Lawbore Legal Events Calendar

There is a surfeit of discussion about AI which appears to be a zeitgeist at present. This practical discussion will cover:

1. The ramifications of AI for legal practice (what could it mean for in-house legal departments and law firms? Should lawyers be worried?)
2. The current state of the law as regards AI regulation from a UK perspective,
3. Some of the legal problems that might arise from the use of AI in wider industry (what happens when AI is used improperly for decision-making?)
4. The new skills required by lawyers to utilise AI in the work they perform. 

Refreshments will be served after the session.

Speakers:
Charlotte Pope-Williams (3 Hare Court)
Akber Datoo (D2 Legal Technology)
Luke Scanlon (Head of Fintech Propositions, Pinsent Masons)

Chaired by:
Ian Brookes-Howells (Lloys Banking Group, Chair of the Middle Temple Employed Bar Society and BACFI Senior Vice Chair)

Attendance is free for members of BACFI and Middle Temple. £20 others. Email events@bacfi.org to book your place.

Find out more on their event details page (external site).

This lecture explores the death penalty's roots, its abolition in England and Wales, and its continuation in the Commonwealth Caribbean. Analysing the Privy Council's role in perpetuating this practice, this punishment is examined closely. Is it a colonial relic which reinforces societal injustices? Is it time for its complete abolition?

This lecture is delivered by Professor Leslie Thomas KC; appointed Gresham Professor of Law in 2020, Professor Thomas KC is one of the top rated silks in the country, ranked leading individual by both Chambers and the Legal 500 (2022). He was made a QC in 2014.

Register here.

Find out more on their event details page (external site).

Discover your career options with industry professionals

Ever wondered what career opportunities are open to you? Discover where your degree can take you with our Explore and Discover panels.

You will have the opportunity to connect directly with industry professionals which will enable you to learn more about their roles, industry, career successes and any barriers that were faced and overcome to ensure success.

No matter what you study, our consultancy panels will help you feel more informed, confident and better able to make career choices.

Looking to secure internships or graduate roles? Then this session is perfect for you.

Learn from experienced professionals:

• What qualifications, experience and skills you need to enter your chosen sector
• What a day in various jobs involves
• Top tips for applications, interviews and assessment centres.

Interested to attend?

Sign up for your chosen sessions below through our Careers Hub, research the organisation which will be present at this event and prepare some questions. That’s all.

All panels will take place online via Zoom unless a physical venue is listed.

Watch this space as Careers at City will be sharing the sign up links and dates soon to these panel events!

Find out more on their event details page (external site).

Discover your career options with industry professionals

Ever wondered what career opportunities are open to you? Discover where your degree can take you with our Explore and Discover panels.

You will have the opportunity to connect directly with industry professionals which will enable you to learn more about their roles, industry, career successes and any barriers that were faced and overcome to ensure success.

No matter what you study, our consultancy panels will help you feel more informed, confident and better able to make career choices.

Looking to secure internships or graduate roles? Then this session is perfect for you.

Learn from experienced professionals:

• What qualifications, experience and skills you need to enter your chosen sector
• What a day in various jobs involves
• Top tips for applications, interviews and assessment centres.

Interested to attend?

Sign up for your chosen sessions below through our Careers Hub, research the organisation which will be present at this event and prepare some questions. That’s all.

All panels will take place online via Zoom unless a physical venue is listed.

Watch this space as Careers at City will be sharing the sign up links and dates soon to these panel events!

Find out more on their event details page (external site).

Webinar in conjunction with City Law School

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

Chaired by:

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

Speakers:

• Patrick Rappo (Partner)
• Alexandria Carr (UK Head of Financial Regulation, Societe Generale)
• Gaynor Wood (BACFI Chair and General Counsel, CLS Services)
• Ian Brookes-Howells (Senior Lawyer, Lloyds Bank)
• Rebecca Dix (Counsel, Dentons)
• Lorinda Long (Managing Director, Bank of America)

Please email events@bacfi.org or call 07507237218 to register and your Microsoft Teams invitation will be sent to you nearer the time of the event.

Over 55 years of Representation, Education and Support for Employed Barristers

www.bacfi.org

The 2-day meeting will explore approaches used by courts in their consideration, evaluation, and management of scientific evidence and expert witnesses. It will consider scientific evidence such as forensic science that appears in court today as well as emerging areas of science, including neuroscience, human enhancement and climate change attribution, that may appear in the courts in the coming years.

