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On Monday 16 June the Faculty was delighted to welcome Justice of the Supreme Court, The Right Hon Lord Sales who delivered the LLM/MCL lecture to celebrate the end of the academic year. Lord Sales' gave an inspiring and interesting talk entitled 'Certainty and Flexibility in the Law: Insights from English Law' in which he argued that a central aim…

Oxford University Press has published Animals and the Constitution: Towards Sentience-Based Constitutionalism by Dr Rafael Fasel and Dr John Olusegun Adenitire (Queen Mary University of London), in the Oxford Constitutional Theory series. Constitutionalism—the idea that constitutions should limit and direct government power—has emerged as the globa…

Earlier this year Bloomsbury Professional published Judicial Individuality on the UK Supreme Court by Lewis Graham. This book presents an empirical analysis of the UK Supreme Court's output over its first ten years, with a specific focus on each individual judge's contribution to each case. It shows that judges, like all of us, are human; it would …

Professor Catherine Barnard (Trinity College) gave evidence this morning to the Parliamentary Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee. The Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee was appointed to consider matters related to the implementation of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland and the Windsor Framework. Professor Barnard was joined as a witness by…

Bloomsbury Professional has recently published a festschrift in honour of Professor Emeritus of Jurisprudence and Public Law TRS Allan, entitled The Promise of Legality: Critical Reflections on the Work of TRS Allan edited by Geneviève Cartier and Mark D Walters. A book launch was held by the Centre for Public Law (CPL) to celebrate the event on 15…

Faculty and Cambridge Family Law (CFL) member Dr Brian Sloan has been serving on the advisory group for the Law Commission's project to modernise wills. On 16 May the Commission published its recommendations to reform the law of wills in its report 'Modernising Wills Law'. The reforms proposed will modernise the law governing wills to ensure it is …

The 21st Joint Seminar of the International Association for the Study of Insurance Economics (Geneva Association) and the European Association of Law and Economics (EALE) on the topic 'Legal and economic issues of emerging (liability) risks and insurance' will be hosted by Jesus College, Cambridge on 18–19 June 2026. Submissions are invited for pap…

Professor of International Law Lorand Bartels has been re-appointed as Chair of the Government Trade and Agriculture Commission (TAC) to which he was originally appointed in 2021. The Commission scrutinises new free trade agreements (FTAs) once they are signed to assess the impact on animal welfare, environmental and health and safety standards (ot…

The Faculty has distributed Volume 16 Number 2 of the University of Cambridge Faculty of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series on SSRN. This issue includes the following articles: Markus Gehring & Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger: Climate Justice through International Courts and Tribunals: Advisory Opinions in the International Tribunal on the Law o…

Professor Lorand Bartels MBE was invited to give evidence to the Parliamentary International Agreements Committee, on Tuesday 6 May. The Committee scrutinises all treaties that are laid before Parliament under the terms of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 and considers the Government's conduct of negotiations with states and other …

The Faculty warmly welcomes the announcement that the Dispute Resolution Interest Group (DRIG) of the American Society of International Law (ASIL) has awarded the third edition of the DRIG Prize for Best Article in International Dispute Resolution to Dr Fabian Eichberger (Charles & Katharine Darwin Research Fellow, Darwin College). Fabian's winning…

The Exploring Law Conference (formerly known as the Cambridge Sixth Form Law Conference) was held at the Faculty of Law between 7-10 April, marking the 50th anniversary of the running of the event. The Conference was established to provide Year 12 (Y13 NI/S5 Scotland) students a balanced view of Law as an academic subject as well as a profession an…

Photo: Supreme Court, Open Gov License v3.0   Former Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom Lady Arden of Heswall (Girton College) has been nominated to receive an Honorary Doctorate of Law from the University of Cambridge. Lady Arden, alongside seven other distinguished individuals, is due to be admitted to her honorary degree at a sp…

The Centre for Public Law at the University of Cambridge and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid will co-host a workshop 'In the Name of National Security: The Fragility of Human Rights' at the Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales in Madrid on 3 July 2025. Keynotes will be presented by Professor Iain Cameron and Professor Ana María Salinas de…

The Cambridge University Law Society (CULS) pro bono team held its annual award ceremony on Monday 17 March, at the University Arms Hotel, sponsored by Simmons & Simmons. The awards, which were presented by Professor Louise Gullifer, the Chair of the Law Faculty, celebrate the legal pro bono work performed by Cambridge students, ranging from the Br…