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From 12 to 14 September 2016, the Cambridge Law Faculty hosted the second Public Law Conference, convened by Professor John Bell, Professor Mark Elliott, Dr Jason Varuhas and Dr Shona Wilson Stark, and generously supported by Hart Publishing. The conference formed part of the Public Law series — a programme of major international biennial conferenc…

The high quality of books resulting from two Cambridge doctorates were recognised by awards in the prestigious Peter Birks Book Prize given by the Society of Legal Scholars at its annual Conference on 7 September 2016. Jason Varuhas was awarded the first prize for his book "Damages and Human Rights" published by Hart Publishing. Sandy Steel was awa…

The University of Cambridge is hosting its first Postgraduate Open Day on Wednesday 2 November 2016. Attending the open day is an excellent way to explore the graduate courses and opportunities available at the University of Cambridge. Throughout the day there will be a variety of subject presentations, sample lectures and facility tours that will …

The Faculty has published Volume 7 Number 9 of the University of Cambridge Faculty of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series on SSRN. This issue includes the following articles: Kirsty Hughes: Coughlan and the Development of Public Law (36/2016) This paper forms part of an edited collection that examines landmark cases in public law. Taking Coughl…

The Faculty has published Volume 7 Number 10 of the University of Cambridge Faculty of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series on SSRN. This issue includes the following articles: Kirsty Hughes: Coughlan and the Development of Public Law (36/2016) This paper forms part of an edited collection that examines landmark cases in public law. Taking Cough…

Hart Publishing, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, has published the third edition of Evidence of Bad Character by Professor John Spencer. This is the third edition of J R Spencer's now well established book which seeks to explain this area of law for the benefit of judges, criminal practitioners and academics teaching the law of evidence. In t…

The Editors-in-Chief of the Cambridge Journal of International and Comparative Law (CJICL), Barry Solaiman & Catherine Gascoigne, are delighted to announce that Edward Elgar Publishing has agreed to publish the Journal from Volume 6 onwards commencing from 2017. The Journal will be renamed the Cambridge International Law Journal (CILJ). The CJICL w…

Dr Claire Fenton-Glynn has been shortlisted for "Commentator of the Year" for the Jordan Publishing Family Law Awards. The Family Law Awards were launched by Jordan Publishing to recognise the important work of family lawyers, and celebrate their many successes and outstanding achievements.  The 6th annual Family Law Awards will be held on Wednesda…

King’s College and TRACE International offer a TRACE studentship in Law. Funding is available for an LLM course of study in the academic year 2017/18. Candidates for the studentship should demonstrate an established interest in criminal law and anti-corruption efforts. The studentship fully funds students from developing countries to pursue an LLM …

On 24 August the Faculty of Law hosted the second edition of the Cambridge Doctoral Workshop in Legal Theory.  The Workshop was organised by three first year PhD students, John Adenitire, Ya Lan Chang and Raffael Fasel. The Cambridge Forum for Legal and Political Philosophy and Hart Publishing sponsored the event. The Workshop was attended by sever…

The Faculty is delighted to welcome the election of The Right Honourable The Lord Fowler Kt PC (Trinity Hall, 1961, BA Economics & Law) as the new Lord Speaker of the House of Lords. Lord Fowler served as an MP and Cabinet member and, as Secretary of State for Transport, was responsible for making seatbelts compulsory in 1981. He joined the Lords i…

The Faculty Building and the Squire Law Library will be closed for the August Bank Holiday on Monday 29 August. We will re-open on Tuesday 30 August at 9am.

The Faculty has published Volume 7 Number 9 of the University of Cambridge Faculty of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series on SSRN. This issue includes the following articles: Michael Waibel: Arbitrator Selection – Towards Greater State Control (30/2016) Two defining characteristics of international arbitration are the absence of a standing trib…

The Faculty of Law was pleased to once again host the annual Sutton Trust Summer School in Law on 25-29 July. A group of 30 sixth form students from around the country attended the week-long course to learn more about university life and the academic study of Law. The Sutton Trust is a charitable organisation dedicated to increasing social mobility…

The Squire Library has recently taken a subscription to the online Kluwer Arbitration service. This is a leading resource for international arbitration research. Content includes BITs Conventions Decision Summaries on Arbitration Commentary through books and journals The service is available to users on the University network via IP address, or c…