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Shami Chakrabarti delivers 2015 Annual Liberty Lecture
On the 25 February 2015 Shami Chakrabarti, Director of Liberty, the UK’s leading civil liberties NGO, delivered the School’s 2015 Annual Liberty Lecture to an audience of students, staff, alumni and invited guests in the Western Lecture Theatre.
A new global role for Professor Surya Subedi
Professor Surya P. Subedi has been appointed by the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development in Geneva, as a member of a Task Force on Investment Policy with a mandate to develop global policy on investment.
Professor Clive Walker delivers paper at Humboldt-Universität for the ‘KOSMOS Dialog: Trialogue on Terrorism’
Professor Emeritus Clive Walker recently delivered a paper at the 'KOSMOS Dialog: Trialogue on Terrorism – 11/3 and 7/7 ten years on' which was held at Humboldt-Universität on the 22 January 2015.
Events
- The Authority of Court Decisions in China: An Empirical Survey - 4 March 2015, 13:00 - 14:00 | Seminar
- Managing Risks Related to Hydraulic Fracturing - 9 March 2015, 17:30 - 18:30 | Seminar | Centre for Business Law and Practice, Law and Emerging Technologies Research Group
- Legal Consciousness and Resistance: Constitutive Legality and Social Justice - 11 March 2015, 14:00 - 16:00 | Seminar | Law and Social Justice Research Group
Student view - Rose Muraguri
"It has been exciting meeting and talking to students from all over the world; whose perspectives have enriched the learning environment and made this a truly international experience."
Read Rose's full profile or take a look at her programme - LLM International Banking and Finance.
Featured event
Liberty Lecture: Shami Chakrabarti - 'On Liberty'
Director of Liberty, Shami Chakrabarti, will be guest speaker at the School’s Liberty Lecture on Wednesday 25 February.
In 'On Liberty' Shami Chakrabarti will explore why our fundamental rights and freedoms are indispensable, and the unprecedented pressures those rights are under today.
The event is open to all staff and students, but registration is essential.
Research
The School of Law fosters and promotes research in all major fields of legal study, recognising the growing internationalisation of research agendas.
The School has also been ranked 4th equal in the UK for the impact of its research (REF 2014). Our research groups include: