Events Calendar by Lawbore™

HER Law is an empowering and inspiring event designed to support aspiring lawyers by providing insight into the realities of the legal profession, creating networking opportunities, and increasing exposure to the many pathways within law.

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Explore Elizabeth Curdew’s life as a 19th-century repeat offender - examining crime, punishment, and how Victorian society treated women. Using microhistory, this session traces her journey through crime and punishment, exploring the social, legal, and personal factors that shaped her choices. How did the criminal justice system treat women like Elizabeth? Did gender bias influence her path?

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Delve into London’s darkest stories in this illustrated talk by Pete Smith about monstrous creatures and historical characters.

The history of London’s monsters and villains is a long one. This talk aims to introduce you to some of the more notable figures, both supernatural and human, that have bedevilled the city. Prepare to encounter ghosts, giants, witches, man-eating rats, beasts from the sewers, a pig-faced lady, and even the Devil himself, as well as some truly evil flesh-and-blood villains.

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Gain a better understanding of construction law in England and Wales through free training from the City of London Law Society.

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Hear directly from current trainees as they share their journeys into commercial law, the challenges they’ve faced, and the opportunities that have shaped their careers.

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This lecture scrutinises the friction between aggressive urban planning and public health. It challenges the “Suitable for Use” legislative framework, revealing how simple remediation is often a mechanism for bypassing genuine restoration. Here, the rhetoric of NIMBYism is wielded to suppress debate on the long-term health impacts of infrastructure megaprojects and the repurposing of contaminated land.

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Our expert panel will be giving their views on what it takes to succeed at the Employed Bar

Introduction: Professor Clare Brown (City Law School)

Chaired by: Daniel Byrne (Partner, AA Thornton and Deputy District Judge)

Speakers:

• The Baroness Hale of Richmond, DBE, PC, FBA
• Sara George (Partner, Sidley Austin and Chair of BACFI)
• Lorinda Long (Associate GC and Managing Director, Bank of America Merrill Lynch)
• Patric Rappo (Partner, BNY)
• Gaynor Wood (General Counsel, CLS)
• Alexandria Carr (UK Head of Financial Regulation and Managing Director, Societe Generale)

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The free online Pupillage Fair gives students from all parts of the UK and abroad the opportunity to meet leading chambers from their laptops. Each participating chambers has a virtual booth with a livestream that allows you to join in video chats with barristers and pupils. You can also submit written questions in the live chats and browse custom chambers content. 

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BIICL is delighted to welcome Judge Theodor Meron for the Institute’s 2026 Weinrebe Event. Judge Meron will join Catherine Amirfar, Co-Chair of Debevoise & Plimpton’s Public International Law Group, for a conversation about his new book, A Thousand Miracles: From Surviving the Holocaust to Judging Genocide, drawing on his remarkable life and distinguished career in international law.

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Discover the inside scoop from Fieldfisher trainees on their journey into commercial law.

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To mark the USA’s 250th anniversary celebration and the publication of David Feldman’s Key Ideas in Constitutional Law, Denis Edwards and David Feldman will discuss some recent developments in US constitutional law, focusing on freedom of speech and federalism in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, 606 US 461 (2025) and citizenship rights in Trump v. Barbara, 609 US ___ (2026).  They will consider what the judgments reveal about the nature of US constitutional law, interpretation, and intensity of judicial review in the fields of federalism and constitutional rights, as compared with some possibly analogous developments in the UK.  

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Is the Iran War a “just war”? This question has sparked a global debate over the meaning and relevance of the venerable Just War theory. The debate began in April when two prominent American Catholics, Pope Leo and Vice President J.D. Vance, exchanged deeply differing positions on war and peace. This lecture is about those differences.

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Discover the firm’s unique culture, work environment, and exciting opportunities, while gaining practical insights to give your application a competitive edge.

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In this lecture, Phillip Ayoub draws on his joint research with Kristina Stöckl to investigate this complex landscape, drawing from over a decade of in-depth fieldwork with LGBTI activists, anti-LGBTI proponents, and various state and international organisation actors.

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A fireside chat With Prof. Jarpa Dawuni discussing her new book African Women in the Law: A Comparative Perspective, alongside Prof. Jessica Corsi

Armed conflict, climate change, democratic backsliding, inequality, displacement and rapid technological change are profoundly affecting children’s lives. They are also placing growing pressure on the international and domestic systems intended to protect children’s rights. In this lecture, Professor Skelton will examine how this wider global turbulence is weakening those systems and consider how the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child can remain a powerful and resilient instrument. In particular, she will explore how the Convention can be interpreted dynamically—responding to emerging threats and changing social conditions while remaining anchored in its fundamental commitments to children.

Organised by The Centre For Childhoods and Social Justice (University of Bristol). 

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Francis Taylor Building (FTB) is a leading London chambers, specialising in all areas of planning and environmental law.  FTB is pleased to invite you to its Pupillage Open Evening, which will provide a great opportunity to learn about life at the planning and environmental Bar, practice at FTB and chambers' recruitment process.

