Past Events
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November 2011
Friday 25 November 2011
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Strange Bedfellows: a Brief History of Copyright in ...
Barbara Lauriat, School of Law, King's College London.
Organised by IALS and the London Legal History Seminar. |
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Wednesday 23 November 2011
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18:00 |
Financial Crime and Financial Stability
Stefan Gannon, General Counsel, Hong Kong Monetary Authority
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Tuesday 22 November 2011
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10:30 |
Advanced Use of Databases at IALS for Postgraduate S...
This workshop aims to identify and use some of the advanced search and browse techniques which are possible when using databases on the IALS Electronic Law Library. Basic skills in Lexis and Westlaw are required of those students who wish to participate. The training objectives are:
to analyse a topic of your choice to identify words and phrases for searching
to outline, illustrate and practise Boolean searching techniques
to analyse a database in order to identify its field structure, content description and help files
By the end of this session, researchers will be able to identify suitable words and phrases for searching, have a basic understanding of Boolean search techniques, and be able to identify the field structure of one or more databases.
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Thursday 17 November 2011
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17:00 |
The European Investigation Order: Progress Update
Kenny Bowie and Sara Khan, Judicial Co-operation Unit, Home Office
Chair: Professor John Spencer, President of European Criminal Law Association
This seminar will last 1.5 hours (approximately) and will be followed by a meeting of the ECLA Committee. |
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Wednesday 16 November 2011
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18:00 |
The Situation in Belarus: Is there any hope for demo...
ALEH VOLCHEK and HARRY POGINIAJLO
Harry Pogoniajlo (Gary Pahaniajla), is a well known Belarusian lawyer, human rights activist and a former Judge. He is Head of the Legal Committee of the Belarus Helsinki Committee, as well as Deputy Chairman of the Belarus Helsinki Committee. Gary was born in the Archangelsk region in one of Stalin’s camps for hard labour, where his mother was sent for being the wife of an enemy of the state, she was initially sentenced to death but the sentence was subsequently converted to 15 years of hard labour. Gary grew up in orphanage before being reunited with his mother in 1957 in Minsk. Gary has 14 years of experience of working for the Ministry of Justice; many years as a director of the Law Centre of Soviet District, Minsk. Currently Gary is retired and works pro bono on the cases of disappeared persons. Gary was the first President of the Alliance of Lawyers in Belarus. Gary has been legal counsel on numerous high-profile cases, which led to his reputation as the most fearless and ferocious defender in Belarus.
Aleh Volchek is Chairman of ‘Legal Assistance to the People’, a charitable foundation, which has 5 regional offices in Belarus; Aleh is one of the founders of the movement ‘Defenders of Fatherland’, which unites former employees of law-enforcement, the courts, customs and other authorities who strive to uphold democratic principles and actively participate in the fight against corruption and arbitrary rule. He is a former Senior Investigator, Prosecutor’s Office of Frunzensky District, Minsk. He has won the following awards: “Day of Human Rights Defender” by the International League of Human Rights in 1999 for consistent and courageous defence of human rights; “Prize for Bravery” of the German organisation Courage Prize in 2004. Aleh has been made an honorary citizen of the city of Pensacola (USA) and Radeibol (Germany) for his legal help to clients in the face of severe government pressure.
Both Gary and Aleh are authors of numerous articles and publications.
This is their first visti to the UK.
Arranged with the Solicitors International Human Rights Group (SIHRG) and the Society for Advanced Legal Studies (SALS)
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Tuesday 15 November 2011
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10:30 |
Advanced Use of Databases at IALS for Postgraduate S...
This workshop aims to identify and use some of the advanced search and browse techniques which are possible when using databases on the IALS Electronic Law Library. Basic skills in Lexis and Westlaw are required of those students who wish to participate. The training objectives are:
to analyse a topic of your choice to identify words and phrases for searching
to outline, illustrate and practise Boolean searching techniques
to analyse a database in order to identify its field structure, content description and help files
By the end of this session, researchers will be able to identify suitable words and phrases for searching, have a basic understanding of Boolean search techniques, and be able to identify the field structure of one or more databases.
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Monday 14 November 2011
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18:00 |
Transitional Justice in Colombia and the Victims and...
Edwin Rubio Medina, President, Asociacion Colombiana de Abogados Defensores ‘Eduardo Umana Mendoza’ ACADEUM
Colombian lawyer, Edwin Rubio Medina, will look at the direction of current government policy regarding formal reconciliation of the forces present in the social, political and armed conflict in Colombia. He will discuss the implications, critiques and challenges presented by the Victims and Land Restitution Law and analyse how this law relates to concepts of transitional justice.
Edwin is a human rights lawyer and social activist, working with the Southern Colombian Lawyers and Professionals Corporation, (CAPS) and other human rights platforms in the south of Colombia. He is President of the Colombian Association of Human Rights Defence Lawyers (ACADUEM), a national umbrella organisation of human rights lawyers. He has experience representing victims of the armed conflict in the south of the country, in particularly victims of state crimes including extrajudicial executions and forced displacement.
Arranged by the Colombia Caravana UK Lawyers Group in association with the Solicitors International Human Rights Group (SIHRG), the Society for Advanced Legal Studies and the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, and Institute for the Study of the Americas, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Monday 7 November 2011
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10:30 |
Advanced Use of Databases at IALS for Postgraduate S...