The conference is being organised by the Science and the Law programmes at the US National Academy of Science and the Royal Society, led by:

• Professor David Baltimore ForMemRS, NAS/NAM, Caltech
• Judge David Tatel, US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit
• Lord Anthony Hughes of Ombersley PC, former judge of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
• Dame Anne Rafferty DBE, former Lady Justice of Appeal of England and Wales
• Dr Anne-Marie Mazza, Senior Director of the National Academy of Sciences
• Dr Julie Maxton CBE, Executive Director of the Royal Society

This will be the first in a series of joint international Science and Law meetings that we hope to convene.

P?lease see the main event page for the programme of both days. Tue, 3 Oct 2023 09:00 - Wed, 4 Oct 2023 17:00.

Book your place here.

Find out more on their event details page (external site).

The Employability Skills Programme (ESP), hosted by Times Top 100 employers, takes place throughout October and November and aims to equip students for success in the various stages of the graduate recruitment and selection process, giving you an advantage over other graduates.

The graduate labour market is fiercely competitive and employers are looking for skills and experience beyond your degree to secure a job. That’s why we’ve created this programme, which is open to all students to participate in.

It’s designed to give you the skills and confidence to stand out from the crowd.

Through the Employability Skills Programme (ESP) you will:

• Build skills that impress employers
• Become familiar and confident with all stages of the graduate recruitment and selection process
• Network with employers.

Whatever stage of your career planning you’re at, the ESP will give you an insight into employer expectations so you can succeed.

All sessions will be delivered onsite and sessions will be recorded and held in a central repository for students to view back.

Watch this space as Careers at City will be sharing information on how to take part.

Find out more on their event details page (external site).

Note this is a hybrid event and you can attend online or in-person.
Birkbeck, University of London

For those who wish to attend online, please register to receive the online link. 

Building on conceptions of policing as a colonial project, this paper contributes to spatial and sensory understandings of the violence work of policing by highlighting how practices of gender and racial criminalisation rely on particular ways of seeing in space. That is, criminalisation results from ‘seeing like a cop’ (Guenther, 2019), and reordering and securing spaces accordingly. I explore the logics and effects of this regime of visuality and spatial governance, drawing upon qualitative research examining the criminalisation of women who experience various forms of interpersonal, state, and structural violence. I show how police visions of gender and racial pathology, danger, and disposability reproduce carceral continuums that connect and enmesh the street and the home as sites of state violence and gender entrapment, deepening understandings of the coercive power of the police.

This event is part of the Criminology Seminar Series at Birkbeck.

If you have any access needs or require further information, please contact Sarah Lamble: s.lamble@bbk.ac.uk

Find out more on their event details page (external site).

Come along to one of our CV check drop-ins for students,  and get advice on how to improve your CV before applying for mini pupillages, internships, and other opportunities.

There will be available 20-minute slots per person that you can sign-up to on a sheet outside the room. You will need to write in your name and student number. The drop-in slots are on a first come first served basis. The sign-up sheet will be put up 10 or 15 minutes before the drop in starts.

Before signing up and attending the drop-in slot please make sure you have reviewed the following resources on CareersHub:

1. CV Resources click here.
2. VMock click here.

in relation to your CV, and decide on whether amendments are needed based on what you have reviewed and learned from these resources . 

(Note: You can sign into CareersHub and the links in this email by using your university login details, please email careers@city.ac.uk if you have an issue.)

Also make sure you bring along a printed off copy of your CV for the drop-in slot and a pen or pencil to write down suggested amendments we discuss and agree on. It will be a collaborative effort.

If you don't manage to book a drop-in slot, then please consider booking in online a time with a Careers Consultant via Careers Hub, click here. It does not have to be with Caroline or Marlon (the law specialists) it can be with any Careers Consultant although if they are free on the Careers Hub booking system, they would be more than happy to see you.

Finally, if it is urgent that you see a Careers Consultant (e.g., you have been given at moment's notice a tight deadline by an employer and there are no appointments free) then please email careers@city.ac.uk and let them know. They cannot guarantee they can see you, but they will do what they can. Check too if we have covered anything previously in our resources, click here. Be aware that during the autumn term, October and November are the busiest period in terms of career appointment bookings.

The Employability Skills Programme (ESP), hosted by Times Top 100 employers, takes place throughout October and November and aims to equip students for success in the various stages of the graduate recruitment and selection process, giving you an advantage over other graduates.

