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Brill has published Professor Christopher Forsyth's book, written with Professor Shimon Shetreet, entitled "The Culture of Judicial Independence".  The creation of a culture of Judicial Independence is of a central significance both in national domestic legal systems, as well as for the international courts and tribunals. The main aim of this volum…

Jo Miles has been appointed an Academic Fellow of the Inner Temple for three years from December 2011, joining Dr Catherine MacKenzie who was appointed last year. The Academic Fellows collaborate with the Inn’s Education and Training department, in particular delivering two lectures during the course of their fellowship, one at the Inn and one at t…

On 12th January, Dr John Allison was called to give oral evidence as a witness alongside Professor Linda Colley (Professor of History, Princeton University) before the the House of Commons Political and Constitutional Reform Committee. The session was part of an enquiry entitled "Mapping the path to codifying - or not codifying - the UK's constitut…

The Law Tripos (undergraduate degree) received a rating of 98% overall satisfaction from students participating in the National Student Survey (NSS). The NSS is organised by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) and is undertaken on their behalf by Ipsos MORI.  The survey started in 2005 and is targeted at final year undergraduat…

The Faculty is saddened to announce the death of Professor Tony Jolowicz, after a long illness. Professor Jolowicz was Fellow of Trinity, and Professor of Comparative Law from 1976 to 1993. Professor Jolowicz was interviewed about his career in 2009 for the Eminent Scholars Archive.

Coinciding with the launch of the MCL in 2012-13, the Faculty of Law’s corporate law team will be bolstered by the appointment of the Hogan Lovells University Lecturer in Corporate Law. International law firm, Hogan Lovells, has generously provided funding for the lectureship. Hogan Lovells has over 2,300 lawyers operating out of more than 40 offi…

The Law Faculty and the Judge Business School (JBS) will launch in 2012-13 a programme of reciprocal teaching, running for two years in the first instance. Dr. Peter Szilagyi of JBS will lead the teaching of a module on accounting and finance as part of the Masters in Corporate Law (MCL) programme, which will commence operations in 2012-13. This…

The Squire Law Library and Law Faculty Building will be closed from Friday 23rd December at 12.30pm for the Christmas and New Year break. The Library and Faculty will re-open at 9.00am on Tuesday 3rd January 2012.

The Faculty is saddened to announce the death of Mr Tony Weir. A Fellow of Trinity College, Tony had been a teaching member of the Faculty since 1963. He will be remembered for his lively lectures, delivered with sharp wit and full of insights, and for his scholarship in Comparative law and the Law of Torts.

The Faculty is very pleased to announce the award of the Héctor Fix-Zamudio International Prize on Legal Research to Professor Tony Jolowicz. The prize is awarded by the National Autonomous University of Mexico to an outstanding legal scholar to recognise landmark and original academic achievements in law. Professor Jolowicz was Professor of Compar…

The Law Faculty is proud to announce that the American Society of International Law has awarded the 2012 Manley O. Hudson Medal to Professor James Crawford. This is a distinguished award made for scholarship and achievement in International law, the highest honour that the Society bestows, and the Faculty offers its congratulations to Professor Cra…

Printed copies of the Form and Conduct Notices for the Law Tripos 2010/11 Examination and the Examination in Law for European Students 2011/12, and the LL.M. Examination are available for collection from the front reception desk in the Law Faculty building from today. The notices have also been uploaded to the Faculty website, where they are availa…

Jodie Kirshner, Esq., University Lecturer in Corporate Law and Deputy Director of the Centre for Corporate and Commercial Law, will lead the teaching of a module on U.S. corporate law as part of the Masters in Corporate Law programme in 2012-13. The module will familiarize students with key features of U.S. corporate law. Topics covered will inclu…

Dr Peter Harris, Reader in Tax Law and Director of the Centre for Tax Law at the University of Cambridge, will lead the teaching of a module on corporate taxation as part of the Masters in Corporate Law program in 2012-13. Dr Harris, an internationally renowned expert on corporate taxation, has taught the subject at more than a dozen universities d…

The Faculty of Law warmly congratulates Dr Neil Jones on the award of the Sutherland Prize by the American Society for Legal History. The prize, which is awarded annually, is for the best article on English legal history published in the previous year. Dr Jones's article, 'Wills, Trusts and Trusting from the Statute of Uses to Lord Nottingham' app…