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This is to inform you that a bomb alert has been received by the University. It warns that 2 bombs have been planted in Cambridge, one in the University and the other in the City and the threat is that they will be detonated at 2pm. The Law Faculty has no special reason to believe that its building has been targetted over any other University site…

Both internal and external Examiner's Reports relating to the Tripos and LL.M. examinations from 2003 are now available through the Faculty Website. These documents are available by browsing the appropriate document category, by searching, or on each corresponding Subject Page.

Training sessions are available for LL.M. students on Friday 14 November. The sessions are held in Room S19 - the Freshfields Room. The sessions are as follows: 12:00-1:00 - Westlaw UK 2:00-3:00 - Westlaw UK These sessions can also be helpful for third/fourth year law undergraduates who wish to bring their skills up to date. The sessions are fi…

Training sessions are available for LL.M. students throughout tomorrow, 11 November. The sessions are held in Room S19 - the Freshfields Room. The sessions are as follows: 11:00-12:00 - Butterworths Direct 12:00-1:00 - LEXIS 2:00-3:00 - Butterworths Direct 3:00-4:00 - LEXIS These sessions can also be helpful for third/fourth year law undergra…

For reference, the Minutes of the Faculty Board dating back to October 2001 have now been added to the Document Repository. These documents are only available to staff users. For ease of use and searching, the Minutes have been compiled into documents containing six months of meetings. They are: Faculty Board Minutes October 2001 - February 2002 (…

The collection of Tripos examination papers from last year has now been fully scanned and added to the Document Repository in Acrobat PDF format. As usual, these documents can be accessed through the individual subject pages, or by searching (for example here).

Please note that the search option for the site is currently suspended while we undertake some development work on the functionality. It should return soon in a more advanced form.

The full collection of LL.M. examination papers from last year has now been added to the Document Repository in Acrobat PDF format. These documents can be accessed through the individual subject pages, or by searching (for example here).

Under the heading "New Cambridge Website Makes Oxford Feel Blue", Professor Richard Susskind (the IT Adviser to the Lord Chief Justice and Gresham Professor of Law) described the new Law Faculty website as "a most impressive resource" in The Times on September 9. Further, Professor Susskind described the design as "elegant, unfussy, easy to navig…

In prospect of the new term, Daniel Bates will be holding a number of short training sessions in the use of the new Faculty website for members of teaching and administrative staff. These sessions will be a succinct introduction – and should be no longer than half an hour including any questions raised. The sessions will be held in the recently re…

The Faculty of Law today held a party jointly celebrating the launch of the new Faculty Web Site, and the standing down of Dr Neil Jones as Academic Secretary. Following the final Faculty Board of the academic year, Faculty members and their families and guests gathered in the atrium of the Faculty building. For more information and pictures see he…

The new design of the Faculty of Law website has been made live today, after nearly two years in development. We welcome any comments or suggestions from our visitors. If you require any material from the old site which you cannot find on the new one, please contact the Webmaster. The website offers information to public users of the site, but als…

Short users guides for Staff and Student restricted testers have now been added to the document repository. They are documents 292 and 293 respectively.

All staff and students can now access the Examiner's Reports for the 2002 LL.M. and Tripos examinations. These are available either by searching, through the individual subject pages, or by browsing the "Examiners reports/Classing conventions" folder.