The graduate labour market is fiercely competitive and employers are looking for skills and experience beyond your degree to secure a job. That’s why we’ve created this programme, which is open to all students to participate in.

It’s designed to give you the skills and confidence to stand out from the crowd.

Through the Employability Skills Programme (ESP) you will:

• Build skills that impress employers
• Become familiar and confident with all stages of the graduate recruitment and selection process
• Network with employers.

Whatever stage of your career planning you’re at, the ESP will give you an insight into employer expectations so you can succeed.

All sessions will be delivered onsite and sessions will be recorded and held in a central repository for students to view back.

Watch this space as Careers at City will be sharing information on how to take part.

Find out more on their event details page (external site).

This year’s annual JUSTICE Human Rights Conference will be hybrid, with virtual tickets allowing access to all sessions.

This offers a key opportunity to update your legal knowledge and gain valuable insight into the human rights developments over the year and will include breakout sessions on Judicial Review, Public Order and Protests, Inquests and Inquiries, Crime, Social Welfare, and Immigration and Asylum. The full programme will be released soon.

Early bird in person tickets are available for JUSTICE members until 8 September 2023 and are £150. General early bird tickets are £250. For virtual attendance, it is £75 for JUSTICE members and £100 for a general ticket.

Find out more on their event details page (external site).

The Careers Day has been running annually since 2016 and aims to provide an opportunity for students and those considering working in human rights law to hear from a variety of people within the profession. The event is free of charge and has always been one of the HRLA's most well-attended events, with over 300 people registering for our Careers Week last year, which was held online due to Covid-19.

Registration is Open!

Registration for this year's Careers Day is open with both online and in-person tickets available.

Find out more on their event details page (external site).

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. 

The fair also features six workshops where speakers from leading chambers and bar course providers provide unmissable insight into all things bar and pupillage related.

You have the opportunity to network with over 40 chambers specialising in commercial law, chancery, human rights, property, personal injury, crime and more. Check out the list of participating chambers.

Find out more on their event details page (external site).

Part 3: Interviews: How best to prepare and succeed.

The Employability Skills Programme (ESP), hosted by Times Top 100 employers, takes place throughout October and November and aims to equip students for success in the various stages of the graduate recruitment and selection process, giving you an advantage over other graduates.

The graduate labour market is fiercely competitive and employers are looking for skills and experience beyond your degree to secure a job. That’s why we’ve created this programme, which is open to all students to participate in.

It’s designed to give you the skills and confidence to stand out from the crowd.

Through the Employability Skills Programme (ESP) you will:

• Build skills that impress employers
• Become familiar and confident with all stages of the graduate recruitment and selection process
• Network with employers.

Whatever stage of your career planning you’re at, the ESP will give you an insight into employer expectations so you can succeed.

All sessions will be delivered onsite and sessions will be recorded and held in a central repository for students to view back.

Watch this space as Careers at City will be sharing information on how to take part.

Find out more on their event details page (external site).

Free and open to all, the online event gives students from across the UK the opportunity to meet the nation’s leading law firms from their laptops. Students based overseas who intend to qualify as solicitors and are eligible to work in the UK are also encouraged to attend.

The Fair features over 70 exhibitors, including Magic Circle and leading US firms’ London offices, international firms, and national firms across the UK.

As an attendee you can explore the exhibitor booths in our virtual Expo Hall. Each participating law firm has a virtual booth with a livestream allowing you to join video chats and network with lawyers, graduate recruitment experts and trainees. Find out everything you want to know from application hints and tips through to life as a trainee. You can also submit written questions in the live chats.

There are also a series of six careers and commercial awareness workshops delivered by leading lawyers and graduate recruitment experts on topics such as acing interviews and practice area insights which run simultaneously to the Expo.

Find out more on their event details page (external site).

Artificial Intelligence and Generative AI are changing our lives and society as a whole from how we shop to how we access news and make decisions. Are current and traditional legal frameworks and new governance strategies able to guard against the novel risks posed by new systems? How can we mitigate AI bias, protect privacy, and make algorithmic systems more accountable? How are data protection, non-discrimination, free speech, libel, and liability laws standing up to these changes?

The lecture is delivered by Professor Sandra Wachter, Professor of Technology and Regulation at the Oxford Internet Institute at the University of Oxford where she researches the legal and ethical implications of AI, Big Data, and robotics as well as Internet and platform regulation. 

