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The LNAT (Law National Admissions Test) is a new uniform test for admission to read the undergraduate law degree. General information about the LNAT is available in the Admissions section of this website, and a sample test which is indicative of the sort of questions which the LNAT will contain is now available on this website as either a 1.59Mb Wo…

For all law undergraduates who complete their studies this summer, but have not yet completed the Freshfields Course, this is the last opportunity to attend sessions and obtain the certification required if you want to go on to become a Solicitor or a Barrister. The sessions are being held from 9:00am on Tuesday 15 June and 9:00am on Wednesday 16 J…

The Faculty has made available a multimedia online presentation by Mr Graham Virgo (Faculty Access Officer) containing information about studying law at Cambridge. The presentation considers various aspects of the undergraduate course at Cambridge, and the admissions procedure for applying to study at the Faculty. The presentation can be found in t…

Professor Sir William Wade, Q.C., the foremost scholar of administrative law in the United Kingdom died on the 12th March 2004. He was born on the 16th January 1918 and educated at Shrewsbury and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. His long life was primarily that of an academic lawyer. He held chairs at both Oxford (English Law 1961-1976) and C…

Lord Woolf the Lord Chief Justice delivered the Squire Centenary Lecture in the Law Faculty on the evening of March 3 2004. His title was "The Rule of Law and a Change in Constitution". He dealt with the most important changes to the structure of the English Courts since the Judicature Acts of 1873- 5. The position of the Lord Chancellor is to be …

There is a lecture for the Freshfields Course on Tuesday this week at 10:00am in LG18. We have a guest lecturer attending who is Jonathan Kembery of Freshfields. Jonathan will be speaking about "Knowledge Management for Lawyers", in LG18 at 10:00am - all students and staff welcome.

Students are invited to submit entries for the SCL (Society for Computers and Law) 2004 essay competition - the title of the essay is to be "Does English law offer a solution to the problem of spam?". The prize for the winning entry includes £1,000 cash, and a vacation placement with the Commercial and Technology team at Barlow Lyde and Gilbert. A …

A new national university admission test for law was announced today. Eight law schools at universities in England have agreed to establish a uniform test for admission to their undergraduate law degrees. The test will be taken for the first time by candidates in November 2004 for entry in 2005. The test will be made available to other law schools …

There is a lecture for the Freshfields Course on Tuesday this week at 10:00am in LG18. We have a guest lecturer attending who is Professor Richard Susskind. Prof. Susskind is a leading figure in legal IT, and has advised the government and many large multinational organisations over modernisation and the use of IT in the practise of law. Everyone w…

Three members of the Cambridge Law Faculty have received Honours in the 2004 New Year’s Honours List. Professor Sir Bob Hepple Q.C., Emeritus Professor of Law and former Master of Clare College, received a Knighthood in recognition of his services to legal studies. Professor Alan Dashwood, Professor of European Law, received a CBE for services t…

The main body of the Freshfields Legal Research Skills Course for Part IA, Changeover and Affiliated students will be offered during this Lent Term. The Course begins today Tuesday 20 January with an introductory lecture by Daniel Bates in LG18 at 10:00am at which course files and documentation will be distributed - please make every effort to atte…

The Examiner’s Report for the Criminal Law Tripos Paper of 2003 has now been added to the document repository. It can be found as document number 1224 or through the Criminal Law subject page.

Power to the Faculty building will be turned off on Sunday 4th January 2004 at 8.00am on the following basis for essential connection work to be carried out on the piece of network supplying the Sidgwick site. This will mean that this website, the Squire website, and any subsidiary websites (such as Centres) will most likely be offline from sometim…

The Form of Examination and Conduct of Examination notices for LL.M. and Tripos examinations for 2004 have now been uploaded to the Faculty website. The documents are available from the subject pages, by searching in the Document Repository, or via the "Current Staff and Students" Official Faculty Documents page.

For any students unable to attend the Printed Sources sessions given in weeks 4 - 8 of this term, two further sessions have been arranged for the following times: Tuesday 2 December 2 - 3 p.m. Wednesday 3 December 2 - 3 p.m. Sign-up sheets are posted on the notice board outside S19 (the Freshfields Room). All students who have started in La…