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The Squire Law Library has recently subscribed to the TradeLawGuide database (Law of the World Trade Organization (WTO)). TradeLawGuide provides nine research tools for comprehensive and granular research of WTO law. Its document collection contains WTO legal agreements and instruments, negotiating history, precursor agreements, all related WTO and…

Dr Alicia Hinarejos has been invited to join the editorial team of the European Law Review as reviews editor. Published by Sweet & Maxwell, the ELR is one of the highest ranking journals in the field of EU law. The European Law Review is the principal English-language journal covering the law relating to European integration and the Council of Euro…

The Squire Law Library will close earlier than usual on Thursday (19 June). The library will close at 5pm though the rest of the Law Faculty building will remain open until 7pm. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

In this edition of the Faculty's series of videos entitled 'Law in Focus', Dr David Erdos, University Lecturer in Law and the Open Society, considers the Court of Justice of the European Union's long awaited "right to be forgotten" case C-131/12 Google Spain; Google v Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (AEPD), Mario Costeja González (2014). T…

The Faculty is offering 2 studentships for new PhD students commencing doctoral research in 2015/16. The value of a Scholarship will be up to £20,000 each year for three years. They are available for Home UK/EU and Overseas students undertaking full time research towards a PhD in corporate law or tax law, with annual renewal subject to satisfactory…

The Squire Law Library and the Faculty of Law are pleased to announce that an entry for Professor Leslie Zines has been added to the Eminent Scholars Archive. The late Professor Zines was Arthur Goodhart Visiting Professor of Legal Science for the academic year 1992-93. He recently died in Canberra (31st May 2014) at the age of 83. He was Emeritus …

Oxford University Press has published European Union Law edited by Professor Catherine Barnard and Professor Steve Peers (University of Essex). This new text book also includes chapters by other Cambridge Faculty members Professor John Spencer, Dr Albertina Albors-Llorens and Dr Alicia Hinarejos, and offers a unique perspective on the EU law field…

The University of Cambridge Faculty of Law has secured top ranking in the Guardian University Guide 2015 league table for Law.  This award joins the Faculty's top rankings in the Complete University Guide and the Times University Guide. The University of Cambridge was also ranked no. 1 in the general Universities League Table, underlining its domin…

The Faculty has published Volume 5 Number 7 of the University of Cambridge Faculty of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series on SSRN. This issue includes the following articles: Veronika Fikfak: Judicial Strategies and Their Impact on the Development of the International Rule of Law (25/2014) International scholars describe domestic courts as agen…

Members of the Faculty of Law continue to be heavily involved at all levels of debate surrounding the issues of membership and the future of the European Union. Research and opinion generated at the Faculty informs public debate, academic research, and government policy. On Thursday 29 May, Professor Catherine Barnard (a previous Director of the C…

A memorial service for David will be held at Lincoln's Inn Chapel, London WC2 on Tuesday 17 June at 5pm, and a reception held afterwards in the Old Hall. David Thomas QC passed away in September 2013. David was a student at Queens' College and became a member of the Faculty on his appointment as an Assistant Director of Research in the Institute of…

Open Democracy has recently published an article by David Erdos entitled 'Mind the Gap: Is Data Protection Catching up with Google Search?' In the article David discusses the recent Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) Google Spain judgment which profoundly challenges the current realities of freedom of expression and information online. …

Dr Janet O'Sullivan is one of six individuals shortlisted for the title 'LawCareers.Net Law Lecturer of the Year'. The award will be made at the 11th annual LawCareers.Net Training & Recruitment Awards (TARAs) held at Merchant Taylors’ Hall in London on 22 May 2014. The results will be tweeted live on the night using #LCNAwards, and via @LawCareers…

The University of Cambridge has secured top ranking in the Complete University Guide league table for the fourth year running, and the Faculty of Law retained its No. 1 ranking for Law. The awards which are compiled by Mayfield University Consultants, rank universities in nine quality factors which are considered important to students.  Information…

Oxford University Press has published Foundations of International Investment Law: Bringing Theory into Practice, edited by Professor Jorge E. Viñuales, Professor Joost Pauwelyn and Professor Zachary Douglas. The volume brings together a generation of academics and practitioners, including Dr Michael Waibel, to shed light on the theoretical questio…