Register here

Find out more on their event details page (external site).

The British-Irish Chapter of the International Society of Public Law is delighted to host a panel discussion on Diverse Voices in Public Law (Bristol University Press, 2023). This important new book explores the main topics in UK public law from a range of underexplored perspectives and amplifies the voices of scholars who are underrepresented in the field.

Find out more on their event details page (external site).

The fair will take place onsite on 11th October 2023. The fair is open to all students.

Make connections with up to 35 employers at our annual careers fair.

Finding out what opportunities and employers are out there is part of the challenge of landing a graduate job. To help you, we’ve gathered employers from a diverse range of industries for City’s Careers Fair.

Exhibiting at the Fair will be large, multinational organisations as well as some smaller ones, from across all sectors. This is your opportunity for you to meet lots of companies within just a couple of hours. From HR team members to graduate trainees, you’ll have the chance to speak directly to a range of representatives who can go into detail about the company’s application and selection process and gain tips from the professionals.

Take this rare opportunity to make real connections with up to 35 of employers from a range of different sectors. One might just be your next employer.

Find out more on their event details page (external site).

Our popular annual event with barristers from 5 Essex Court will run in October. Come along to be guided through the pupillage application process and ensure you are ready for January!

Our speakers are barristers Conor Monighan and Beatrice Collier. Beatrice is one of the founders of the Pupillage Podcast.

City students only.

Come along to one of our CV check drop-ins for students,  and get advice on how to improve your CV before applying for mini pupillages, internships, and other opportunities.

There will be available 20-minute slots per person that you can sign-up to on a sheet outside the room. You will need to write in your name and student number. The drop-in slots are on a first come first served basis. The sign-up sheet will be put up 10 or 15 minutes before the drop in starts.

Before signing up and attending the drop-in slot please make sure you have reviewed the following resources on CareersHub:

1. CV Resources click here.
2. VMock click here.

in relation to your CV, and decide on whether amendments are needed based on what you have reviewed and learned from these resources . 

(Note: You can sign into CareersHub and the links in this email by using your university login details, please email careers@city.ac.uk if you have an issue.)

Also make sure you bring along a printed off copy of your CV for the drop-in slot and a pen or pencil to write down suggested amendments we discuss and agree on. It will be a collaborative effort.

If you don't manage to book a drop-in slot, then please consider booking in online a time with a Careers Consultant via Careers Hub, click here. It does not have to be with Caroline or Marlon (the law specialists) it can be with any Careers Consultant although if they are free on the Careers Hub booking system, they would be more than happy to see you.

Finally, if it is urgent that you see a Careers Consultant (e.g., you have been given at moment's notice a tight deadline by an employer and there are no appointments free) then please email careers@city.ac.uk and let them know. They cannot guarantee they can see you, but they will do what they can. Check too if we have covered anything previously in our resources, click here. Be aware that during the autumn term, October and November are the busiest period in terms of career appointment bookings.

The Employability Skills Programme (ESP), hosted by Times Top 100 employers, takes place throughout October and November and aims to equip students for success in the various stages of the graduate recruitment and selection process, giving you an advantage over other graduates.

The graduate labour market is fiercely competitive and employers are looking for skills and experience beyond your degree to secure a job. That’s why we’ve created this programme, which is open to all students to participate in.

It’s designed to give you the skills and confidence to stand out from the crowd.

Through the Employability Skills Programme (ESP) you will:

• Build skills that impress employers
• Become familiar and confident with all stages of the graduate recruitment and selection process
• Network with employers.

Whatever stage of your career planning you’re at, the ESP will give you an insight into employer expectations so you can succeed.

All sessions will be delivered onsite and sessions will be recorded and held in a central repository for students to view back.

Watch this space as City Careers will be sharing information on how to take part.

Find out more on their event details page (external site).

In his 1914 book on banking, US Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis famously wrote that sunlight was “the best of disinfectants” and “electric light the most efficient policeman”.

Following the decision taken by the Parole Board for England and Wales in December 2017 to direct the release of the so-called ‘Black cab rapist’, John Worboys, a series of changes were made to the parole system to render it more transparent and accountable. The hope was that these measures (and those included in the Victims and Prisoners Bill which is currently passing through Parliament) would restore the public and political confidence in parole that was so damaged by the Worboys case.