This workshop aims to identify and use some of the advanced search and browse techniques which are possible when using databases on the IALS Electronic Law Library. Basic skills in Lexis and Westlaw are required of those students who wish to participate. The training objectives are:
to analyse a topic of your choice to identify words and phrases for searching
to outline, illustrate and practise Boolean searching techniques
to analyse a database in order to identify its field structure, content description and help files
By the end of this session, researchers will be able to identify suitable words and phrases for searching, have a basic understanding of Boolean search techniques, and be able to identify the field structure of one or more databases.
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Friday 4 November 2011
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09:30 |
Archives, Records and Repositories for Socio-Legal R...
We regret that two of the original speakers, due to unforeseen circumstances, have had to withdraw at short notice. We are pleased to announce a revised programme and are very grateful to Professor Michael Lobban (QMUL), Professor John Flood (Westminster), and Dr.Stephen Banks (Reading) for agreeing to step in at this very late stage.
Professor Michael Lobban, Queen Mary, University of London
Professor John Flood, University of Westminster
Professor David Fraser, University of Nottingham - You can't always get what you want: Locating Archives and Negotiating Access in Inter/trans-national Socio-legal research
Professor Fiona Cownie, Keele University - The Hidden Gems of the Society of Legal Scholars
Dr Sarah Wilson, University of York - Exploring 'crime in the commercial sphere' in the 21st century: archival research, interdisciplinary studies, articulating capitalism and law
Dr Stephen Banks, University of Reading and Forum for Legal and Historical Research - The Institutional and Historical Structure of Record-Keeping in the UK and the Rest of the World
Dr Amanda Bevan, Principal Records Specialist, Legal Records, National Archives - Locked Away in the Archives?
This training day is aimed at Doctoral Students and Early Career Academics planning to embark on archival socio-legal projects. It is also open to established academics wishing to learn about new methodologies or changing track with their research.
Click here for the Booking Form for Archives, Records and Repositories for Socio-Legal Research
Registration Fee: £25.00. The booking form, together with registration fee, must be returned by Friday 28 October 2011.
Organised by the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and the British Library with support from the Socio-Legal Studies Association. |
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Wednesday 2 November 2011
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10:00 |
How to get a PhD in Law: Meeting the challenges of t...
Professor Avrom Sherr, Professor Helen Xanthaki, Steve Whittle, Gerry Power, Hester Swift and, Rosemary Lambeth.
MPhil/PhD law students from across the UK are warmly invited to attend this specially tailored day of presentations and networking opportunities at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies.
Please click here for a copy of the programme and booking form for How to get a PhD in Law
Wednesday 2 November will be of particular relevance to applicants and early PhD researchers. The day will include:
The challenges of researching a PhD in the first year: where to start? – Professor Helen Xanthaki, Professor of Law, IALS;
Handling the Supervision Relationship – Professor Avrom Sherr, Director, IALS;
Free law e-resources available from IALS including the BAILII gateway – Steve Whittle, Senior Librarian, IALS & Joe Ury, Executive Director, BAILII;
Student led discussion – Chair: Professor Helen Xanthaki;
IALS Global Law Library, making the most of electronic resources – Gerry Power & Hester Swift, Senior Librarians, IALS;
The particular challenges of being an overseas PhD student –Rosemary Lambeth, Registrar, School of Advanced Study;
Tours of the IALS Library led by senior library staff.
Registration Fees: 1) 2 November: £30.00; 2) 17 March; £65.00; 3) 23 May: £65.00; and 4) All three training days booked together: £120.00 (no refunds available on this discounted price)
Booking forms, with course fee, must be received by IALS a full week in advance of each training day.
Further National Training Days are planned for:
Saturday 17th March 2012: What legal research skills will I need? Literature reviews, qualitative and quantitative research and comparative legal research.
Wednesday 23rd May 2012: Getting yourself known: Publishing your work, presenting skills and networking.
Those wishing to recieve further information should contact Belinda.Crothers@sas.ac.uk.
Please click here for a copy of the programme and booking form for How to get a PhD in Law
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Tuesday 1 November 2011
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Data Protection Jurisdiction in Cloud Computing and ...
Dr Julia Hornle and Kuan Hon, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary, University of London
The Cloud Legal Project was initiated in October 2009 with generous financial support from Microsoft Corporation. A team of specialists at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary, University of London is investigating a range of cloud-related legal and regulatory issues. More information, including copies of project news and publications, can be found at: http://cloudlegalproject.org. This series of lectures, jointly held with Queen Mary, reports on some of the project's research results, as follows:
Wednesday 5 October, 6pm to 7pm: Professor Christopher Millard on "Cloud Computing: Identifying and Managing Legal Risks".
Tuesday 18 October, 6pm to 7pm: Professor Ian Walden on "Cloud Computing and Law Enforcement Access to Confidential Data".
Tuesday 1 November, 6pm to 7pm: Dr Julia Hornle and Kuan Hon on "Data Protection Jurisdiction in Cloud Computing and International Data Transfers".
For a poster of the full series please click here: Cloud Computing Lectures
Organised with the Cloud Legal Project at Queen Mary, University of London
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