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Professor Alison Young has been appointed legal advisor to the House of Lords Constitution Committee. She will be one of two legal advisors to the Committee, alongside Professor Stephen Tierney at the University of Edinburgh. Alison is the second member of the Cambridge law faculty to be appointed to this role; Professor Mark Elliott was legal advi…

The last year has had a number of challenges and difficulties. It has, however, been an incredibly successful year for the Cambridge University Law Society Pro Bono Team. Pro bono at Cambridge has had many successes throughout this academic year, promoting access to justice and legal education through numerous projects. From raising money through t…

It is with deep sadness that the Faculty reports the death of Mr David Yale, QC(Hon), FBA, on 26 June 2021. David’s association with the Law Faculty and the University was a long and fruitful one. After pursuing his undergraduate studies at Queens’, David became a Research Fellow at Christ’s College in 1950 and remained there for the rest of his ca…

The Faculty is delighted to announce the creation of a new LLM student bursary supported by the kind donation from Studio Legale Cappelli RCCD. The new bursary will be worth £6000 and be awarded to an LLM student each year based on exceptional academic achievement and potential who are not able to meet the funding requirements of the course from pr…

The European Commission has invited Dr Felix Steffek, Co-Director of the Centre for Corporate and Commercial Law (3CL), to join the Group of Experts on Restructuring and Insolvency Law. The Expert Group assists the European Commission with the preparation of a potential legislative proposal containing minimum standards for a harmonised restructurin…

Routledge has published Sentencing: New Trajectories in Law by Dr Elaine Freer. This book examines the process and purpose of sentencing in the criminal justice system, beyond the confines of its legalistic aspects. Sentencing is the process that concludes any criminal trial that ends with the defendant being convicted, and any hearing in which a …

The Faculty has published Volume 12 Number 6 of the University of Cambridge Faculty of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series on SSRN. This issue includes the following articles: David Erdos: Comparing Constitutional Privacy and Data Protection Rights within the EU (21/2021) Although both data protection and the right to privacy (or respect for pr…

A selection of law e-books were purchased between 15 May - 15 June, in association with the ebooks@cambridge team. These are all available through iDiscover, and include: Cross-Border Protocols in Insolvencies of Multinational Enterprise Groups, by Ilya Kokorin and Bob Wessels (Edward Elgar, 2021). Cross-border insolvency protocols play a critical …

In June 2021, Professor Jens M Scherpe and Dr Claire Fenton-Glynn were appointed to a new EU Expert Group on the Recognition of Parenthood between Member States (E03765). The aim of this Expert Group is to assist the Commission’s Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers in the preparation of a proposal for a new regulation on the cross-border …

Due to a failure in the air handling system for the David Williams Building, we regret that  the Squire Law Library, will be closed throughout this morning: Monday 7 June.  Please do not visit the building for the morning study session (09:00-13:00) as we are unable to admit library users. We apologise for the inconvenience caused. The cause of the…

Please accept marketing cookies to show embedded content (open cookie preferences) View content (opens www.youtube.com in a new tab) The event brought together members of the IHRAR Panel, academics from the two universities and members of the public. The aim of the event was to explain and explore the impact that the Human Rights Act 1998 has had …

It is with enormous sadness that the Faculty of Law reports the death of James Crawford. As an international lawyer of exceptional distinction — recognised by his appointment, among many other honours, as a Companion of the Order of Australia — James made profound contributions as a scholar, practitioner, teacher and jurist, and as mentor to genera…

During the academic year 2021-22, the Centre for Public Law will be undertaking a new project entitled 'Constitutional Law Matters'. At the heart of the project will be two objectives. First, the project will engage with and attempt to answer the question, 'Does the UK constitution (still) work?' Second, in considering that question, the project wi…

Dr Felix Steffek, Co-Director of the Centre for Corporate and Commercial Law (3CL), has been awarded a J M Keynes Fellowship in Financial Economics. This University Fellowship is funded by the J M Keynes Fellowship Fund and supports interdisciplinary research in the area of financial economics. The Fellowship has been awarded for three years in the…

A selection of law e-books were purchased between 15 April - 15 May, in association with the ebooks@cambridge team. These are all available through iDiscover, and include: Histories Written by International Criminal Courts and Tribunals: Developing a Responsible History Framework, by Aldo Borda Zammit (T.M.C. Asser Press, 2021). This book argues fo…