The reforms that have already been introduced include holding some parole hearings in “public”; introducing decision summaries which are primarily made available to victims and sometimes to the press; and the creation of a new “reconsideration mechanism” which allows some parole decisions to be given a “second look” without the need for the intervention of the courts.

The strengths and weaknesses of these measures will be examined in this lecture. It will also reflect briefly on what else needs to be done to move parole in England and Wales further into the sunlight and will offer some closing reflections on the dilemmas that all parole systems face when deciding which prisoners can and which cannot be safely released into the community.

Speaker: Professor Stephen Shute, Professor of Criminal Law & Criminal Justice and recently appointed first British President of the International Penal and Penitentiary Foundation.

Find out more on their event details page (external site).

The Bar Council's Pupillage Fair is run in tandem with the Inns and gives attendees the chance to:

• Get advice on CVs and applications
• Find out more about funding and support
• Hear from practising barristers on their experience at the Bar
• Discuss prospects with representatives from a wide range of pupillage providers

In the week leading up to this event the Bar Council will also be hosting Life at the Bar webinars from Tuesday 10 - Thursday 12 October. You will be able to hear what life is like as a barrister working in different areas of practice and find out about joining the Bar as a career changer or an applicant with a disability. Here's a breakdown of the content.

Tuesday 10 October (online only)

16:00 Funding and support from the Inns of Court

17:15 Life at the chancery and commercial Bar

18:00 Life at the family law Bar

Wednesday 11 October (online only)

16:30 Life at the employed Bar

17:15 Bar as a second career

18:00 Life at the criminal Bar

Thursday 12 October (online only)

16:30 Making the most of your Pupillage Gateway application

17:15 Applicants with a disability

18:00 Life as a civil law barrister

Saturday 14 October (In-person at 133 Houndsditch, London)

10:00-15:00 Exhibition

10:00-15:00 CV and Application Clinic

11:00-14:45 Seminar Programme

1?1:00 Funding and support from the Inns of Court

1?2:30 CV building, pupillage and how to get it

14:00 CV building, pupillage and how to get it

Find out more on their event details page (external site).

Our Meet the Recruiter series aims to provide a private space for students and recruiters to discuss opportunities within the business in short, 10 minute slots

At a Meet the Recruiter appointment, you will be able to directly connect with recruiters to learn more about opportunities within the business as well as the recruitment and selection process. You will also have the opportunity to find out directly from the company representative what skills are needed to for each of the roles.

Prior to the appointment, you will view preparation content prior to meeting to ensure you make the most out of your appointment.

By attending a session, you can expect to

• Have a greater understanding of the skills required to succeed in the recruitment process
• To have visibility of the various roles that sit within the business
• To have clarity on application timelines.

Keep your eye on your emails – all sessions will be opened a week prior to each event. To find out any progress, please contact careersevents@city.ac.uk.

Find out more on their event details page (external site).

Part 5: Case studies: How to ace them...

The Employability Skills Programme (ESP), hosted by Times Top 100 employers, takes place throughout October and November and aims to equip students for success in the various stages of the graduate recruitment and selection process, giving you an advantage over other graduates.

The graduate labour market is fiercely competitive and employers are looking for skills and experience beyond your degree to secure a job. That’s why we’ve created this programme, which is open to all students to participate in.

It’s designed to give you the skills and confidence to stand out from the crowd.

Through the Employability Skills Programme (ESP) you will:

• Build skills that impress employers
• Become familiar and confident with all stages of the graduate recruitment and selection process
• Network with employers.

Whatever stage of your career planning you’re at, the ESP will give you an insight into employer expectations so you can succeed.

All sessions will be delivered onsite and sessions will be recorded and held in a central repository for students to view back.

Watch this space as Careers at City will be sharing information on how to take part.

Find out more on their event details page (external site).

Is politics merely a gaslighting of the oppressed, a cloak for the rulers to exploit the ruled? Plato’s Republic confronted the challenges of political office (arch?). By working through the ideas of this dialogue and comparing them to the present day, the lecture offers a new way of understanding the role of officeholders and the ethical demands placed on them. It argues that Plato took the risk of abuse of power far more seriously than has been generally recognised.

The lecture will be delivered by Professor Melissa Lane, Class of 1943 Professor of Politics at Princeton University and also Associated Faculty in the Department of Classics and Department of Philosophy there, as well as the Director of Princeton's University Center for Human Values.

Register for the event here.

Find out more on their event details page (external site).

