About the Faculty

Societies

Cambridge University Law Society

The University Law Society is open to all members of the University, and especially to all law students. The Society, whose principal officers are themselves law students, meets weekly during term to hear guest speakers (including judges, political figures and visiting scholars). Barristers’ and solicitors’ evenings are organised so that students can meet members of the legal profession informally. The Society also organises moots, which are imaginary cases designed to provide elementary practice in advocacy. There are annual mooting competitions, both for individuals and for college teams, and a moot against Oxford. The Society has a student representative in each college. Further information is available at the CULS website.

The Society also organises moots, which are imaginary cases designed to provide elementary practice in advocacy. There are annual mooting competitions, both for individuals and for college teams, and a moot against Oxford.

• Honorary President: Lord Mustill
• Senior Treasurer: Dr Neil Jones

Cambridge Societies at the Inns of Court

Each of the four Inns of Court has a Cambridge society, formed in order to keep junior and senior members of the University in touch with the practising Bar and judiciary. The Senior Treasurers and other contacts are:

• Gray's Inn: Ms Louise Merrett
• Inner Temple: Professor Sir John Baker
• Lincoln's Inn: Professor David Feldman
• Middle Temple: Mr J.A. Hopkins and Mr Neil Andrews

Graduate Law Society

The Graduate Law Society is open to all graduate students reading for postgraduate degrees in law. It holds regular social evenings, invites visiting speakers to address its members, organises an annual trip to the London Law Courts, and generally provides a valuable forum for the graduate students in the Faculty.

• Senior Treasurer: Dr P.J. Rogerson

College Law Societies

Most colleges also have their own law societies.

Cambridge Student Law Review

The Cambridge Student Law Review seeks to publish the very best of legal scholarship written by students at leading international law schools. Professor JR Spencer is the Review's Senior Treasurer. The Review puts out two issues per year, publishing articles on the law of England and Wales, European Union law, (private and public) international law, and comparative law. The Review is distributed throughout the United Kingdom and internationally via HeinOnline and subscriptions.

The Cambridge University Society for Women Lawyers

The Cambridge University Society for Women Lawyers aims to provide a law society which is a forum for all – law students and non-law students – who want the chance to make their voices heard in the changing legal profession. CUSWL organises workshops to help students perfect necessary skills such as interviewing and writing a c.v. It also provides opportunities to meet representatives from the bar and major city law firms, as well as opportunities to enjoy purely social occasions! Members are mostly (but not exclusively) women. The Society has been dormant for a year or so. If anyone wishes to revive the Society please contact the Senior Treasurer.

• Senior Treasurer: Dr P.J. Rogerson

Cambridge University Students' Pro Bono Society

The Cambridge University Students' Pro Bono Society is a student-run pro bono initiative, providing opportunities for second and third year law students to undertake voluntary work in the legal sphere. Projects range from social policy research work with the Citizens' Advice Bureau to undertaking work on behalf of the Cambridgeshire Youth Offending Team under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act. Further information is available from the website.

Cambridge Pro Bono Project

The Cambridge Pro Bono Project ("CPP"), established in 2010, provides a vehicle for graduate law students at the University of Cambridge to assist in the preparation of legal work (primarily research memoranda, amicus curiae briefs and policy submissions) in a pro bono capacity.

The three core objectives of the CPP are:

(a) to provide postgraduate students with an opportunity to engage with the law in a practical way, and to develop the skills and values central to the provision of pro bono legal work;
(b) to provide an avenue for the Cambridge Law Faculty to make a meaningful and practical contribution to public interest law; and
(c) to facilitate collaboration between the Cambridge Law Faculty and legal practitioners and organisations undertaking legal work in a pro bono capacity.

For further information, or to express an interest in becoming involved with the CPP, please see the Cambridge Pro Bono Project website.

Lawyers Without Borders

Lawyers Without Borders invites eminent speakers to deliver human rights law related lectures. Previous speakers include the late Lord Bingham who spoke on "After the War on Terror: Human Rights Challenges of the Obama Administration", Anne Gallagher, the former Special Advisor on trafficking to the UN High Commissioner of Human Rights, Sir Christopher Hum, the former UK ambassador to China, Tim Otty QC (Human Rights Lawyer of the Year 2008) and US Federal Judge David A Faber.

If you would like further information please refer to the Lawyers Without Borders website.

Cambridge University Asia Law and Business Association

The Cambridge University Asia Law and Business Association (CUALA) was established in 1998. CUALA is one of the largest academic-orientated societies in Cambridge and is are dedicated to bringing issues regarding law and business in an Asian context to the attention of fellow students. See www.cuala.co.uk for more details.

• President: Minyan Sun, Trinity College