning's debate; the panellists include John Cooper QC, Rebecca Huxley-Binns (Reader in Legal Education, Nottingham Trent University), Nazmin Akthar (a young barrister), Allie Majumdar (a trainee solicitor) Susan Silver (President of ILEX and ILEX lawyer) and Gary Walters.

Find out more from Gary Walters - StretLaw

Venue: Lincoln's Inn [ map to venue ]

Dr Pinar Akman, the ESRC Centre for Competition Policy and Hart Publishing would like to invite you to Lincoln's Inn, London, on 3^rd May 2012 to celebrate the launch of Pinar's first book The Concept of Abuse in EU Competition Law: Law and Economic Approaches. The event is held in conjunction with the Inn's Eurogroup and will attract 1.5 CPD points.

Dr Akman will give a short speech on "Some new thinking on the EU prohibition of abuse of dominance" which will be followed by a panel discussion led by Thomas Sharpe QC and featuring Prof Richard Whish (King's College London) and Peter Freeman CBE QC.

The event will start at 5.30pm and conclude around 7.30pm. Drinks will be served at the conclusion of the panel, supported by Hart Publishing.

Copies of The Concept of Abuse in EU Competition Law will be available for sale at the launch at the discount price of £40 (RSP: £60).

If you would like to attend please RSVP to Suzy Adcock (s.adcock@uea.ac.uk) demand is expected to be strong.

Venue: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, London School of Economics and Political Science, 99 Aldwych, London WC2B 4JF [ map to venue ]

With a responsibility for developing global policy guidance on Rule of Law initiatives and the detention of captured enemy forces, William Lietzau brings a unique perspective to the question of how we treat terrorist suspects.

William Lietzau is a former Marine Corps colonel, Judge Advocate General Corps, former legal adviser to the White House and a current political appointee with the title of US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Rule of Law & Detainee Policy .

Event is free and on a first come, first served basis. For queries email events@lse.ac.uk or call 020 7955 6043.

More information can be found on the website.

Venue: Portcullis House, Houses of Parliament [ map to venue ]

David Beamish, the Clerk of the Parliaments, will deliver the next Open Lecture giving insight into the workings of the House of Lords.

The Open Lectures are free events aimed at academics and students from UK universities, delivered by senior figures from within Parliament.

Demand is high for spaces at Open Lectures, so booking in advance is essential.

For details, to book a place at this event or to register interest in future events, please email kentn@parliament.uk or telephone Parliament's Outreach Service on 020 7219 1650.

Further information can be found on the website.

Venue: Room 24, Princeton Street Building, City Law School [ map to venue ]

Charlotte Proudman is a barrister (she did her Bar course at The CLS in 2009-10). She is also the author of Forced & Arranged Marriage Among South Asian Women in England & Wales: Critically Examining the Social & Legal Ramifications of Criminalisation (published in 2011).

She has worked for the Human Rights Commission in Pakistan and helped to set up a legal advice clinic for vulnerable women in the DR Congo.

Charlotte will examine how the 2007 Act works in conjunction with other issues such as transnational forced marriage and repatriation procedures.

The talk is free and you are welcome to attend.

Venue: The City Law School, Atkin Building, 4 Gray's Inn Place, London WC1R 5DX [ map to venue ]

Considering your next stage in legal education?

Join representatives from our postgraduate conversion, professional and Masters courses to discuss your career ambitions and the opportunities available to you at The City Law School. Members of our careers team will also be on hand to help guide you through your options and provide one-to-one advice on your CV.

For more information and to register, go to:
www.city.ac.uk/events/2012/may/legal-careers-evening

Venue: The City Law School, Atkin Building, 4 Gray's Inn Place, London WC1R 5DX [ map to venue ]

Come and chat informally to CLS staff about how we can help you take the next step in your legal career at our LLM Information Session and Legal Careers Open Evening on Thursday 10 May in Atkin Building.

EXCLUSIVE DISCOUNT AND SCHOLARSHIPS FOR CLS STUDENTS!
Stay with us for your LPC, BPTC or taught LLM and save £1,000. We're also awarding THREE new scholarships worth £6,000 to students staying with The City Law School to study their BPTC or LPC this September.

For more information please call the School Office on 020 7404 5787, email law@city.ac.uk or see the website for more details.

Venue: Nuffield Foundation, 28 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3JS [ map to venue ]

The second event of three covering socio-legal research at the Socio-Legal Studies Association.

14.05.12 Funding socio-legal research

This second conference will look at ways the socio-legal researcher can approach funding stages of a research project. Areas covered will look at major forms of funding under UK grant schemes: small project grants; fellowships; and large project grants.

For more information on this conference, please view the Socio-Legal Studies Association website.

Venue: London School of Economics and Political Science, Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, 54 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LJ [ map to venue ]

As part of the Health of our Institutions Today series, Jonathan Sumption will discuss foreign policy in the UK courts. Jonathan Sumption is a justice of the UK Supreme Court.

This event is free on a first come, first served basis. For any queries email gov.britgov@lse.ac.uk or call 020 7955 6498.