Part 7: Identifying and demonstrating your strengths

The Employability Skills Programme (ESP), hosted by Times Top 100 employers, takes place throughout October and November and aims to equip students for success in the various stages of the graduate recruitment and selection process, giving you an advantage over other graduates.

The graduate labour market is fiercely competitive and employers are looking for skills and experience beyond your degree to secure a job. That’s why we’ve created this programme, which is open to all students to participate in.

It’s designed to give you the skills and confidence to stand out from the crowd.

Through the Employability Skills Programme (ESP) you will:

• Build skills that impress employers
• Become familiar and confident with all stages of the graduate recruitment and selection process
• Network with employers.

Whatever stage of your career planning you’re at, the ESP will give you an insight into employer expectations so you can succeed.

All sessions will be delivered onsite and sessions will be recorded and held in a central repository for students to view back.

Watch this space as Careers at City will be sharing information on how to take part.

Find out more on their event details page (external site).

Join BAFCI and Stephen Waud (Group CEO, Business Enterprise Fund) to consider the complex tensions of commerciality versus your duty to being a full legal service provider to your employer.

Free for everyone to attend but you must register beforehand.

To register or if you have any queries, please email events@bacfi.org

The event is happening in Bradford but is also being run on Teams so open to all!

The Employability Skills Programme (ESP), hosted by Times Top 100 employers, takes place throughout October and November and aims to equip students for success in the various stages of the graduate recruitment and selection process, giving you an advantage over other graduates.

The graduate labour market is fiercely competitive and employers are looking for skills and experience beyond your degree to secure a job. That’s why we’ve created this programme, which is open to all students to participate in.

It’s designed to give you the skills and confidence to stand out from the crowd.

Through the Employability Skills Programme (ESP) you will:

• Build skills that impress employers
• Become familiar and confident with all stages of the graduate recruitment and selection process
• Network with employers.

Whatever stage of your career planning you’re at, the ESP will give you an insight into employer expectations so you can succeed.

All sessions will be delivered onsite and sessions will be recorded and held in a central repository for students to view back.

Watch this space as Careers at City will be sharing information on how to take part.

Find out more on their event details page (external site).

The Revenue Bar Association and Lincoln’s Inn would like to invite students and prospective pupillage applicants to learn more about tax law and opportunities at the tax bar. 

Recent data suggests that women are underrepresented in the pool of applicants for tax specialist sets. Through this event, the RBA hope to explain why the tax bar suits a wide range of people, providing intellectual challenge and the opportunity to reach the highest courts within an unusually flexible working environment. 

The panel will include Lady Justice Whipple and Lady Justice Falk, both of whom had significant experience in tax law before becoming judges of the Court of Appeal.  You will also hear from female barristers currently thriving in the field of tax law, ranging from junior barristers to experienced silks. 

The event is hosted at the Ashworth Centre, named after one of the first women to be called to the Bar at Lincoln’s Inn in 1923.  For those attending in person, the panel session will be followed by drinks and canapes, with the event finishing at 8:30. 

For online attendees, please register here: online registration via Zoom.

For in-person attendees, please complete this google form.

If you have any questions, or are no longer able to attend in person after registering, please email RevenueBarEvents@gmail.com.

Whilst advertised as an event to encourage female applicants to the tax bar, this event is open to students of all genders.  Aspiring pupils at any stage of study are welcome to attend, and no prior knowledge of tax law is necessary. 

Thinking about whether to be a solicitor or a barrister? Come to this event to hear the insiders talk about their varied roles in different legal sectors. With the following Law firms and chambers: Womble Bond, Squire Patton Boggs, Wedlake Bell; 5 Pump Court, 6 KBW.

Find out more on their event details page (external site).

How, when and why NGOs take independent and direct action in global law enforcement, from human rights to the environment & anti-corruption.

Mette Eilstrup-Sangiovanni is Professor in International Relations in the Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of Sidney Sussex College. Her research focuses on international organization and organisational design as well as the role of non-state actors in global governance.

Longer abstract and book cover are here: https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691232232/vigilantes-beyond-borders

Register for the lecture here.

Find out more on their event details page (external site).

The meeting will be preceded by a talk by Sam Townend KC, Chair Elect of the Bar for 2024.

To be held on Microsoft Teams.

Non- members welcome

The event is free to all. If you wish to attend you MUST register in advance by email: events@bacfi.org or call 07507237218 and the Teams invitation will be sent to you.

www.bacfi.org

Find out more on their event details page (external site).

