Society of Legal Scholars

CALL FOR PAPERS: Deadline 6 February 2023. This one-day workshop will bring together legal academics from across Cambridge and beyond, and cover a broad range of topics arranged around four key themes. Participant numbers are limited: please register your interest by emailing Dr Stefan Theil [email protected] a 500-word abstract before the deadline (6 February 2023). Successful individuals will be contacted shortly thereafter and asked to develop their abstract into a between 1,500- and 2,000-word discussion paper. Further details at: flyer .

Workshop: Empirical Contributions to Doctrinal Research - Society of Legal Scholars CALL FOR PAPERS: Deadline 6 February 2023. This one-day workshop will bring together legal academics from across Cambridge and beyond, and cover a broad range of topics arranged around four key themes. Participant numbers are limited: please register your interest by emailing Dr Stefan Theil st608@c...

As law schools seek to diversify, liberate and decolonise the curriculum, legal history can and should play a vital role. This one-day (10.30-16.00) online conference, organised by the Open University Law School, explores how legal history contributes to the curriculum of the modern law school. Bringing diverse perspectives from across the globe, speakers discuss how and why legal history plays a role and consider the benefits an historical perspective can bring....

Conference: Diversity, Dilemmas and Discoveries – Legal History in the Curriculum - Society of Legal Scholars As law schools seek to diversify, liberate and decolonise the curriculum, legal history can and should play a vital role. This one-day (10.30-16.00) online conference, organised by the Open University Law School, explores how legal history contributes to the curriculum of the modern law school. Brin...

This one-day event (09.30-15.45) is organised by the Law School and the Nursing School with the support of ANHH Consulting - Building Better Governance. Further details and registration at: attached and

Seminar: Confronting dishonesty - The significance of context in considering liability - Society of Legal Scholars This one-day event (09.30-15.45) is organised by the Law School and the Nursing School with the support of ANHH Consulting – Building Better Governance. Further details and registration at: attached and https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/confronting-dishonestythe-significance-of-context-in-considering...

The University of Bristol Law School and The George Washington University Law School Government Procurement Law Program are presenting a free, 90-minute (14.00-15.30) webinar that will address the promise of technological solutions for procurement challenges. For any question, please email [email protected]. Further details and registration at:

Webinar: Tech fixes for procurement problems? - Society of Legal Scholars The University of Bristol Law School and The George Washington University Law School Government Procurement Law Program are presenting a free, 90-minute (14.00-15.30) webinar that will address the promise of technological solutions for procurement challenges. For any question, please email a.sanchez...

In her inaugural lecture (17.00-18.0), Professor Stephanie Pywell will explore some effects of the empowerment of individuals and organisations to make delegated legislation, including the regulations about wearing face coverings in 2020. She will also reflect on the empowering effect of education – especially that offered by The Open University. Further details at:

Lecture: Aspects of empowerment in legislation and education - Society of Legal Scholars In her inaugural lecture (17.00-18.0), Professor Stephanie Pywell will explore some effects of the empowerment of individuals and organisations to make delegated legislation, including the regulations about wearing face coverings in 2020. She will also reflect on the empowering effect of education ....

This seminar will provide a unique opportunity to learn about legal design and how design thinking principles can be applied to law to make it more user friendly and more accessible for people to understand. Further details at:

Seminar: Design thinking and legal design in clinical legal education - Society of Legal Scholars This seminar will provide a unique opportunity to learn about legal design and how design thinking principles can be applied to law to make it more user friendly and more accessible for people to understand. Further details at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/design-thinking-and-legal-design-in-clini...

This Centre for Access to Justice and Inclusion (CAJI) guest webinar with Dr. John Sorabji will be held from 12.00-13.00 (UK time). Further details and registration at:

Webinar: The Effects of Digitisation on Access to Justice - Society of Legal Scholars This Centre for Access to Justice and Inclusion (CAJI) guest webinar with Dr. John Sorabji will be held from 12.00-13.00 (UK time). Further details and registration at: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwrcu-vqDgpH9GgUja37wCPvy-BdciT7pMr

This event is organised by the Institute for the Study of European Law (ISEL), City Law School and is part of the City Law School’s ‘ISEL Seminar Series’ Autumn Term 2022/23. Further details at:

Seminar: Towards a European Digital Citizenship? Building the ‘right to have rights’ in society online - Society of Legal Scholars This event is organised by the Institute for the Study of European Law (ISEL), City Law School and is part of the City Law School’s ‘ISEL Seminar Series’ Autumn Term 2022/23. Further details at: https://www.city.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/2022/december/towards-a-european-digital-citizenship-...

CALL FOR PAPERS: Deadline 19 February 2023. This fifth annual Law and Humanities roundtable invites original, interdisciplinary, and humanities-focused paper presentations occasioned by the 400th anniversary of the publication of Shakespeare’s First Folio in 1623. Further details at: attached.

Roundtable: Shakespeare at Large - Law and the First Folio - Society of Legal Scholars CALL FOR PAPERS: Deadline 19 February 2023. This fifth annual Law and Humanities roundtable invites original, interdisciplinary, and humanities-focused paper presentations occasioned by the 400th anniversary of the publication of Shakespeare’s First Folio in 1623. Further details at: attached.

A one-day (09.30-17.30) conference on major issues in International Migration law and Citizenship law, for practitioners, academics, and students. Further details at: attached.

Conference: International Migration and Citizenship Law: In Memory of Sir Richard Plender - Society of Legal Scholars A one-day (09.30-17.30) conference on major issues in International Migration law and Citizenship law, for practitioners, academics, and students. Further details at: attached.

This event (4.00-5.30pm)is jointly hosted by QM Criminal Justice Centre and the Centre for Financial Law, Regulation and Compliance (FinReg), Institute of Advanced Legal Studies. This event is free but advance registration is required. Further details and registration at:

Talk: China’s Foreign Exchange Regulations and Illegality in Private International Law - Society of Legal Scholars This event (4.00-5.30pm)is jointly hosted by QM Criminal Justice Centre and the Centre for Financial Law, Regulation and Compliance (FinReg), Institute of Advanced Legal Studies. This event is free but advance registration is required. Further details and registration at: https://www.eventbrite.co.u...

This talk (12.00-1.00pm) offers a counterintuitive explanation for why tensions in the South China Sea have risen, not declined, in the UNCLOS era. The new international regime reconstituted China and its neighbours’ interests in jurisdiction at sea to produce harder, yet also more ambiguous claim. Speaker: Dr Andrew Chubb, Lancaster University China Centre. Teams link: Further details at:

International Law as a Driver of Confrontation: UNCLOS and China’s Policy in the South China Sea - Society of Legal Scholars This talk (12.00-1.00pm) offers a counterintuitive explanation for why tensions in the South China Sea have risen, not declined, in the UNCLOS era. The new international regime reconstituted China and its neighbours’ interests in jurisdiction at sea to produce harder, yet also more ambiguous claim...