More information can be found on the website.

Venue: Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE [ map to venue ]

Chaired by Professor Martin Loughlin, Jonathan Sumption speaks as part of the LSE Health of Our Institutions Today series.

Jonathan Lord Sumption was sworn in as a Justice of the Supreme Court in January 2012.

Sumption is known for his appearance as a barrister in the Hutton Inquiry on the UK government's behalf, for his part in the Three Rivers case, for his representation of former Cabinet minister Stephen Byers and the UK Department for Transport in the Railtrack private shareholders' action against the British Government in 2005, and for defending the government in an appeal hearing brought by Binyam Mohamed.

Book online, first come first served.

Venue: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square,London WC1B 5DR [ map to venue ]

Arranged with the European Criminal Law Association, this seminar concerns Art 54 of the Schengen Implementing Agreement, which assures a person whose trial has been finally disposed of in one Contracting State that he will not be prosecuted in another for the same acts. Can this assurance really be relied on in England and Wales, or anywhere in the EU?

Speakers include Professor John Spencer, Dr Robin Loof, Nick Vamos and Professor Estella Baker.

More info and booking via the IALS.

Venue: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square,London WC1B 5DR [ map to venue ]

On 29 October, 1929, John Sankey, England's reform-minded Lord Chancellor, ruled in the 'Persons Case' that women were eligible for appointment to Canada's Senate. The decision departed from a long line of cases excluding women from public office and established the organic theory of interpretation. In a memorable phrase, Lord Sankey described The British North America Act, 1867, Canada's constitution, as 'a living tree capable of growth and expansion within its natural limits'. The Privy Council rejected the proposition that the courts could not depart from the original intent of the framers. The Canadian constitution could no longer be viewed as fixed and unalterable, but had to be treated as a document that, in the words of Lord Sankey, was in 'a continuous process of evolution.'

This lecture, based upon Robert Sharpe and Patricia McMahon's book length case study, The Persons Case: The Origins and the Legacy of the Fight for Legal Personhood, will examine the case in its historical context and explore its interpretive implications.

Organised by the Statute Law Society. Find out more book via the IALS.

Venue: Barnard’s Inn Hall [ map to venue ]

One of the Coalition Government's first actions was to attempt a bonfire of the quangos. In order that the baby should not be thrown out with the bathwater, one has to consider what areas of life do and do not need regulation. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority is highly regarded and is a good example of inexpensive necessary regulation in the interests of patients and children. It has however been under consideration for abolition. There are good and bad quangos. What general principles should govern regulation and who should do the regulating?

This is part of Baroness Deech' series Regulation, Regulation, Regulation. For further information on Gresham College lectures please visit:

http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events

Venue: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies [ map to venue ]

This National Training Day is intended for MPhil/PhD students in Law, paricularly those enrolled in their first year of study.

MPhil/PhD law students from across the UK are warmly invited to attend this specially tailored day of presentations and networking opportunities at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies.

Further National Training Days in 2011-2012 are:

• Wednesday 2 November 2011: Meeting the challenges of the first year.
• Wednesday 17 March 2012: What legal research skills do I need? Literature reviews, qualitative and quantitative research and comparative legal research

Registration Fees: 1) 2 November: £30.00; 2) 17 March; £65.00; 3) 23 May: £65.00; and 4) All three training days booked together: £120.00 (no refunds available on this discounted price)

Booking forms, with course fee, must be received by IALS a full week in advance of each training day.

Those wishing to recieve further information should contact Belinda.Crothers@sas.ac.uk

Please click here for the Booking Form for How to Get a PhD in Law

Venue: The Senate Room, Senate House (1st Floor), Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU [ map to venue ]

Basel III, the Vickers Report and Regulatory Restructuring. Speakers include Simon Morris (Cameron McKenna), Patrick Fell (PricewaterhouseCoopers), Professor Andrew Haynes and others.

Find out more about the programme and book online via the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies website.

Venue: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square,London WC1B 5DR [ map to venue ]

Professor Robert Wai, Associate Professor from Osgoode Hall Law School, Canada considers the challenges in transnational economic law by describing and contrasting how they are dealt with by three distinct visions for transnational economic law, each of which is inspired by important legal regimes relevant to the field: public law, private ordering (including lex mercatoria), and private law.

Book and find out more via the IALS.

Venue: London Metropolitan University, Faculty of Law, Governance and International Relations, 16 Goulston Street, London, E1 7TP [ map to venue ]

The London Universities Maritime Law and Policy Research Group is holding a conference at London Metropolitan University to explore the balance between seafarers' rights and the industry's policy concerns.

When: Friday 1 June 2012
Venue: London Metropolitan University, Faculty of Law, Governance and International Relations, 16 Goulston Street, London, E1 7TP

For further information and to book, please visit A Fair Deal For Seafarers?

Paper submission

If you would like to submit an abstract, please send a paper title and an abstract (of no more than 500 words) of what the proposed paper would be about, together with your contact details to Claire Keefe and Lucy Hall

Sessions will be approximately 15 minutes each.

