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On 29 June, Dr Mark Elliott was awarded a Pilkington Prize for excellence in teaching. The Pilkington Teaching Prizes were established in 1994 by Sir Alastair Pilkington to ensure that excellence in teaching at the University was given proper recognition. Professor David Ibbetson, Chair of the Faculty Board, said: 'Mark is an outstanding teacher, w…

Please note that all the ESIL Member Delegate, General Delegate and Student places have now been taken up. Agora Speakers and ESIL 2010 Main Conference Contributors who have yet to complete their registration are encouraged to do so as soon as possible. Waiting List A waiting list for cancelled ESIL Member Delegate or a General Delegate places is i…

Please note that all the ESIL Member Delegate, General Delegate and Student places have now been taken up. Agora Speakers and ESIL 2010 Main Conference Contributors who have yet to complete their registration are encouraged to do so as soon as possible. Waiting List A waiting list for cancelled ESIL Member Delegate or a General Delegate places is i…

Videos, audio recordings and transcripts from the Law Faculty Open Day held on 20th June are now available on a dedicated Open Day Microsite: openday.law.cam.ac.uk Potential applicants who could not attend, or wish to remind themselves of any of the details of the day can watch, listen to, or read, presentations about applying to the University and…

The Squire Library and the Faculty of Law are pleased to announce an important enhancement to the existing entry for the late Mr R.W.M. Dias (1921 – 2009) to the Eminent Scholars Archive. Mr Dias began his association with the Faculty in the final days of the pre-WWII era. In mid 1939 he travelled with his father from Ceylon, via the Suez Canal an…

David Wills, Squire Law Librarian at the University of Cambridge, has been elected to the position of President of the British and Irish Association of Law Librarians (BIALL) for the year 2010/2011. This is the first time that a librarian from the University of Cambridge has been elected President (formerly referred to as the Chair) of the Associat…

L’option pour les participants de prolonger leur réservation à Selwyn College pour y inclure la nuit du samedi 4 septembre est désormais disponible (dans la limite des chambres disponibles). Afin de réserver une chambre pour la nuit de samedi, il est impératif d’être déjà inscrit pour la conférence et d’avoir effectué une réservation à Selwyn Colle…

In order to aid participants with their arrangements, the option to extend your stay in your room at Selwyn College to include the Night of Saturday 4th September has been made available to registrants on a limited basis. The extension option is listed as a separate item on the University's Online Store and a link is available from the Register …

Although the 'Early Bird' discount ended on Monday 31 May 2010, places for ESIL 2010 are still available at the standard rate - £150 for ESIL members and £275 for non-ESIL members. (You must be a fully paid-up member of ESIL before booking an ESIL Member Delegate registration to benefit from the ESIL membership discount.) All ESIL 2010 conferenc…

Now available on this website is the final list of papers to be offered by the Faculty of Law for the B.A. Tripos and LL.M. courses in the 2010 - 2011 academical year. These documents are available by browsing in the Document Repository under the 'Miscellaneous Documents' category, or you can access them via the following links: Tripos; LL.M.;

Le tarif préférentiel pour les inscriptions à la SEDI 2010 prendra fin le lundi 31 mai. Les frais d’inscription augmenteront à partir du 1er juin. Celles et ceux souhaitant bénéficier du tarif préférentiel doivent confirmer leur inscription avant 23h59 le lundi 31 mai. NB : Toutes réservations de catégorie ESIL member delegate effectuées avant le 1…

The 'Early Bird' discount on ESIL 2010 registration places ends on Monday 31 May 2010. Registration Fees will increase to the standard rate from 1st June 2010 so those wishing to take advantage of the discounted prices must complete their ESIL 2010 conference registrations by 23h59 on Monday 31 May. NB: 'ESIL Member Delegate' registrations made pri…

On 7th May the winners of the 2010 Allen & Overy Law Working Paper prize were announced at a dinner held last night in Luxembourg to mark the 8th General Assembly of the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI). The €5,000 prize for the best paper in the Law series sponsored by the international legal practice, Allen & Overy, was awarded to ‘…

Cambridge University Press has published Mr Jake Rowbottom's book Democracy Distorted: Wealth, Influence and Democratic Politics.  High-profile controversies surrounding the funding of political parties have shown how inequalities in wealth can enter the political process. The growth of the professional lobbying of MPs and the executive raises simi…

Suite au grand nombre de visites de membres étudiants de la SEDI, généré par l'ouverture des inscriptions pour la SEDI 2010, les 60 places allouées aux étudiants membres de la SEDI sont désormais réservées. Inscriptions pour toutes les autres catégories restent disponibles.   Inscriptions »