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In a first-ever ‘You, The Jury’ event at the museum, put your minds together with fellow audience members to assess evidence and hand down a verdict on some of the strangest – and spookiest – cases in English legal history.

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Join us for an exciting in-person event where you can meet Lady Hale! Kindly hosted by Browne Jacobson in London.

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A look at the legal and practical issues surrounding ownership of dogs and cats. Presented by specialist Solicitor Trevor Cooper.

Ownership Disputes are the #1 legal problem faced by rescues. A dog or cat may have been surrendered, rehomed and settled into a new home — only for somebody to come forward claiming that the rescue never had the right to rehome the animal in the first place.

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For ten years, men, women and children (including Shamima Begum, trafficked from London at 15) have been confined in camps in northeast Syria, often at the behest of the U.K. and its allies. As Assad’s regime collapses, many are fleeing. But where can they go, when many have had their passports revoked? Men such as Jack Letts spent years in secret prisons before being transferred en masse to Iraq, where the U.S. funds their incarceration and trials involving torture and the death penalty.

In this lecture, Professor Clive Stafford Smith reports on his recent visits to Syria and Iraq, attempting to reunite these detainees with the rule of law.

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The international rule of law is essential for protecting the UK’s national interests. It is sometimes thought that adhering to international law holds back nations; but the opposite is the case. A country’s international reputation and ability to build lasting partnerships flows from respect for international law.

This lecture explores the importance of this, citing recent cases like the debate about the return of the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius, and the leasing back of islands like Diego Garcia.

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Recent years have seen a significant number of miscarriage of justice appeals. At the same time, there are a number of key reforms in the pipeline that will affect the fairness of our justice and appeals system.

This conference will bring together key speakers involved in unpicking past mistakes and those working on future reforms.

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This lecture explores the legal lessons Professor Stafford-Smith learned from visiting Afghanistan. He argues critical Western rhetoric betrays the country’s liberal majority (80% of its population and leadership), drawing parallels to U.S. involvement in other drawn-out conflicts. He asks: what positives do we see in Afghanistan? What legal lessons should we learn from it, about how we can best support those who share our values? How can we create a world that upholds individual rights and the rule of law?

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This book launch brings together several authors that have contributed to an edited volume, The UK Regulatory Framework Post?Brexit: ‘Law Unbound’ (Oxford University Press 2026).

The book offers a comprehensive analysis of the UK’s post-Brexit regulatory framework in a wide range of constitutional and policy areas, economic and social. It assesses that regulatory framework through the conceptual lens of ‘Law Unbound’, which encapsulates the idea that UK law is no longer constrained by EU law, echoing the Brexit campaign’s promise to ‘take back control’.

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This workshop will examine the terms of the UK–EU ‘Reset’, including both the agenda that has been set and the agreements and understandings negotiated so far. It will focus on the substantive areas the UK has prioritised: SPS and veterinary arrangements, climate and energy cooperation, electricity market, security and defence, migration and borders, and professional and youth mobility. It will also consider the legal, procedural and institutional pathways through which any new arrangements might be negotiated, adopted and implemented, with particular focus on the role and implications of dynamic alignment.

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The Right Honourable Dame Siobhan Keegan became the first female Lady Chief Justice of Northern Ireland on September 2, 2021, making her the country’s most senior judge. Born in Newry in 1971, she graduated from Queen’s University Belfast in 1993, was called to the Bar in 1994, and became a Queen’s Counsel in 2006, specializing in family and criminal law. She made history in 2015 as one of the first two women appointed to the High Court, later serving as Presiding Coroner for Northern Ireland (2017–2020)—where she led the high-profile Ballymurphy Inquest—and as Senior Family Judge until her elevation to lead the judiciary and chair the Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission.

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On 8th January 2026, Littleton is hosting an information evening in Chambers for prospective pupillage applicants. The event is open to those currently on the GDL or Bar Course with a serious interest in Chambers’ practice areas: employment, commercial and sports law.

The evening will include talks from Members of Chambers about their practices and from Chambers’ most recent pupil, followed by drinks and nibbles.

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You are warmly invited to submit papers for presentation at the joint annual conference of the Political Studies Association’s Media and Politics Group & Technology, Information and Policy Group. This year’s conference theme, “Dis(mis)information and the Public Sphere in the Age of AI,” will explore how Information Communication Technologies (ICT) are impacting the public sphere and whether social media facilitates an electronic agora.

Tuesday, 12th – Wednesday, 13th January 2027

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From the use of nuclear weapons in Hiroshima and Nagasaki to the recent U.S/Israel war with Iran, the legal and moral basis for nuclear proliferation has been contested through international legal institutions. This lecture outlines the ambition and failure of international law to address the threats of nuclearisation.

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There are two futures for copyright in the age of AI. The first is to strengthen the traditional regime with incremental changes, shoring up old protections and introducing new ones. The other is to replace it entirely. This lecture argues for the latter.

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This lecture examines the persistent tension between economic growth and human health through the lens of legislative failure. Honouring Rachel Carson’s early warnings about the mirage of industrial safety, we trace how corporate liability is externalised while the management of chronic disease becomes a lucrative entry on the economic ledger.

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