A selection of the papers contributed at the conference may be published in full after the event.

Venue: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square,London WC1B 5DR [ map to venue ]

As the Legal Education and Training Review continues to make progress, the Society of Legal Scholars (SLS) in associaotn with IALS is holding this one-day conference to facilitate input to the review process by all those interested in legal education.

Find out more and book via the IALS.

Venue: City University London, A130 College Building, St John Street, EC1V 4PB [ map to venue ]

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) affects around 1% of the population. However a number of risk factors indicate that people with ASD may be more likely to pass through the Criminal Justice System as a witness, victim or perpetrator of a crime. It is therefore imperative that we understand the factors that might lead to this increased risk, and what the Criminal Justice System can do to ensure that witnesses, victims and perpetrators with ASD are interviewed appropriately. Speakers from a range of backgrounds - lawyers, intermediaries and clinicians - will be discussing factors relating to ASD and the Criminal Justice System.

More information including presentations speakers and abstracts, and how to sign up can be found here.

Venue: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square,London WC1B 5DR [ map to venue ]

Professor Jeremy Waldron (Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory, University of Oxford, University Professor and Professor of Law, New York University) will launch the publication by the Cambridge University Press of his book on 'The Rule of Law and the Measure of Property'.

Commentators will include Professor Leslie Green, Professor Paul Kelly and Professor James Penner.

Book and find out more via IALS.

Venue: IALS, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DR [ map to venue ]

Professor Elizabeth Cooke is the Law Commissioner and will be speaking at this event organised by the Statute Law Society and the IALS.

Booking: http://events.sas.ac.uk/support-research/events/view/11262?

Venue: UCL Crucible Lecture Theatre 1, Cruciform Building, Gower Street, London WC1E 6AE

Inaugural lecture from the UCL Judicial Institute laying out the blueprint for judicial studies in the UK and exploring what contribution it can make to debate and policy development.

Find out more and book via Eventbrite.

Venue: LSE, New Theatre, East Building, London WC2A 2AA [ map to venue ]

The conference will explore the nature of intolerance; how to combat it, in a variety of contexts; and the limits to tolerance in a just and fair society.

It will be chaired by Professor Conor Gearty, Professor of Human Rights Law at LSE and a founding member of Matrix Chambers. Confirmed speakers include Dr Matthew Goodwin, Jonathan Marcus, Karon Monaghan, Lord Parekh and Trevor Phillips.

The event is free and advance booking is required. Book online here.

Further information about the conference can be found here.

Venue: LSE, Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, 54 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LJ [ map to venue ]

An intimate interview with the prominent South African judge as part of LSE's ongoing Legal Biography Project.

Edwin Cameron is South Africa's current Constitutional Court justice. He also served as a Supreme Court of Appeal judge from 2000 to 2008.

This event is free with no ticket required. Entry is on a first come, first served basis. For any queries contact Bradley Barlow on 020 7955 7687.

More information about the lecture can be found on the website.

Venue: UCL Cruciform Lecture Theatre, Gower Street [ map to venue ]

The UCL Institute of Brand and Innovation Law puts on its annual Sir Hugh Laddie Lecture, sponsored by Taylor Wessing LLP. Chaired by The Rt Hon Professor Sir Robin Jacob, Chief Judge Randall R. Radar from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit speaks on internationalising the law.

Venue: Universitat Abat Oliba CEU, Barcelona, Spain [ map to venue ]

The City Law School is running a summer school in collaboration with Universitat Abat Oliba CEU from the 23rd to 27th July 2012.

Participants will gain a detailed insight into issues of current importance in the areas of shipping, land transport and European law.

There are 5 scholarships available for current City students, which means a reduction of 50% in the conference fees. This offers a great opportunity to meet those in the shipping world.

To find out more, contact Anthony Rogers, Director of the LLM Maritime Law at The City Law School.

This competition invites law students and pupils to submit an essay of no more than 3000 words, identifying and making the case for desirable, practical and useful law reform.

The competition is sponsored by the Bar Council Scholarship Trust. Prizes are:

£4000 for the winner
£2500 for the runner up
£1500 for the best CPE/GDL entry
£1000 for the runner up CPE/GDL entry
2 x £500 highly commended awards

Closing date is 17:00 on 4 October 2012 and prizes for winning entries will be presented at the Law Reform Lecture in Inner Temple Hall on 15 November 2012.

For full details see the website or contact Wendy McLaughlin at the Bar Council, telephone 020 7242 0082.

Venue: Nuffield Foundation, 28 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3JS [ map to venue ]

The last event of three covering socio-legal research and its implementation at the Socio-Legal Studies Association.

31.10.12 Teaching socio-legally: socio-legal studies in the law curriculum

This event will look at incorporating socio-legal perspectives in study at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The event will combine a practical approach and question the potentials for the socio-legal researcher to include socio-legal teaching within a curriculum.

For more information on this event, please view the Socio-Legal Studies Association website.