The Attorney General – with  a small number of colleagues from the Government Legal Department – will visit CLS to talk to students  about the work of the GLD. The format of the event is a short talk followed by Q&A, then networking...

More detail about the event closer to the time.

Lord Sales is the speaker, giving this lecture to the Personal Injury Bar Association. 

No need to register, just come along to Inner Temple.

This lecture delves into the history of abortion in English law, from common law to the Abortion Act 1967. Professor Thomas KC critically examines the current state of abortion law in England, the Commonwealth Caribbean, and recent developments in the US. Is there a case for further liberalisation of abortion law?

Professor Leslie Thomas KC

Professor of Law

Professor Leslie Thomas KC was appointed Gresham Professor of Law in 2020 and is one of the top rated silks in the country, ranked leading individual by both Chambers and the Legal 500 (2022). He was made a QC in 2014.

Find out more on their event details page (external site).

The Bar Association for Commerce, Finance & Industry's 2023 Denning Lecture will be delivered by Lady Rose of Colmworth DBE.

“On the Job? The Law on Status in a Gig Economy”

Whether someone is an employee or a worker is key to identifying not only their rights but also the responsibilities of the person for whom they do their work. From liability to deduct PAYE tax to liability for historic abuse, and from calculating holiday pay to collective bargaining, Lady Rose will explore how the law is evolving in response to the brave new world of work.

Chaired by James Kitching.

This event is free for all to attend but you must register beforehand as there are limited spaces available.

To register or if you have any queries, please email events@bacfi.org
 

To be followed by the BACFI Christmas Reception from 7pm – 9pm:

Tickets for the reception are available at a cost of £45 for BACFI members and their guests and £55 for non-members.

Please contact events@bacfi.org to reserve your space now.

Find out more on their event details page (external site).

A full day, comprehensive training on understanding, working with and responding to domestic abuse within Gloucestershire.

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In the poetry of the Athenian lawgiver Solon, justice (dik?) was a boundary stone marking out terms that rich and poor alike could respect. Yet ancient Greek authors also recognised the danger that the powerful will simply exploit those less powerful, and that Greek societies enforced slavery. This lecture explores ancient Greek aspirations to justice - and how they fell short - as a call for recurrent interrogation of the terms governing power and vulnerability.

Professor Melissa Lane

Gresham Professor of Rhetoric

Melissa Lane is the Class of 1943 Professor of Politics, Princeton University and is also Associated Faculty in the Department of Classics and Department of Philosophy there, as well as the Director of Princeton's University Center for Human Values. Previously she was Senior University Lecturer at Cambridge University in the Faculty of History and Fellow of King’s College, Cambridge.

She is an author, lecturer and broadcaster who has received major awards including a Guggenheim Fellowship and Lucy Shoe Meritt Residency in Classical Studies at the American Academy of Rome. She has published widely in journals and authored or introduced nine major books including Greek and Roman Political Ideas; Eco-Republic; and Of Rule and Office: Plato’s Ideas of the Political.

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Historically lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people have been persecuted under English law.

Homophobic and transphobic laws were exported from England to the Commonwealth Caribbean, and these colonial laws have had a long-term impact on Caribbean societies.

This lecture will make the case for the robust constitutional protection of LGBT rights.

Professor Leslie Thomas KC

Professor of Law

Professor Leslie Thomas KC was appointed Gresham Professor of Law in 2020 and is one of the top rated silks in the country, ranked leading individual by both Chambers and the Legal 500 (2022). He was made a QC in 2014.

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City, University of London is hosting a day conference on the subject of ‘Deepfakes and the Law’ on Monday 20 May 2024 at its Northampton Square campus, London. The conference is part-funded by the Society of Legal Scholars. A blog post about the conference may be found here.

The theme of the conference is to explore the existing and potential relationships between Deepfake technology and the law. These relationships will cut across a range of existing legal fields of inquiry, and it is intended that the conference will draw on expertise both legal and non-legal in an interdisciplinary fashion. As such, we particularly welcome submissions from those with an interdisciplinary background in (e.g.) the arts, social sciences, history and/or information technology.

We will have themed panels on “Deepfakes, Image-Based Abuse & Consent”, “Deepfakes, Disinformation & Truth”, and two “open” panels. There will also be a round-table discussion session open to post-graduate or early-career researchers, which will also be on an “open” theme.

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